Bøger af Michael Mejia

The ultimate training manual for beginning or returning exercisers Drawing on the foundation of Men's Health magazine, this superb guide explains everything that inexperienced or lapsed exercisers need to know to tailor a fitness program to their individual goals and abilities. The ability to personalize a workout plan allows readers to achieve quicker results and spend less time with ice packs and sore muscles.Unlike other books that lump beginning exercisers into one group, this program differentiates among beginners, such as: - high-schoolers with newfound interest in lifting - 30-year-olds who want to get back the bodies they had when they played college sports - 50-year-olds who work out only for the first few weeks after New Year's resolutions every JanuaryMichael Mejia, contributing editor to Men's Health magazine and coauthor of Scrawny to Brawny, thoroughly explains the fundamentals of fitness, including strength training, cardiovascular activity, and nutrition. He provides self-assessment tests to help safeguard against injuries by identifying muscular imbalances, decreased flexibility, or other weaknesses--and then shows how to correct these problems. Whether readers are "Newbies," "Ex-jocks," or "Seasonals"; hope to build muscle or increase strength; are willing to work out every day or are able to spare only a couple of days a week, they will find the blueprint for their better body in this book.

A state-of-the-art weight-lifting and nutritional blueprint for "skinny" guys who want to pack on muscleLet''s face it, naturally skinny guys are at a distinct genetic disadvantage when it comes to building muscle mass. But with the proper advice, these "hardgainers" definitely can realize their fitness goals. In Scrawny to Brawny, the authors draw on their years of practical experience as private strength and nutrition coaches to provide hardgainers with:    • A progressive, state-of-the-art program that optimizes results with shorter, less frequent workouts that maximize compound exercises    • A unique, action-based perspective on nutrition that shows how to prepare quick muscle-building meals and snacks-and how to take advantage of several critical times in the day when muscle growth can be stimulated by food intake    • Vital information on how to identify and fix any weak links in their physiques that may be precursors to injury Designed not only for frustrated adult hardgainers but also--with its strong anti-steroid message--a terrific book for the large teen market, Scrawny to Brawny fills a significant gap in the weight-lifting arsenal.

The first part of 'Forgetfulness' is a fictional monograph on the life of the Austrian modernist composer Anton von Webern (1883-1945) The second part takes place in Vienna on May 1st, 1986, shortly before the election of Kurt Waldheim as President of Austria and shortly after the Chernobyl disaster.