Achieve more with less effort: The secret to weight loss, fitness, and wellness lies in the most basic and most overlooked function of your body - how you breathe. One of the biggest obstacles to better health and fitness is a rarely identified problem: chronic overbreathing. We often take many more breaths than we need without realizing it, contributing to poor health and fitness, including a host of disorders, from anxiety and asthma to insomnia and heart problems.

There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices.

Wim Hof has a message for each of us: “You can literally do the impossible. You can overcome disease, improve your mental health and physical performance, and even control your physiology so you can thrive in any stressful situation.” With The Wim Hof Method, this trailblazer of human potential shares a method that anyone can use - young or old, sick or healthy - to supercharge their capacity for strength, vitality, and happiness.

Leiden Sie an Stress, Depressionen oder Panikattacken? Der Atemexperte Patrick McKeown erklärt Ihnen, wie diese Beschwerden mit Ihrer Atmung zusammenhängen und mit welcher Technik Sie sie buchstäblich wegatmen können. Chronisches Überatmen verengt die Blutgefäße, was zu einer unzureichenden Sauerstoffversorgung des Gehirns führt - Brain Fog, Nervosität und Schlafstörungen können die Folge sein. Mit einfachen Übungen regulieren Sie das Atemvolumen und bringen die Blutzirkulation und Sauerstoffversorgung ins Gleichgewicht.

In Fast This Way, Dave asks listeners to forget everything they think they know about the ancient practice and takes them on a journey through cutting-edge science to examine the ways novice fasters and Intermittent Fasting loyalists can up-end their relationship with food and upgrade their fasting game beyond calorie restriction.  

Entgegen der verbreiteten Meinung, dass man Kälte meiden und sich warm anziehen muss, um gesund zu bleiben, setzt sich der mehrfache Weltrekordhalter Wim Hof regelmäßig Temperaturen unterhalb des Gefrierpunkts aus - und war seit Jahrzehnten nicht mehr krank. Er nutzt dabei eine spezielle, von ihm entwickelte Atem- und Konzentrationstechnik, um seine Körpertemperatur konstant zu halten.

Thrive or die: That's the rule of evolution. Despite this brutal logic, some species have learned to survive in even the most hostile conditions. Others couldn't - and perished. While incremental genetic adaptations hone the physiology of nearly every creature on this planet, there's another evolutionary force that is just as important: the power of choice. In this explosive investigation into the limits of endurance, journalist Scott Carney discovers how humans can wedge control over automatic physiological responses into the breaking point between stress and biology.

Ohne es wahrzunehmen, atmen die meisten Menschen viel zu viel, was zu verminderter Leistungsfähigkeit und Gesundheitsproblemen führen kann. Kontrolliertes Atmen versorgt Muskeln und Organe mit der genau richtigen Menge an Sauerstoff. Das erhöht Fitness und Wohlbefinden und hilft sogar beim Abnehmen. Patrick McKeowns wissenschaftlich belegte Techniken zeigen Ihnen, wie richtiges Atmen geht. Anhand eines Selbsttests können Sie bestimmen, wie effizient Ihr Körper Sauerstoff nutzt, und lernen dann, diesen Wert durch einfache Atemübungen zu verbessern.

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.

Starting Strength has been called the best and most useful of fitness books. The updated third edition expands and improves on the previous teaching methods and biomechanical analysis. No other book on barbell training ever written provides the detailed instruction on every aspect of the basic barbell exercises. Many people all over the world have used the simple biological principle of stress/recovery/adaptation on which this method is based to improve their performance, their appearance, and their long-term health.

Z-Health is the amazing new system that integrates many fields of science: from neuroscience to physical therapy to orthopedics. Z-Health improves physical performance and reduces or eliminates chronic pain. 

Reduce stress and anxiety, increase your productivity, detox your body, balance your health, and find the path to greater mindfulness with this collection of signature breathing techniques by the world's leading breathmaster, Dan Brulé.

From multiple New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.

This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners. Nutritional therapy is often overlooked in medical school, and the information provided to physicians is often outdated. However, the negative consequences on your health remain the same. Advice to avoid healthy fats and stay out of the sun has been proven to be detrimental to longevity and can wreak havoc on your system.

This is the story of how your life shapes your brain and how your brain shapes your life. Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, the brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are 'you'? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human?