What does it take to build solid power and size? Gaining lean body mass is the Holy Grail and the Lost City of Gold and the Atlantis of bodybuilding. It gets talked about a lot, but few seem to unlock the secrets. In the past few decades, Dan John, author of the bestseller, Never Let Go, has found the key to this enigma-It is based on a few principles, a few days a week in the gym and a few key movements. It sounds simple because it is simple. But don't let simple fool you. This isn't easy...

Training people in sport as a coach or in fitness as a personal trainer is certainly rewarding work. But there’s a problem: What do we do next? There are countless books on diet and exercise, hundreds of machines, devices and gimmicks to train people, and new gadgets and gizmos are popping up with every passing day. Can You Go? answers this question: What do we need to do next? Appropriate assessment leads to an appropriate answer. When we find a mobility issue, let’s focus on mobility wor...

You have two choices: ~ Be luck enough in middle school, junior high or high school to be taught basic body movements and step-by-step instructions in the Olympic lifts, powerlifting, mobility, flexibility, kettlebell training & tumbling ~ Apply Intervention For most of us, it’s option two. Five Principles Here are the answers, but the questions are the real keys– 1) Strength training for lean body mass and joint mobility work trump everything else. 2) Fundamental human movements are... fu...

Picture this (go ahead; it’s an easy one): You’re bored with your workouts. Nothing’s changing; you’re not getting stronger or leaner or feeling better, and, heck, maybe you’ll just take a layoff and see what happens. You know what happens. That two-week layoff lasts a year, that’s what happens! Now consider this: Traffic was light and you’re fifteen minutes early for your dental cleaning appointment. You flip open your tablet and bring up your new copy of Before We Go. By the time the den...

In the past few decades, the art and science of weightlifting has gone from being considered dangerous and unnecessary to becoming a pillar of every sport and game. The focus of this book is on basic patterns like push, pull, hinge, squat, and carry rather than chasing numbers too early. Strength training is framed as a long-term investment, where consistency and gradual progress matter more than intensity or specialization. The program also highlights the importance of enjoyment, ...

Besides bringing a Christ-centered perspective to the ancient Hebrews observance of the Passover, this Seder service provides an extraordinarily rich worship experience for all Christians. Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah come alive as the entire congregation or family unit is focused on the true meaning of this Maundy Thursday celebration of deliverance and praise. Everyone participates in relating the thrilling story of how God delivered His chosen people from the bonds of slav...

Design a training facility and craft strength and conditioning programs to meet the needs of your athletes.Strength and Conditioning Coaching: Winning Methods, Programs, and Facilities will help you make the right choices, apply the best methods, offer superior training experiences and outcomes, and be a more successful professional in a very competitive industry. Leading strength and conditioning coach Mike Boyle filters out the faulty information, failed...

Most diet and workout books are focused on the wrong things: They focus on WHAT instead of HOW. The leanest people focus on how, on their eating habits, not on fad diets. Diets that rely on willpower and discipline fail. The path to results is made up of eleven small, simple, step-by-step habits. Rotating through phases of metabolic, endurance, and strength workouts yields the best fat-loss results. 1. Almost all diet and workout books are focused on the wrong things—They focus on ‘what’ i...

At an elite private school in Massachusetts, a wide circle of lives will be forever changed by a devastating series of events in Danielle Steel's riveting new novel. Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs. Traditionally a boys-only school, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled one hundred and forty female stu...

Shep Knacker has long saved for “The Afterlife”: an idyllic retreat to the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Traffic jams on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be replaced with “talking, thinking, seeing, and being”—and enough sleep. When he sells his business for a cool million dollars, his dream finally seems within reach. Yet his wife Glynis has concocted endless excuses why it’s never the right time to go. Weary of working as a peon for the jerk who bought his company, ...

In this powerful novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel tells the story of two World War II concentration camp survivors, the life they build together, and the son who faces struggles of his own as a first generation American determined to be his own person and achieve success. Moving from the ashes of postwar Europe to the Lower East Side of New York to wealth, success and unlimited luxury, In His Father's Footsteps is a stirring tale of three generations of strong, co...

Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college, moving to New York City, and pursuing a career in publishing. Then real life got in the way when she left college and returned to her small Michigan hometown to care for her sick mother.Years later, stuck in a dead-end job and an unsatisfying relationship, Winnie has concluded that dreams were meant for others. She consoles herself with binge-watching the British television series that she loves, Beauchamp Hall, enthralled by the s...