Ergebnis für "Brain Training" in Sport & Freizeit

In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world. Mental abilities—like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing—are discussed from both human and horse perspectives. Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—help to illustrate the principles.

The definitive guide to building strength and achieving competitive success in midlife and beyond, from renowned author and coach Matt Fitzgerald “Faster Masters delivers a message I want every person to hear: Getting older does not mean giving up strength, performance, or ambition.”—Vonda...

A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. “Voluntary or involuntary?” asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication...

This book is about effective training. The author explains how the body works and how to design a workout that supports personal goals. It also provides information on metabolism, weight loss, muscle building and orthopaedic problems. The book offers a well-founded and understandable explanation of how the body works and how to design an effective workout. The author emphasizes that effectiveness is not to be equated with fast, hard or long training, but rather with a conscious training that supports one's own goals.

Did you know there is an area of your brain known as the "Lizard Brain" that thinks only about the immediate moment and your means of survival? Yes, in certain circumstances, your "Rational Brain" can effectively "shut down" and you are at the mercy of a reptile... dry-mouthed, sweating, queasy, unable to think clearly - even though you know better. When does the Lizard Brain run the show? It can happen in any number of unfamiliar, uncomfortable, challenging, or "stressful" riding situations. But here's the thing: with the right kind of training, you can learn to manage the reptile within.

In this thought-provoking and illuminating memoir, the author weaves together the wisdom of ancient traditions with the discoveries of modern science, quantum physics, and neuroscience. The author takes listeners on a transformative journey not only across the world, but into the depths of the heart —exploring how thought, emotion, and energy shape human experience.

Run, train, and thrive during menopause and beyond with this science-backed guide designed to help women understand and take control of their fitness in this next stage of life. The radically changing body that we inhabit in puberty and adulthood starts a new road trip with menopause. In Fit &...

Dedicated to improving the lives of those who experience brain injury.

Since you have decided to read this book, you are probably a dog owner yourself or you are very interested in these furry four-legged friends. In the first chapter of the book, you will find out exactly what they can do mentally and what impressive things they are capable of. It deals with how dogs interpret human behavior, how they understand words, and you will learn about the episodic memory of dogs. Furthermore, in this book I emphasize how important the individual needs of the four-legged friend are and how to adapt the brain games to these needs.

This book is a true story about the journey of a woman who steadily lost up to 25 pounds during a 6-month period, which averages to a realistic one pound a week, give or take. Like everyone else, she enjoys freely eating whatever she wants without giving thought to the type of food or the quantity.