Fight To Be Fit

The ultimate strength and conditioning book for ultimate fighters. Mixed martial arts (MMA) is America's fastest-growing combat sport, with millions signing up for MMA classes and many more tuning in to "pay-per-view" to watch events with names like "Cage Rage" and "No Limit." MMA is not for wimps, and participants take a real pounding-they must be ready for anything. However, there is one way to predict a winner in any bout: conditioning. When facing an opponent with equal technical skill, the better-conditioned athlete will win-every match, every round, every time. Now, with amateur fight leagues springing up across the country, top conditioning coach Jason Ferruggia reveals the ultimate conditioning program for the ultimate fighter. By gaining overall strength, stamina, speed, and flexibility, athletes can substantially reduce their risk of injury in this intense contact sport. The key to Ferruggia's system is his emphasis on matspecific conditioning techniques. Too many would-be fighters use training programs borrowed from football or bodybuilding-methods that are all wrong for MMA. Included are: - A first-rate warm-up guaranteed to make a fighter more explosive and to reduce injuries - Off-the-charts strength-building secrets - Dozens of exercises to develop crushing grip strength - Top speed-building methods, including Olympic lifts, plyometrics, and throws - Incredibly effective exercises for building a thick, powerful neck that could be the difference between victory and serious injury Each exercise is accompanied by black-and-white photos illustrating proper technique and form, and "Inside the Cage" tips share the secrets to success from top professional fighters.

If you desire to lose weight or want to live healthier this life-changing message is for you. In Fight To Be Fit, La Vita Weaver candidly expresses the fight of fitness, faith and finances. She shares the story of Nehemiah, a courageous leader God chose to encourage His people to rebuild their lives physically and spiritually. This book for total health is like no other. It contains Nehemiah's specific steps to accomplish a seemingly impossible task. As a leader in the church and a fitness trainer, La Vita combines sound nutritional and exercise tips, biblical principles and a strategic plan to motivate you to take action, overcome obstacles and build a healthy spirit, soul and body. Stress management tips are included to help you better cope with challenges, especially during this economic crisis. It's time to be free to fulfill your God-given purpose to the best of your ability. Are you ready to launch into your destiny? Pull out your Living Sword and fight for your life to be restored! This is a fight worth fighting! La Vita Weaver is a fitness trainer, motivational speaker, author and songwriter. She knows first-hand how being overweight can affect every area of one's life. Once a petite size 5, her weight had skyrocketed to an unhealthy 200 pounds. Her inspirational story is shared in Fit for God. La Vita has appeared as a guest on the popular Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) program, Praise the Lord and the well-known 700 Club and she has been featured in Essence, Excellence, Heart & Soul and Shape magazines. She also appeared as the co-host of the popular TBN health and fitness show TotaLee Fit. As a woman who was once badly broken and bruised, La Vita shares empowering messages of hope, health and healing across the nation.

If you desire to lose weight or live healthier, this life-changing message is for you. In Fight To Be Fit For God, La Vita Weaver candidly expresses the fight of faith and fitness. She shares the continued journey to be Fit For God despite opposition and setbacks. This book is truly unique in its approach for total health. It contains biblical principles from the story of Nehemiah, a courageous leader God chose to help His people rebuild their lives physically and spiritually. As a leader in the church and a fitness trainer, La Vita combines these powerful principles with solid nutritional and exercise tips and a step-by-step plan to motivate you to take action. You'll have the energy and vitality to fulfill your God-given purpose to be used by God in ways you never imagined. Life is a precious gift and God gave you one body to enjoy this one life. Pull out your Living Sword and fight for your life to be restored. This is a fight worth fighting. Be in it to win it! La Vita Weaver is an inspirational speaker, author, fitness trainer, and songwriter. She knows first-hand how being overweight affects every area of one's life. Once a petite size 5, her weight had skyrocketed to an unhealthy 200 pounds. Her inspirational story is shared in Fit for God. La Vita has appeared as a guest on the popular Trinity Broadcast Network program, "Praise the Lord" and the well-known "700 Club". She also served as the co-host on the popular TBN fitness show "TotaLee Fit". As a vibrant personality in the body of Christ her enthusiasm for the Lord is contagious. She founded Fit For God Ministries to ignite people's passion for an abundant life in Christ-spirit, soul, and body (www.FitForGodministries.org)!

The ultimate strength and conditioning book for ultimate fighters. Mixed martial arts (MMA) is America's fastest-growing combat sport, with millions signing up for MMA classes and many more tuning in to "pay-per-view" to watch events with names like "Cage Rage" and "No Limit." MMA is not for wimps, and participants take a real pounding-they must be ready for anything. However, there is one way to predict a winner in any bout: conditioning. When facing an opponent with equal technical skill, the better-conditioned athlete will win-every match, every round, every time. Now, with amateur fight leagues springing up across the country, top conditioning coach Jason Ferruggia reveals the ultimate conditioning program for the ultimate fighter. By gaining overall strength, stamina, speed, and flexibility, athletes can substantially reduce their risk of injury in this intense contact sport. The key to Ferruggia's system is his emphasis on matspecific conditioning techniques. Too many would-be fighters use training programs borrowed from football or bodybuilding-methods that are all wrong for MMA. Included are: - A first-rate warm-up guaranteed to make a fighter more explosive and to reduce injuries - Off-the-charts strength-building secrets - Dozens of exercises to develop crushing grip strength - Top speed-building methods, including Olympic lifts, plyometrics, and throws - Incredibly effective exercises for building a thick, powerful neck that could be the difference between victory and serious injury Each exercise is accompanied by black-and-white photos illustrating proper technique and form, and "Inside the Cage" tips share the secrets to success from top professional fighters.

A full-color specialized guide for fitness, strength, and cross-training for Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts fighters as well as their trainers Effective martial arts training, especially for a demanding sport like Muay Thai, requires a prudent training plan. In Muay Thai Training Techniques, professional trainer Christoph Delp shows amateur as well as advanced fighters how to best utilize their training time, whether at home or in the gym, alone or with a partner or coach. A comprehensive guide for Muay Thai fighters as well as those utilizing Muay Thai techniques in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai Training Techniques includes over 300 full-color illustrations and photos. It teaches effective exercises to improve flexibility, stamina, and strength as well as basic fighting techniques such as feints, counters, and combinations. Muay Thai champions Saiyok Pumphanmuang and Kem Sitsongpeening are featured, demonstrating their own training methods and most effective techniques. Training is broken down into core components that any Muay Thai fighter or instructor can use to help build an individual training plan; several ready-made, detailed training plans are also included for beginners, intermediate, and advanced practitioners. Rounded out with crucial information on nutrition, weight classes, and the importance of regeneration to effective training, Muay Thai Training Techniques will help all Muay Thai fighters to take their practice to the next level.

For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Trans struggle to assimilate into their new life. In this coming-of-age memoir told through the themes of great books such as The Metamorphosis, The Scarlet Letter, The Iliad, and more, Tran navigates the push and pull of finding and accepting himself despite the challenges of immigration, feelings of isolation, and teenage rebellion, all while attempting to meet the rigid expectations set by his immigrant parents. Appealing to fans of coming-of-age memoirs such as Fresh Off the Boat, Running with Scissors, or tales of assimilation like Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Displaced and The Refugees, Sigh, Gone explores one man’s bewildering experiences of abuse, racism, and tragedy and reveals redemption and connection in books and punk rock. Against the hairspray-and-synthesizer backdrop of the ‘80s, he finds solace and kinship in the wisdom of classic literature, and in the subculture of punk rock, he finds affirmation and echoes of his disaffection. In his journey for self-discovery Tran ultimately finds refuge and inspiration in the art that shapes—and ultimately saves—him.

Crimes against women have increased by 7.1 percent in the last three years. Child rape cases have increased 336 percent in and in the last 10 years. Crimes against women are increasing day by day and it can happen to you tomorrow. There is a spine-chilling rape or molestation case in the news almost everyday and many more that we don’t get to hear about but not much seems to have changed about this scenario. So what can you do to prepare and protect yourself? As a woman in today’s unsafe world, you can empower yourself, be alert, get fit, learn self defense techniques, equip yourself with vital information, anything little thing that can get you out of a dangerous situation and save your life. Vesna Jacob’s Fit to Fight is a timely book that is packed with real life survivor stories, life-saving information, and vital tips that every woman must know. So what are you waiting for, get fit to fight.