Chinese Medicine for Maximum Immunity or High Intensity Training

Chinese Medicine for Maximum Immunity: Understanding the Five Elemental Types for Health and Well-Being

Author: Jason Elias

Reflecting on the connection between the rise in chronic immune disorders and toxic environmental and lifestyle patterns, herbalist and acupuncturist Jason Elias and collaborator Katherine Ketcham looked to the 5,000-year-old The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine to seek clues for restoring the balance of body and mind.

In Chinese Medicine for Maximum Immunity, Elias and Ketcham show how to use the preventive strategies and gentle, supportive remedies of traditional Chinese medicine to heal contemporary chronic illnesses and bolster immunity. The book teaches readers how to identify which element--Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water--most directly influences them and how to correct imbalances that can lead to particular physical, emotional, and spiritual disorders with step-by-step instruction for using stress-reduction techniques, diet and exercise, herbs, and acupressure.

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High-Intensity Training

Author: John Philbin

HIT a new level of intensity and get maximum results in the weight room! HighIntensity Training is the modern era's version of onesettofailure strength training, producing even greater muscle mass and power in less time.This complete training system teaches how to perform the perfect rep, minimizing momentum and maximizing muscle tension to develop optimal strength in the targeted muscles. Triple progressive overload and other advanced training techniques will push you beyond muscle failure to help you reach your next level of performance, boost power and strength, and break through plateaus. Also learn to manipulate rest, recovery, time under tension, and load to match the demands of your sport. You'll see why many National Football League teams and college athletic programs prefer this training method. With HighIntensity Training you can push your body to its limits and produce fast, safe results!

"HighIntensity Training is safe, time efficient, and compatible with the muscular needs of most athletes. In this outstanding resource, John Philbin teaches sound techniques to maximize results using HIT. Athletes, coaches, and the strength training community will benefit significantly from his advice and programs." Dan Riley Strength and conditioning coach, Houston Texans

Author Bio:John C. Philbin is the founder and president of the National Strength Professionals Association (NSPA), a nationally recognized strength and conditioning and personal training certification organization. He has 25 years of experience working with athletes at all levels. He was a strength coach for the Washington Redskins football organization under the legendary Dan Riley for eight years and was the Olympic head coach and director of sports science and conditioning for the U.S. bobsled team from 1988 to 1992. Additionally, Philbin was director of strength and conditioning for the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, and was the conditioning coach for Fernando Vargas, WBA world junior middleweight boxing champion.

Philbin was on the U.S. national bobsled team in 1984 and was an AllAmerican decathlete. He has written four training manuals used in courses taught through NSPA, and he teaches on a regular basis with Dr. Wayne Westcott, fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, Massachusetts. Philbin lives in Damascus, Maryland.