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Marathon Running: Physiology, Psychology, Nutrition and Training Aspects
by Christoph Zinner Billy SperlichThe book contains recent research about physiology,psychology, nutrition and training aspects of Marathon Running of differentage, gender and performance level. The basic knowledge of marathon running withexplanations of the physiological and psychological mechanisms induced bymarathon training with the associated adaptations and subsequent improvedphysiological capacities are presented in a reader friendly format forresearchers and practitioners. The book includes a full range of usefulpractical knowledge, as well as trainings principles to guide the reader to runmarathon faster. After reading the book the reader is able to develop trainingplans and owns the knowledge about up-to-date scientific results in the fieldsof physiology, psychology, nutrition in marathon running.
Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Guide to Mountain Bike Repair
by Lennard ZinnZinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance is the world&’s best-selling guide to the maintenance and repair of mountain bikes, hybrids, and fat bikes.From basic repairs like how to fix a flat to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn&’s clearly illustrated guide makes every bike repair and maintenance job easy for everyone. Lennard Zinn is the world&’s leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly, step-by-step guide explains the tools and parts you&’ll need and how to know you&’ve done the job right. The book&’s interior is easy to read, even in a dimly-lit garage or workshop. Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations and exploded-parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every mountain bike repair task. This smartly organized guide shows how to repair new and old mountain bikes from top to bottom. In over 500 pages and more than 750 illustrations, Zinn&’s guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of mountain bike maintenance and repair jobs: Basics: How to fix a flat tire, lube a bicycle chain, adjust the brakes Emergency repairs: How to fix a broken chain, tighten loose spokes, repair a bent derailleur Easy shifting: How to adjust shifters, derailleurs, and cables for clean and smooth shifting Wheels: How to true a wheel, install a new tire, change a cassette, replace broken spokes, build your own wheels Overhauls: How to service and replace pedals, chains and chainrings, saddles, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks, bottom brackets New tech: How to maintain 1x-speed systems, electronic and wireless shifters Troubleshooting: How to figure out what&’s wrong with any bike and fix it Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you&’ll know how to keep your bicycle running smoothly for years. New in the 6th Edition: A chapter on electronic shifting covers maintenance, service, repair, and troubleshooting of all Shimano electronic shifting groups. Also included: How to program your electronic shifting system for personalized shifting as well as real-time display and shift recording on a head unit. A chapter on disc brakes covers maintenance, service, and repair of all hydraulic and mechanical systems. Includes integrated systems and their bleeding requirements. New guides on how disc brake mounting adapters work and how to install them. Complete info on the new 11-speed and SRAM 12-speed drivetrains. Info on all the newest bottom brackets including 1x11 and 1x12 systems. New guidelines on wheel size selection for your frame size, suspension settings, and travel. New procedures for mounting and sealing tubeless tire systems. New usage guidelines for flat-prevention sealants. Updated guides on replacing press-in bottom brackets with thread-in bottom brackets. New wheel lacing guidelines for building disc-brake compatible wheels. Updated and expanded guides on how to tune, rebuild, and maintain suspension forks and rear shocks. Includes tuning guides for preload, compression, rebound, and sag. Updated and revised troubleshooting tables, torque tables, and gearing charts for 26&”, 27.5&”, and 29&” bikes. Also covered in the 6th edition: All derailleur shifting systems; all bottom bracket systems; all brake systems; all headset, stem, handlebar and fork systems; wheelbuilding for all bikes; updated and expanded torque tables; complete indexes of all illustrations and topics covered. Whether you&’re riding a classic Stumpjumper or a carbon-fiber race machine, Zinn has got you covered!
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide
by Lennard ZinnZinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world&’s best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance.From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn&’s clearly illustrated guide makes every bicycle repair and maintenance job easy for everyone. Lennard Zinn is the world&’s leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools you&’ll need and how to know you&’ve done the job right. The book&’s interior is easy to read, even in a dimly-lit garage or workshop. Hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations and exploded parts diagrams show just the right level of detail to lead you through every bicycle repair task. This smartly organized guide shows how to repair new and old bicycles from top to bottom. In over 500 pages, Zinn&’s guide includes simple instructions for hundreds of bike maintenance and repair jobs: Basics: How to fix a flat tire, lube a bicycle chain, adjust the brakes Emergency repairs: How to fix a broken chain, tighten loose spokes, repair a bent derailleur Easy shifting: How to adjust shifters, derailleurs, and cables for clean and smooth shifting Wheels: How to true a wheel, install a new tire, change a cassette, replace broken spokes, build your own wheels Overhauls: How to service and replace pedals, chains and chainrings, saddles, handlebars, stems, headsets, forks, bottom brackets New tech: How to maintain 11-speed systems, electronic and wireless shifters, disc brakes Cyclocross: How to set up a &’cross bike for racing, select the right components, and make quick repairs Troubleshooting: How to figure out what&’s wrong with any bike and fix it Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance makes bicycle repair and maintenance easy, quick, affordable, and fun. With Zinn at your side, you&’ll know how to keep your bicycling running smoothly for years. What&’s New in Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 5th Ed.: More than 700 comprehensive illustrations and exploded views. New chapter on electronic shifting covers maintenance, service, repair, and troubleshooting of all Shimano, SRAM, and Campagnolo electronic shifting groups. New chapter on disc brakes covers maintenance, service, and repair of all hydraulic and mechanical systems. New tech covered in depth: through-axle forks, SRAM eTap wireless shifting, second generation Shimano and Campagnolo electronic shifting, direct-mount sidepull brakes, SRAM X-Sync 1x11 cyclocross systems, tubular tire gluing tapes. New troubleshooting charts New master guide to press-fit bottom brackets Also covered in the 5th edition: All derailleur shifting systems (5-speed through 11-speed); all bottom bracket systems (cone-and-cup through press-fit); all brake systems (including caliper, V-brake, cantilever, and disc); all headset, stem, handlebar and fork systems; wheelbuilding for all bikes including cyclocross and disc-brake wheels; special sections on cyclocross throughout including troubleshooting, maintenance, service, repair, and equipment selection; updated and expanded torque tables; complete illustration index and complete subject index.
Train Like a Fighter: Get MMA Fit Without Taking a Hit
by Cat ZinganoSculpt your body like an MMA pro!You love watching your favorite MMA fighters compete and you'd love to get ripped like them—but without having to actually fight anyone. The good news is you don't have to become a fighter to look like one!In Train Like a Fighter, professional mixed martial artist and UFC legend Cat Zingano offers step-by-step instructions for 60 exercises she uses to get in fighting shape—exercises focused on strengthening your upper body, core, and lower body, as well as full-body training movements.Cat also gives you training programs filled with intense routines built from these exercises—all geared toward helping you reach your fitness and physique goals. At no point in following these programs will you have to take a punch, but once you've completed them, you'll definitely look like you can throw one! This book's features include: * The physical, mental, and emotional benefits to training like an MMA fighter * Proper techniques, starting stances, and common moves, such as jabs, uppercuts, and kicks * The right kinds of gear and equipment to use for training * Exercises for warming up and cooling down for exercises, routines, and programs * Cat Zingano's personal training diet as well as other diet tips
The Surfing Corpse
by Paul ZindelDid classmate Timmy Warner plunge to his death over a 300-foot waterfall, or was that Timmy spotted recently, alive and well, at Venice Beach? P.C. and Mackenzie are determined to find out.
Baseball's New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998
by Fran Zimniuch Branch Rickey IIIWhen Major League Baseball first expanded in 1961 with the addition of the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators, it started a trend that saw the number of franchises almost double, from sixteen to thirty, while baseball attendance grew by 44 percent. The story behind this staggering growth, told for the first time in Baseball’s New Frontier, is full of twists and unexpected turns, intrigue, and, in some instances, treachery. From the desertion of New York by the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants to the ever-present threat of antitrust legislation, from the backroom deals and the political posturing to the impact of the upstart Continental League, the book takes readers behind the scenes and into baseball’s decision-making process. Fran Zimniuch gives a lively team-by-team chronicle of how the franchises were awarded, how existing teams protected their players, and what the new teams’ winning (or losing) strategies were. With its account of great players, notable characters, and the changing fortunes of teams over the years, the book supplies a vital chapter in the history of Major League Baseball.
Philadelphia Eagles: Where Have You Gone? (Where Have You Gone?)
by Fran ZimniuchPhiladelphia Eagles: Where Have You Gone? takes an informative stroll down memory lane with the Philadelphia Eagles of yesteryear, helping fans who are wondering where the time has gone. Local icons such as Chuck Bednarik, Tom Brookshier, and Ron Jaworski have remained in the spotlight years after their playing days ended. But this book tells fans about what happened to players like Pete Liske, Leroy Keyes, Super Bill Bradley, and other favorites who have made being an Eagles fan in Philadelphia so much fun. The book goes beyond the helmet and shoulder pads and takes a look at the human side of these former guardians of the gridiron. From Norm Van Brocklin to Jeff Kemp, Wilbert Montgomery to Cyril Pinder, Jim Skaggs to Guy Morriss, and Don Hultz to Tim Rossovich, the book looks not only at the playing careers of many former Birds, but also at their lives after their playing days ended. Many former players have stayed in the game at some level and enjoyed coaching. Many fans, however, do not know which former Eagles player later became an NFL official, which former defensive standout became a salmon fisherman, which wide receiver became a respected judge, or which player now operates hospital-based centers treating sleep apnea. This reissue of Philadelphia Eagles: Where Have You Gone?, first published in 2004, reveals all this and more, providing fans with a look into the past while also bringing them up-to-date with some of Philadelphia’s greats.
Philadelphia Phillies: Where Have You Gone? (Where Have You Gone?)
by Fran ZimniuchPhiladelphia Phillies fans are not casual about their favorite team or its players. These intense and loyal fans expect a full effort from their charges, regardless of the outcome. Philadelphia Phillies: Where Have You Gone? takes an informative stroll down memory lane and includes information about dozens of former Phillies players and coaches from the fifties through the present day. Guys like Robin Roberts, Curt Simmons, Richie Ashburn, Jim Lonborg, Bill Robinson, and ambidextrous pitcher Greg Harris are featured, to name just a few. The proud history of the team has seen players such as Richie Ashburn, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton, and Mike Schmidt inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Hundreds of lesser players impacted fans during their careers, as well. For every All-Star there are dozens of players like Tom Qualters, Terry Harmon, Nippy Jones, Tommy Hutton, and, of course, Ralph Joseph "Putsy” Caballero. First published in 2004, this unique read looks at the human side of the former players after their baseball careers ended, players who are no longer playing but are certainly never forgotten. Readers can learn about these players’ accomplishments on the field and their lives after baseball in this entertaining book.
The Race: Extreme Sailing and Its Ultimate Event: Nonstop, Round-the-World, No Holds Barred
by Tim ZimmermannAn invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind -- a nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in the fastest boats ever built -- The Race attracts some of the world's best sailors and arguably its most eccentric personalities. Tim Zimmermann, an experienced blue-water sailor, relates in knuckle-whitening detail how and why sailors risk millions of dollars and their lives to dash around the world in record time. He garnishes this story with a chronicle of the tumultuous history of extreme sailing from the nineteenth century to today. Zimmermann "puts the reader right on board with the tough, colorful crews as they take a crash course (sometimes literally) in how to handle these astonishing machines" (Derek Lundy, author of Godforsaken Sea).
My Eyes Are Up Here
by Laura ZimmermannMy Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. She&’d be able to focus on excelling at math or negotiating peace talks between her best friend and . . . everyone else. She wouldn&’t spend any time worrying about being the only Kennedy High student whose breasts are bigger than her head.But you can&’t play volleyball inside your head. Or go to the pool. Or have confusingly date-like encounters with the charming new boy. You need an actual body for all of those things. And Greer is entirely uncomfortable in hers.Hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, My Eyes Are Up Here is a story of awkwardness and ferocity, of imaginary butterflies and rock-solid friends. It&’s the story of a girl finding her way out of her oversized sweatshirt and back into the real world.
Raising Our Athletic Daughters: How Sports Can Build Self-esteem and Save Girls' Lives
by Jean ZimmermanThe first book to document how participating in sports changes young girls' lives during the difficult years of adolescence. From high-profile women's professional leagues to high-school-level champions, girl athletes are achieving record breakthroughs. Witness, for example, the first spectacular season of the WNBA, or the celebrated victories of women's teams at the 1996 Olympics. The female athlete is a new media darling especially beloved of today's teenage girls, who are almost as likely to have pictures of Rebecca Lobo, Mia Hamm, or Gabrielle Reece on their walls as posters of Leonardo DiCaprio.So it seems paradoxical that many books and studies attest to a truly sobering picture of girls' lives. With her book Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher was only the latest in a string of theorists to describe the dramatic ways in which girls loose self-esteem during the critical years of adolescence, contributing to eating disorders, drug problems, and chronic depression in many young women. In Raising Our Athletic Daughters, journalists Zimmerman and Reavill set out to talk with girls and their parents about how sports can transform girls' lives. Here are firsthand stories from the inner cities and rural playing fields across the nation, offering compelling evidence that participation in athletics makes an extraordinary difference in the lives of young girls, from reducing pregnancy rates and substance abuse to increasing college attendance. Raising Our Athletic Daughters is a clarion call for all those eager to help their children succeed and level the playing field, at last.
Funktionelle Anatomie: Grundlagen sportlicher Leistung und Bewegung
by Philipp Zimmer Hans-Joachim AppellWie funktioniert der menschliche aufrechte Gang? Welche Muskeln sind beteiligt? Wie werden die auf den Fuß einwirkenden Kräfte beim Lauf abgefedert? Experten erläutern hier alle grundlegenden und wichtigen Details zu Aufbau und Funktion des menschlichen Körpers: das Zusammenspiel der Bestandteile des Bewegungsapparates – Knochen, Sehnen und Muskeln, die Bewegungssteuerung und -kontrolle durch das Zentrale Nervensystem sowie alle für sportliche Leistung und Bewegung notwendigen Körpersysteme.Die 5. Auflage wurde komplett überarbeitet und enthält Prüfungsfragen, die über die App Springer Nature Flashcards abgerufen werden können. Der eigene Wissenstand zu einem Thema kann mittels Fragen und Antworten einfach und spielerisch abgefragt werden.
The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business
by Andrew ZimbalistIn The Bottom Line, one of the foremost sports economists writing today, Andrew Zimbalist (National Pastime), analyzes the net value of sports. He examines motives for why owners buy franchises, the worth of the players and the profitability of teams, and the importance of publicly funded stadiums. In the essays collected here—which appeared in publications like The New York Times, Sports Business Journal, and The Wall Street Journal from 1998-2006—Zimbalist considers the current state of organized sports, from football and baseball to basketball, hockey, and soccer. He also addresses antitrust and labor relations issues, gender equity concerns, collegiate athletics, and the regulation of steroid use, providing readers with a better understanding of the business of sports and the sports business—and what makes both tick.
Circling the Bases: Essays on the Challenges and Prospects of the Sports Industry
by Andrew ZimbalistInCircling the Bases, leading sports economist Andrew Zimbalist continues his discussion and analysis of the major issues and challenges confronting the sports industry in the second decade of the 21st century. Presenting a general overview of the sports business at both the college and professional levels, this volume places concerns such as the antitrust status of sports leagues, The stalled progress of gender equity in college sports, And The control of Performance Enhancing Drugs in historical context. Zimbalist also provides a deeper understanding of how sports have fared and changed with the sharpening financial crisis and 2009 economic downturn-from the morphing role of salary caps and revenue distribution And The rapid escalation of college coaches' compensation To The financing of sports facilities And The economic impact of hosting the Olympic Games. InCircling the Bases, Zimbalist continues to show how the business of sports is evolving and how the sports industry is becoming more closely linked with the corporate sector and thus more vulnerable To The vicissitudes of the U. S. And world economies. Zimbalist deftly shows how sports are facing the uncertainties of the future and what the implications are for sports fans, players, owners, and leagues.
Circus Maximus
by Andrew ZimbalistAthletes compete for national honor in Olympic and World Cup games. But the road to these mega events is paved by big business. We all know who the winners on the field are-but who wins off the field?The numbers are staggering: China spent $40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent $50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as $20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which will be the site of the 2022 World Cup, is estimating that it will spend $200 billion.How did we get here? And is it worth it? Those are among the questions noted sports economist Andrew Zimbalist answers in Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Both the Olympics and the World Cup are touted as major economic boons for the countries that host them, and the competition is fierce to win hosting rights. Developing countries especially see the events as a chance to stand in the world's spotlight.Circus Maximus traces the path of the Olympic Games and the World Cup from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess. It exposes the hollowness of the claims made by their private industry boosters and government supporters, all illustrated through a series of case studies ripping open the experiences of Barcelona, Sochi, Rio, and London. Zimbalist finds no net economic gains for the countries that have played host to the Olympics or the World Cup. While the wealthy may profit, those in the middle and lower income brackets do not, and Zimbalist predicts more outbursts of political anger like that seen in Brazil surrounding the 2014 World Cup.
Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
by Andrew ZimbalistThe numbers are staggering: China spent $40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent $50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as $20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which will be the site of the 2022 World Cup, is estimating that it will spend $200 billion. How did we get here? And is it worth it? Those are among the questions noted sports economist Andrew Zimbalist answers in Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Both the Olympics and the World Cup are touted as major economic boons for the countries that host them, and the competition is fierce to win hosting rights. Developing countries especially see the events as a chance to stand in the world's spotlight. Circus Maximus traces the path of the Olympic Games and the World Cup from noble sporting events to exhibits of excess. It exposes the hollowness of the claims made by their private industry boosters and government supporters, all illustrated through a series of case studies ripping open the experiences of Barcelona, Sochi, Rio, and London. Zimbalist finds no net economic gains for the countries that have played host to the Olympics or the World Cup. While the wealthy may profit, those in the middle and lower income brackets do not, and Zimbalist predicts more outbursts of political anger like that seen in Brazil surrounding the 2014 World Cup.
In the Best Interests of Baseball?: Governing the National Pastime
by Andrew ZimbalistIn the Best Interests of Baseball? is a thoughtful, balanced look at the impact of the ninth commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig, on the sport as well as an examination of the commissioner’s position in a historical context. The more controversial topics Andrew Zimbalist probes include the conflicts of interest arising from Selig’s original role as owner/commissioner; Selig’s response to the persistent steroids scandal; the commissioner’s role in promoting and marketing the sport; player relations and the collective-bargaining agreement; managing explosive conflicts among the owners; the game’s economic challenges; major changes made on Selig’s watch; and Selig’s growing compensation. Underlying this very public evaluation is a far more challenging question: given the legal, economic, and political architecture of Major League Baseball, can any commissioner act in the best interest of the game? Based on dozens of interviews with Selig, former president and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball Bob DuPuy, and scores of baseball insiders and interested outsiders, as well as on mountains of historic baseball documents, In the Best Interests of Baseball? challenges everything you thought you knew about the game, the Major Leagues, the players, the owners, and, most of all, the man at the helm. This edition includes a new preface and epilogue by the author discussing the developments in the baseball industry since 2005 and anticipating what lies ahead for the national pastime.
Whither College Sports: Amateurism, Athlete Safety, and Academic Integrity
by Andrew ZimbalistIntercollegiate athletics is under assault from all sides. Its economic model is yielding increasing and unsustainable deficits and widening inequality. Coaches and athletic directors are the highest paid employees at FBS universities (NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision) by factors of five to ten, or more. Athletes are being cheated on their promised education, do not receive adequate medical care, and are not allowed to receive cash income. Substantial change, either toward reasserting the intended primacy of education for intercollegiate athletes or a further surrender to commercialism, is coming. This book lays out the starkly different paths that college sports reform can follow and what the ramifications will be on the athletes and on the institutions in which they are enrolled.
Lower League Football in Crisis: Issues of Organisation and Legitimacy in England and Germany (Football Research in an Enlarged Europe)
by Daniel ZiescheWhile the field of football studies has produced an abundance of literature on professional, top-league football, there is little research output to do with the non-top level football. This book explores the relationship between the top and lower leagues, laying open the drastic schisms that exist between the different levels. The study links the developments at the top level of English and German football in the past 30 years to transformational processes in lower league football. Illustrating how the hegemonic status of top football weighs hard on the spheres below, it depicts how it also serves as a blueprint for lower league football clubs’ strategies in coping with a threefold dilemma of institutional legitimacy that shows itself in economic, cultural and social dimensions. Taking the different club structures in both national contexts as a starting point, it portrays both the efficacy of institutional frameworks and how these can be challenged from below. This research will be of interest to students and scholars across football studies, sports studies, the sociology of sport, and organisation studies.
Easy-Gaited Horses: Gentle, humane methods for training and riding gaited pleasure horses
by Lee Ziegler Rhonda Hart PoeEnjoy a comfortable long-distance ride on a well-trained gaited horse and you’ll be surprised at how easygoing these handsome animals can be. But unique challenges can arise when horse owners more familiar with the standard walk, trot, and canter try to train these complex and multigeared horses to gait correctly. Author Lee Ziegler guides riders through the finer points of developing and maintaining these extra gaits, using humane training methods that stress patience and good horsemanship.
Strategic Event Leveraging: Models, Practices and Prospects
by Dr Vassilios ZiakasThis book comprehensively describes, explains, critiques and refines our current perspectives of event leveraging and, in so doing, provides an analytic account of the subject area as a whole, as it concerns the strategic pursuit of attaining and magnifying benefits that derive from events. Encompassing all events including sport, cultural and business, it also covers all kinds of benefits that can be leveraged and lead to sustainability through triple-bottom-line assessment. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to cross boundaries and creates linkages among the parent disciplines (sport management; events, hospitality and tourism; leisure studies, parks and recreation) and general disciplines (management, marketing, sociology, anthropology, urban and regional planning). Written by an experienced author well-known in the field of event management and leveraging, this book: - Examines the art of event leveraging and contributes to the literature by refining pertinent theory. - Presents and explains theoretical models of event leveraging and emergent derivative frameworks. - Reveals major practices, issues and lessons from literature and case studies. - Integrates disciplinary applications of event leveraging to further refine the theoretical perspective through an interdisciplinary lens. - Develops a comprehensive outlook of event leveraging as a means to sustainability. Building a truly global and transdisciplinary framework, the author provides direction and possibilities that can lead to new forms of leveraging, making this an excellent resource for researchers, practitioners and students interested in event management and policy, sport management, recreation and leisure, and hospitality, tourism and festival management.
TGF-Beta Signaling: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology #2488)
by Zhike Zi Xuedong LiuThis detailed volume is devoted to the recent development of quantitative experiments and computational methods driving new transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and other cell signaling knowledge. Many chapters cover quantitative assays for TGF-β signaling studies, with others exploring the increasing role of both modeling and computational methods. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and up-to-date, TGF-Beta Signaling: Methods and Protocols serves as a vital resource for researchers seeking to move the TGF-β field into the quantitative realm.
The Mind Inside Tai Chi: Sustaining a Joyful Heart (G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects)
by Henry ZhuangTai chi's big reward is a joyful heart We all know tai chi can be very rewarding if you keep doing it. That's the rub--consistently doing it!How do you keep your motivation high day after day, year after year?After more than thirty years of practicing tai chi chuan, author Henry Zhuang shares what has kept him with tai chi for so long, and how his tai chi evolved from a "mere exercise" to a rewarding path, improving his life and happiness. He promises this for you too!If you are considering tai chi, this book is for you. It will present a clear exploration of the benefits of tai chi, such as strength, balance, vitality, virtue, courage, and harmony. This will help you make the decision to get involved.If you already practice tai chi, you may need a boost to help you stay on track, overcoming obstacles in your progress.Tip: Simply doing the act, focusing on aerobic activity alone, is not enough. You must find ways to advance both your mind-set and your physical body. Achieving this shift will change your tai chi profoundly. It will move from a mere act of doing to a way of following your joyful heart.Get ready to make tai chi a happy lifelong experience.
The Mind Inside Yang Style Tai Chi: Lao Liu Lu 22-Posture Short Form (Mind Inside Tai Chi #2)
by Henry ZhuangThis is the anticipated follow-up to the author’s previous work, The Mind Inside Tai Chi (YMAA, 2015). In this edition he turns his attention to Yang style, guiding you through the 22-step form with an eye for detail and a love of nuance. “Tai chi is born from wuji, a state of emptiness,” Zhuang writes. “Empty the mind. There is no yin or yang, no you or others.” From this state of balance and grace, the author leads you through the Yang form, one step at a time. Illustrations with motion arrows guide your physical movements, while Zhuang’s “mind approach” helps you appreciate the subtleties of each posture. Rich descriptions and vivid imagery bring the art to life. • Begin with “nothing” by stilling the body and mind. • Channel your intent to stimulate the flow of chi. • Learn the entire 22-step Yang form. • Explore the “mind approach,” discovering a deeper understanding of each posture. The author instructs you on correct physical posture, footwork, weight distribution, and tempo. He also describes subtle aspects of the form, including vision, relaxation, and the flow of chi. This book includes: • The history and lineage of Yang style. • Photographs of the author performing each posture. • Motion arrows depicting the movements of the entire form. If you are unfamiliar with Yang style, The Mind Inside Yang Style Tai Chi is the perfect place to begin. If you are a longtime practitioner, Henry Zhuang’s insight will deepen your appreciation for this art.
Politics and Identity in Chinese Martial Arts (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
by Lu ZhouxiangChinese martial arts is considered by many to symbolise the strength of the Chinese and their pride in their history, and has long been regarded as an important element of Chinese culture and national identity. Politics and Identity in Chinese Martial Arts comprehensively examines the development of Chinese martial arts in the context of history and politics, and highlights its role in nation building and identity construction over the past two centuries. This book explores how the development of Chinese martial arts was influenced by the ruling regimes’ political and military policies, as well as the social and economic environment. It also discusses the transformation of Chinese martial arts into its modern form as a competitive sport, a sport for all and a performing art, considering the effect of the rapid transformation of Chinese society in the 20th century and the influence of Western sports. The text concludes by examining the current prominence of Chinese martial arts on a global scale and the bright future of the sport as a unique cultural icon and national symbol of China in an era of globalisation. Politics and Identity in Chinese Martial Arts is important reading for researchers, students and scholars working in the areas of Chinese studies, Chinese history, political science and sports studies. It is also a valuable read for anyone with a special interest in Chinese martial arts.