Secrets of the Game: What Superstar Athletes Can Teach You about Health, Peak Performance and Getting Results

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baron, Spencer, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance.

Athletes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Morgan James Publishing 2009

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the economy spiraling out of control - the increases in stress, pressure, and tension are cause for greater disease and injury. People are desperate to take matters into their own hands just to survive. There is only one area you can gain power over…by making the right choices to fuel the most critical commodity of life - our ENERGY! Learn the performance secrets of professional athletes so you, too, can impact your daily behavior. "Secrets of the Game" will provide you the physical and emotional heath that is the foundation to any achievement.

Contents:

Cover

Dr. Spencer Baron's SECRETS OF THE GAME:

Title

Copyright

Dedication

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

Introduction

WHY ARE WE HERE?

In Other Words, Who Is Dr. Spencer Baron? And Why Should I Believe Anything He Says?

Who Is Dr. Spencer Baron? And Why Should You Trust Me?

My Professional Credentials

Why This Book and Why Now?

Chapter 1 THE BATTLE OF BELIEF

A Brief History of Western Medicine

Cartesian Philosophy and Reductionistic Theory

Medicine Meets Politics

Chapter 2 A HAPPY MARRIAGE: West Meets East

Eastern Homeopathy and Western Allopathic Medicine

Eastern Homeopathic and Holistic Methods

Reconciling the Two Perspectives

CHOICE: The Undisputed Champion

What Does All This Mean To You?

Chapter 3 THE "NEW MAINSTREAM" HEALTH-CARE ENVIRONMENT: No Pain, No Gain? That's Insane!

A Health-Care Miracle?

Professional Athletes as Pioneers

Game, Set, Match!

Sidelined by Sports, Rescued by Science

Dismantling the Fire Alarm

Pain Is Good!

Money Makes the World Go Around, the World Go Around

Chapter 4: THE ESSENTIAL ATHLETE: A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Off the Bench and onto the Court: Let's Get Playing!

What the Mind Believes, the Body Achieves

Mental Secrets from Behind the Locker Room Door Mental Toughness and Resilience

What Makes a Great Athlete a Superstar?

Chapter 5: Mental Secrets of the Superstar Athletes

Outwit Your Ineffective Thinking

Find Your Most Powerful Leaders

Resist "Mind Rot"

The Drills Are Alive … with the Sound of Music

Very Superstitious Writings on the Wall

Get Psyched!

Do It or Die Trying!

Gotta Get Your "Want to" Up!

Get Razzled and Bedazzled!

Enter the "Mentor Center."

Be Your Own Best Inspiration

Be a Magnet for Good Advice

Summary.

Chapter 6 Understanding Diet and Ultimate Liquid Nutritional Strategies

The Role of Nutrition in Physical Well-Being

What Do the Athletic Superstars Really Eat?

The Right Fuel for the Right Machine: Eating Right + Drinking Right = Optimal Fitness

Eat, Drink, and be Wary

The Watering Hole

Water-It's Not Just for Summer Anymore!

A Nice Cuppa Java Joe

The Gatorade Crusade

Summary

Chapter 7 Ultimate Food and Nutritional Supplement Strategies

Switch-Hit Your Foods for Peak Performance

Eating Right

Chow Down!

Stop Dragging, Start GAG-ging!

Supplements and Household Remedies

Arm &amp

Hammer your Sore Muscles!

Chicken Soup (and More) for the Body … or, Sometimes Mama Really Does Know Best!

Chapter 8: Ultimate Physical Strategies for Overall Body Healing, Strength, and Conditioning

Going Hot and Cold … Not Fickle, Just Sensible!

Don't Just Ice It-RICE It!

S-T-R-E-T-C-H It Out

Rubber-It's Not Just for Tires Anymore

Conversion to Inversion

The Best Exercise on Earth

The Big O!

Get Down and Dirty!

The Electric Slide

Too Hot to Handle

The Hyperbaric Chamber

Up and At 'Em

The Pink Pad

Those Irritating Bumps and Bruises

Chapter 9: Ultimate Physical Strategies for Specific Body Part Healing, Strength, and Conditioning

Happy Feet

Orthotics

Morning Foot and Heel Pain

The Wonders of Foam Rubber

Get Your Head on Straight, Please!

You're No Knucklehead!

Hamstrung by Your Hamstrings

Abs-olutely the Best

Putting Your Neck on the Line

A Sight for Sore Eyes

Don't Go Weak at the Knees

Chapter 10: BRINGING IT ALL HOME: Using Your New Peak Mental, Nutritional, and Physical Conditioning Strategies

Brief Review of Secrets of the Game

So What's Next for You?

So What's Next for Me?.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9781614482642

1614482640

OCLC:

1397572075