Strength and fitness gifts

A comprehensive, physiology-based guide to performance nutrition for active women approaching or experiencing menopause—from the author of Roar, renowned exercise and nutrition scientist Dr. Stacy Sims. For active women, menopause hits hard. Overnight, your body doesn't feel like the one you know and love anymore—you’re battling new symptoms, might be gaining weight, losing endurance and strength, and taking longer to...

The Neuroscience of Peak Performance, Success, and Happiness Why do some people win all the time? Why do others languish? From Olympians to Formula 1 drivers, addicts to billionaires, cognitive neuroscientist Dr Kerry Spackman has spent decades working to help people understand how to succeed. In The Winner's Formula, Kerry explains what goes on in your brain when you are...

Relentless by Tim S. Grover is an empowering guide that takes readers deep into the mindset and strategies used by the world's most accomplished athletes and achievers. For over twenty years, Tim Grover has trained iconic sports figures such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade, helping them reach unprecedented levels of success. Now, he shares his profound insights...

The Forever Strong PLAYBOOK by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a companion to the instant New York Times bestseller, Forever Strong. This PLAYBOOK delivers actionable protocols to transform both body and mind. Discover how to think, eat, move, and recover for optimal health. Get fit, prevent disease, and future-proof your body with step-by-step strategies to build strength, reduce fatigue, and sharpen...

The debut fitness book by influencer, PT, and fitness coach, Caroline Idiens. They say that life begins at 50, and yet, for many women, this decade is one that looms with a feeling of being lost and alone - empty nest, perimenopause, menopause, retirement. However, while these years are certainly full of change, with change comes the exciting opportunity for...

The iconic 'iceman', known for his record-breaking endurance of cold temperatures, shares his world-famous method for improving your mind, body, and performance. OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 'I've never felt so alive' – JOE WICKS 'A fascinating look at Wim's incredible life and method' – FEARNE COTTON My hope is to inspire you to retake control of your body...

The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss is a groundbreaking guide that revolutionises how you approach body transformation. Ferriss, the bestselling author of The 4-Hour Work Week, pours over 15 years of research into this transformative book, offering readers a unique blend of science-backed strategies, fascinating personal stories, and practical tips to achieve their physical goals effortlessly. Far from being your...

The legendary seven-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete shares lessons from her inspiring story of levelling up her performance, embracing failure, and fiercely taking on impossible goals. Tia Toomey, the world's fittest woman, has won seven CrossFit Games (six of those years consecutively) and is undeniably a true warrior. She has also trained for the Winter Olympics in bobsleighing,...

Did you know that muscle mass decreases approximately 3-8% per decade after the age of 30 for both men and women, unless we act to mitigate it? Or that osteoporosis affects one in three women over the age of 50 worldwide, an estimated 200 million women in total? Or that coronary heart disease, the main cause of heart attacks, was...

Getting older doesn't have to mean slowing down! This book shows you how to create a personalized plan to build strength, protect bone health, restore balance and improve mobility. Physiotherapist and over-50s health specialist Will Harlow has helped millions regain strength and confidence through his YouTube channel. In Independence for Life, he shares a transformative plan built around his four...

THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The definitive guide for building an all-round healthy and high-performing body and mind." Andrew Huberman, professor of neuroscience, Stanford University, and host of the Huberman Lab podcast The sit-and-rise test that can predict your likely lifespan The one-leg balance that indicates your risk of being seriously injured in a fall The floor-sit...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLearn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new book that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine .After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr Gabrielle Lyon noticed a pattern. While her patients struggled...

Science of Strength Training is the only book to demonstrate all muscle actions for exercises, with flexible workout programmes and over half the exercises adapted for home training. Discover the hard science needed to perfect each exercise and build your strongest body—at home or in the gym. Whether you are looking to tone and sculpt your body, lose weight, give...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING FAT LOSS Good habits are powerful. They bring about change one step at a time, until it becomes second nature. But when it comes to fat loss, too often the focus is on bad habits. We're bombarded with articles and videos telling us why this food is bad, or this food is good, or...

The Art of Resilience by Ross Edgley is a compelling exploration into the depths of human perseverance and mental toughness. This groundbreaking book delves into Edgley's astonishing feats of endurance, including his historic achievement as the first person to swim around the entire coastline of Great Britain, a journey that spanned 1,780 miles over 157 grueling days. Edgley's narrative is...

Revised & Expanded 2026 Edition. Heal painful joints, prevent injuries, and rebuild your body from the ground up. (If mainstream fitness advice has left you broken down and beat up, it’s time for a new strategy.) Most middle-aged fitness enthusiasts and athletes have been dragged down by joint pain, injuries, and other ailments commonly accepted as “part of getting older.”...

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall transports readers to Crete, where an extraordinary tale of courage and ingenuity unfolds. McDougall delves into the incredible story of how a ragtag group of English poets, academics, and Cretan resistance fighters undertook an audacious mission against the Nazi invaders. Their weapon of choice? An ancient...

Pilates for Everyone by Micki Havard is a comprehensive and inclusive guide designed to bring the benefits of Pilates to all individuals, regardless of age, race, size, gender, or physical ability. This vibrant, full-colour book demystifies Pilates and presents it as an accessible practice for enhancing physical and mental well-being. Pilates offers numerous benefits, and this book serves as your...

The secret to your health, fitness, and overall wellbeing lies in the most basic and overlooked aspect of your workout: how you breathe. Developing body strength while ignoring breathing strength is counterproductive. In The Oxygen Advantage, Patrick McKeown combines his successful breathing exercises with techniques designed to simulate high-altitude training in a highly successful programme that will significantly improve anyone's...

Take control of your fitness from the comfort of your chair with this deck of 52 exercise cards to help you strengthen and stretch your body. Perfect for people who have mobility issues or spend long periods of time sitting at a desk, the Get Fit While You Sit card deck will provide you with a head-to-toe workout that's achievable...

Explains the hard science that will help people of all abilities to run faster, endure for longer, and avoid injury. Science of Running goes further than any other running book to interrogate the muscle groups and bodily systems involved in being an effective runner, and shows how to apply insights gained to train for optimal performance. The book examines the...

'The Midlife Cyclist is a triumph' – Cycling Plus'Phil is eminently qualified to write The Midlife Cyclist. Well, he is certainly old enough.' – Fabian Cancellara, Tour de France rider and two-time Olympic champion----Renowned cycling biomechanics pioneer, Phil Cavell, explores the growing trend of middle-aged and older cyclists seeking to achieve high-level performance.Using contributions from leading coaches, ex-professionals and pro-team...

Get your Pilates on—no gym membership required! Pilates For Dummies teaches you the principles of the Pilates Method of stretching, exercising, and breathing, for amazing fitness results. The book guides you through basic, intermediate, and advanced mat exercises. It’s packed with exercises to help you target problem areas, gain strength and flexibility, heal injuries, and feel better than ever. With...

We all know that exercise is good for the body. But did you know that it can transform your mind? This new scientific revolution will teach you how to boost brain cells, protect yourself against mental illness and dementia, and ensure success in exams and the workplace. Follow the Spark training regimen and build your brain to its peak performance....

The amazing true story of Dave "the Brown Buttabean" Letele and how he turned his life around. Dave Letele's incredible life has taken him from footy to failure, crime to community, fat to fit and riches to rags — and back again. Today, he is an award-winning community leader and life coach who, as the face of Buttabean Motivation, helps...

Win the learning game with the VTech 3-In-1 Sports Centre. Score a basket or make a goal, and the smart sports centre responds with cheerful sounds and phrases to keep the fun going! Toddlers get their muscles moving with a soccer ball to exercise their legs and feet, and a basketball to get little arms and hands working. Make a basket!...

Best-selling author/illustrator Marion Deuchars now takes her beloved bird through a daily workout in the natural sequel to Yoga for Stiff Birds. Marion Deuchars perfectly understands the difficult relationship some of us have with our daily fitness routine. In How to be a Fit Bird, she raises a smile and brings levity to our workouts, using Bob the bird to...

A no-bullsht planner to crush those fcking fitness goals. Get organised, cut the bullsht, and crush your fcking goals this year with this hilarious softcover fitness planner! Sometimes you just need to suck it the hell up, laugh it off, and get that workout fcking done. This 2025 flexi spiral organiser will help you stay on top of your fitness...

Reaching your goal weight isn't the finish line-it's where the real journey begins. New York Times best-selling author Susan Peirce Thompson, brain and cognitive scientist and founder of Bright Line Eating, teaches you the three identity shifts that will finally keep the weight off for good. Conventional weight-loss programs, GLP-1s, gastric bypass, and fad diets aren't the magic bullets everyone...

A “must-read” (Mark Divine, New York Times bestselling author) fitness book for men and women over forty from bestselling author and trainer Michael Matthews. Is this a workout book that can make you look and feel like you’re twenty again in thirty days flat? Is it a fitness book full of diet and exercise “hacks” and “shortcuts” for gaining lean...

A scientifically-tested roadmap to getting from where you are to where you want to be - the dazzling sequel to the #2 Sunday Times bestseller High Performance. How did the world's most remarkable people get that way? This is a book about how the highest-performing people changed their lives - and how you can change yours. Drawing on interviews with...

High-Protein Meals in Minutes is a high-protein meal programme with all recipes made in under 30 minutes, complete with exercises. Scott Harrison, founder of the Six Pack Revolution, is back with his second book after the Sunday Times bestselling Eat Your Way to a Six Pack. With a focus on high-protein meals, all able to be cooked in 30 minutes...

1,500 Stretches—the follow-up book to the New York Times bestseller 2,100 Asanas—compiles all stretching poses in one place, organised by body part, with stunning photographs, easy-to-follow steps, and the health benefits of each pose. Does your lower back ache from sitting all day? Can you barely walk after your cycling class? Do you stretch your back and feel only more...

Exercise is good for just about everything – you stay fitter, younger, stronger. But how should you exercise? And how much? In this book, Michael Mosley and Peta Bee present the truth about exercise, based on cutting-edge research from the leading sports science team at Loughborough University and other studies from around the world. These studies show that short bouts...

Many of us are guilty of choosing to binge-watch TV after a stressful day at work rather than hitting the gym to exercise, but what if you could do both at the same time? Self-help expert and stretching guru Susan Clark has devised over 40 simple exercises you can sneakily squeeze in while in bed, at your desk, commuting, watching...

The inspiring story from 2025 NSW Young Australian of the Year Nominee, Alex Noble, whose wisdom and strength can teach us all how to live life to the fullest, no matter what it throws at us. Sixteen-year-old Alex Noble was a high school rugby star with a promising sporting career ahead of him when an on-field injury left him fighting...

The essential day-to-day guide for training for and nailing your first marathon. ‘Chris is a mad keen runner. I hope this book inspires others to get out and do it.’ — Sir Mo Farah ‘When it comes to running a marathon, it’s not actually about making it to the finish line, it’s about having the guts to make it to...

A complete programme of meal planning and fitness challenges, featuring 75 recipes. Let Scott Harrison, founder of The Six Pack Revolution, guide you on your journey to a healthier body and mind—no calorie counters or weighing scales in sight, just visible results in 75 days. Scott's life-changing programme, The Six Pack Revolution, has helped a community of tens of thousands...

Slacklining has become a popular trend and recognised sport for kids aged 6 and up, as well as for adults, over the last 10 years. Many enjoy the challenge and commit to practising and improving with patience and focus to walk the line! Many athletes and health-conscious individuals know that working on their balance and core strength is important. Setting...

See under the skin of 90+ HIIT exercises and take your workouts to the next level. Get the best results from your HIIT workouts by understanding the muscle action needed to perfect each exercise. Explore the physiology of more than 90 essential HIIT exercises, to master each movement with confidence and control. Recent scientific research shows that HIIT is the...