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A great book of exercises and stretches. It's for beginners, but can enhance a workout of any level. The pictures are beautiful.

Personal Trainer Steve Zim describes weight training programs for weight loss. The idea is to keep moving, stretching, and varying your workout.

This book covers the basics and has simple workout routines to follow. It is a good book to help start an exercise program without a personal trainer.

This book helps you design a program for yourself that you can do with minimum equipment. Detailed and easy to do at home.

Men always want great abs. Here's a book devoted to it. Shows how to integrate abs into an entire body workout.

This book is very thorough and motivating. It covers proper form of the most popular weight training exercises.

Popular trainer Kathy Smith's weight training book that covers all major points of fitness. Also inspirational for women who don't like strength training.

This is my favorite Pilates book. Brooke Siler covers the entire mat rountine giving tips and no-nos to help you perfect your form.

An authorized version of Joseph Pilates' work. More informative and reasonably priced than the originals.

Not only does this book cover the philosophy and technique of Pilates, but also covers how to use this for strength building.

This is a card set (no straining to flip to the next page) from Cyndi Lee of OM Yoga. Includes a CD, yoga strap and incense. Excellent for beginners.

Another great CD/card set. Cyndi Lee is extremely enjoyable and inspirational to listen to.

This book is extremely easy to follow -not so easy to do. It is ashtanga yoga (power yoga) which has to be the most challenging and fun yoga I've ever done.

A beginning/intermediate yoga book with sequences, breathing techniques and modifications.

Yoga can help both you and your baby prepare for the big day. Always monitor your body temperature and consult you doctor beforehand.

A thorough book on how Alexander Technique can help alleviate pain and improve your fitness level safely.

This book describes the basics of Alexander Technique- a system of being conscious of your movement for proper alignment and to help ease pain. Used by everyone from actors to personal trainers

Moshe Feldenkrais describes simple exercises that help your body function better and improve your posture. The concepts of Feldenkrais have been indispensable to me as a personal trainer.