Stretching and Flexibility by Kit Laughlin

This book will change your way of thinking about flexibility and will certainly improve the way you go about achieving it. Everyone will find exercises to suit his or her body type and level of flexibility. There are 96 stretching exercises inside, including exercises for hands and feet, athletes, and partners.

Kit Laughlin studied oriental medicine during a five year stay in Japan, and was the Japanese Ambassador's personal shiatsu practitioner. He was awarded a Master of Letters degree by the Science Faculty of the Australian National University in 1992. Back pain was the main case study. During the same period, he established the Posture & Flexibility and Strength & Flexibility courses at the Australian National University Sports and Recreation Association. Assisted by fifteen teachers whom he trained, these courses have been running at the university for nineteen years. The system presented in this book is based on these courses, and has been taught to many thousands of students of all ages, with proven results.

He is the current president of the National Association of Stretch Therapists, and an internationally-renowned presenter on this subject.

Overcome Neck and Back Pain by Kit Laughlin

This fourth edition also covers shoulder, arm and hand pain. This worldwide standard text shows you how you can overcome neck and back pain by following a straightforward four part program. Eighty five per cent of all Australians suffer from neck and back pain. Frequently these people have tried everything from manipulation and acupuncture to physiotherapy and in some cases surgery with varying degrees of success. The method described here provides a proven program that in most cases will enable you to overcome your back pain permanently. By careful self analysis of the problem and then through stretching, strengthening, relaxing and improving your posture, you will experience a remarkable improvement in your back and neck problems as well as an overall sense of improved well being.

Using the principles of Eastern and Western medicine, Kit Laughlin has designed a system that provides a way to stop back and neck pain, and which will protect you against future injury.

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Dobbins

From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book - a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as "the bible of bodybuilding."

Inside, Arnold covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competition, with new sections on diet and nutrition, sports psychology, the treatment and prevention of injuries, and methods of training, each illustrated with detailed photos of some of bodybuilding's newest stars.

Plus, all the features that have made this book a classic are here:

Arnold's tried-and-true tips for sculpting, strengthening, and defining each and every muscle to create the ultimate buff physique.