Fusion Workouts: Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, and Barre

This guide for general readers, trainers, and physical therapists brings together 100 exercises from four fitness systems and presents many sequences of exercises for beginning and more advanced fitness enthusiasts. The exercises have been selected to provide a combination of muscular strength, balance, flexibility, mindfulness, and stress relief. Part 1 of the book presents principles of fusion workouts and some anatomy, explained with color anatomical illustrations. Part 2 presents exercises for warming up, standing and floor exercises for strength, balance, and flexibility, and calming and restorative exercises. Part 3 provides workouts by level, by length of time, by purpose, and by activity. Appendices give tips for building your own fusion workout and offer sample weekly fusion workout plans. The book contains bullet points, step-by-step instructions, and color photos on every page demonstrating exercises and poses. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)