Resultados para "Memoria" en Ejercicio, dieta y nutrición

"Kiss or kill. Besa o mata. Besa la gloria o muere en el intento. Perder es morir, ganar es sentir. La lucha es lo que diferencia una victoria, un vencedor." Un fuera de serie. Un héroe. Una persona extraordinaria. Kilian Jornet es el actual campeón mundial de skyrunning, una de las pruebas físicas más duras del planeta. Ha subido y bajado el Kilimanjaro más rápidamente que cualquier otra persona en todo el mundo. Ha fulminado todos los record mundiales en cada reto que se ha propuesto: la Ultra-Trail del Mont-Blanc, la Transpirenaica, la vuelta al lago Tahoe...

Sara Marijuan narra cómo cumplió sus sueños en un deporte minoritario como es la gimnasia rítmica, desde que empezó con siete años como un hobbie hasta su retirada tras acabar la universidad. Su pasión por este deporte nos enseña cómo los sueños no tienen límite. Es una historia de superación y sacrificio, una lección de vida. Esta historia trata de los duros entrenamientos que le proporcionaron una cierta disciplina que, aplicada a otros aspectos de su vida, la han hecho crecer también como persona.

Campiona del món d’ultratrails i esportista compromesa, Núria Picas reflexiona amb serenor sobre els últims èxits però també els fracassos que ha hagut d’afrontar en els darrers quatre anys, i ens ho narra en aquest audiollibre. Quan una està acostumada a guanyar, el perdre i les dificultats que se’n deriven esdevenen un gran repte. I ella l’ha superat i n’ha tret un creixement profund i ferm.

Gold’s Gym, Venice Beach, California: in una palestra scabra ed essenziale comincia, alla fine degli anni Sessanta, la leggenda di Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ma è poi giusto chiamarla leggenda? I fenomeni assoluti di ogni sport si sono spesso affermati nonostante le loro caratteristiche fisiche, nonostante i limiti psicologici o caratteriali, Arnold invece si è sempre candidato alla propria grandezza. Lo ha fatto nel bodybuilding, nel cinema e nella politica: al centro di un’avventura umana senza uguali c’è sempre e solo, però, il suo corpo.

In the late '80s, our Rachel was having a boss time as a podium dancer at the Pleasuredrome, Birkenhead. Fast forward several years, and she's married, with the kids she's always dreamed of, but the body she's always dreaded. To make things worse, her husband, Trevor, begins to show his true controlling colours and Rachel blames herself, spiralling into depression. Until she discovers running.

Per fitness intendo in questa serie di cinque tecniche l'attività fisica sperimentata a livello mentale. Il beneficio che ti portano queste tecniche di fitness mentale è molteplice: Ti aiutano ad allenare la mente, migliorando la tua confidence con la tua capacità di visualizzazione e concentrazione mentale, Di conseguenza, sono un ottimo allenamento per i "muscoli" cerebrali.

Like most people, Kimberly Rae Miller does not have the perfect body, but that hasn't stopped her from trying. And trying. And trying some more. Her first attempt to use food to change her body came at age four, when she learned that the Inuit ate fat to stay warm in the winter. If this diet worked in the Arctic, she reasoned, why not in Long Island? Postcollege, after a brief stint as a diet-pill model, she became a health-and-fitness writer and editor working on celebrities' bestselling bios.

Wrestling with your conscience when you have a burger? Concerned that you should switch to almond milk lattes? Rachel Khoo is worried too. The chef and broadcaster trained in French cuisine and her career has been built on the motto: “Butter makes everything better.” But all this talk about veganism has started getting to her. Should she change her cooking, her eating and her lifestyle to stop global warming?

When journalist Robert Andrew Powell finished his first marathon, he cried, cradled in his father’s arms. Long distance runners understand where those tears come from, even if there are others who will never understand what drives someone to run 26.2 consecutive miles in a grueling mental and physical test. Powell’s emotional reaction to completing the race wasn’t just about the run, though. It was also about the joy and relief of coming back up after hitting rock bottom.

Diagnosed with an extreme form of ulcerative colitis at 22, Danielle was terrified she’d never be able to eat all the wonderful, great-tasting foods she loved growing up or host warm, welcoming gatherings with family and friends. So when the medicine she was prescribed became almost as debilitating as the disease itself, Danielle took matters into her own hands, turned her kitchen into a laboratory, and set to work creating gut-healthy versions of the foods she thought she’d never be able to enjoy again.

Yoga instructor, nutrition expert, and healthy-living blogger Elise Marie Collins has compiled a comprehensive look at what "Super Agers" are doing to live long and prosper. Learn about movement at any age, brain fitness and memory maintenance, foods, vitamin and mineral content cues and clues, and what they do to promote health, prevent disease, and decrease and reverse symptoms of illness. In this revolutionary book, Collins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, telling us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span.

What would one call taking teens with no evident running talent and putting them through breakneck training combined with mantras from rock n' roll, techniques from Kenya, and philosophy from Australia, and turning them into champions? Is it revolutionary? Or just plain crazy? Bill Aris has heard both, but one thing is indisputable. Everything Aris does with his runners - male and female - is new and extraordinary, and he has created a new American running dynasty.

Marine Sgt. John Peck survived an IED during the War on Terror that left him with a traumatic brain injury, amnesia, and cost him his marriage. He survived another three years later, one that left him with three and a half limbs missing. He’s one of only two living people to survive the flesh-eating fungus he contracted in recovery at Walter Reed, one that left him as a quadruple amputee. And that’s only the beginning of his story. What followed was a recovery nothing short of miraculous.

From the extra pounds and bullies that left her eating lunch alone at school to the low self-esteem that left her both physically and emotionally vulnerable to abuse, Jasmin Singer's weight defined her life. Even after she embraced a vegan lifestyle and a passion for animal rights advocacy, she defied any skinny vegan stereotypes by getting heavier. It was only after she committed to juice fasts and a diet of whole foods that she lost almost a hundred pounds and realized what it means to be truly full.

Un libro scritto con il cuore da una donna che ha vinto la sfida con se stessa: su-perare i propri limiti, vincere le proprie paure e arrivare al traguardo della ma-ratona. In questo libro Francesca Soli, fotografa e giornalista sportiva, ci racconta la sua storia e gli step che l'hanno portata a macinare centinaia di chilometri in vista del suo obiettivo: tagliare il traguardo di una maratona, arrivare alla fine e rico-minciare la vita, più forte.Con il suo sorriso, la motivazione e la determinazione personale, Francesca ci mostra come si possa raggiungere un grande risultato grazie alla forza di volontà e alla fiducia costante in se stessi.

In The Power of a Plant, globally acclaimed teacher and self-proclaimed CEO (Chief Eternal Optimist) Stephen Ritz shows you how, in one of the nation's poorest communities, his students thrive in school and in life by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green classroom.

A team of firefighters fought to save Heidi’s life after a horrific accident that killed her best friend, burned over 53 percent of Heidi’s body, and claimed both her legs. The following year followed countless surgeries, surviving, pain management, fighting, and loss. Until she finally faces the driver who changed her life, Heidi realizes she has one last hurdle: forgiveness.

When the Saulnier sisters suffer one disappointment too many in their native France, they decide to pack up and try their luck in America. As journalists, they have the run of the country, following stories that take them to places where most Americans have never been - from the back roads of Appalachia to an underground village of homeless people in the New York City subway system. And along the way, they dine on: Nathan's Famous hot dogs at the annual hot dog-eating contest in Coney Island.

This superbly narrated and insightful audiobook follows the paths of thirteen ravaged champions in solitary crafts such as cycling and running, bowling and boxing, hiking and golf. These men work at and master their sports, driven only by a burning need to prove themselves. Movingly detailed here are their painful journeys to grace, and their eventual realization that no victory brings lasting happiness. In short, here is the human experience, told in seconds and miles, scorecards and records.

“Strokes are the third-leading cause of death in America, and for the ‘lucky’ stroke victims who don’t die, about half will spend the rest of their lives trying to recover.” Roughly 700,000 American suffer a stroke each year and around 140,000 of them are fatal. Different Strokes is an in-depth look at what surviving, or not surviving, a stroke can mean.