Fusion Fitness: Combining the Best from East and West Paperback - 2003

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The first book to integrate the most successfull fitness principles from East and West

Although every exercise discipline offers its own set of benefits, most are better at some things than others. Now Fusion Fitness does it all, combining exercises for strength, endurance, coordination, core stability, flexibility and cardio-vascular fitness into a single, integrated regimen. In creating Fusion Fitness, Chan Ling Yap, Ph.D., studied major Eastern and Western fitness systems such as yoga, Pilates, Lotte Berk's method, the Alexander Technique, Callanetics and Chinese martial arts, then blended their key principles to develop new "fusion exercises," many of them original. Based on more than 25 years of firsthand experience, Fusion Fitness presents approaches and techniques that have proven effective for students of all ages and backgrounds.

Topics include:

• Understanding your body and its response to exercise
• Fusion exercises: how to do them and why they work
• Nutrition, the other side of the exercise equation
• Exercise and eating for people over 50

More than 130 photos and illustrations take readers stage by stage through all the elements of the Fusion Fitness program, from toning and body shaping to endurance training and optimum nutrition. Dr. Yap shows the benefits of each exercise by offering a clear and accessible understanding of how it works on muscles, bones, and energy systems. Complete information on warming up, aerobic training, body conditioning and sports injuries provides a solid foundation for safe and effective exercise.

For athletes, exercise enthusiasts and anyone else who would like to get into better shape, Fusion Fitness is the next step to achieving fully integrated fitness.