Download or read book Playing golf lengthens your life written by Renata Freccero and published by Edizioni Altravista. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practising sport stimulates cerebral activity. In children and adolescents, coordinated movement is the fruit of complex neuromotor programming that is defined as “bodily intelligence.” In the adult, physical activity combats and reduces cerebrovascular diseases, and maintains muscle tone and bone strength. This article comments upon research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports in 2009, a study reporting that playing golf reduces the death rate for all causes by 40% compared to the life expectancy of a sedentary person. The natural environment free of irritating noise, walking on turf, the predominance of the colour green, the average duration of the game between three and five hours per day, combine to give the player a feeling of general physical wellbeing. Impulses that originate from the field of sight, thanks to the serenity of the environment, travel first to the thalamus from where, via a monosynaptic circuit, they reach the hypothalamus and create positive homeostasis. External conditions, through auto-regulatory mechanisms, induce in the golfer an inner stability in terms of chemical and physical properties. The sensation experienced by the player is of such pleasure as to lead to this sport’s being defined as a drug. The human brain thus perceives the golfing environment as healthy and desirable, but there is one aspect that is being missed. In Liguria, in August 2015, a growth in the population of wild boars was recorded. Much harm was done to agriculture, and considerable damage also occurred on golf courses, but in what ways? The devastation was concentrated along the fairways, while the greens and tees were left untouched. In Piedmont the situation was less invasive, but for the rest identical. Environmental pollution, periods of drought alternating with periods of heavy rain, mean that specific action is required on grassy areas, above all on the greens and tees. Frequently this means treatment with pesticides and weed-killers that are harmful to man, but they send no signal of danger to man’s brain. Presumably, however, the wild boar can somehow detect their presence. Although practicing golf leads to general psychophysical wellbeing, precise indications should be followed concerning the risks of this practice.
Download or read book The Round of Your Life written by Andre Huu and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the great Ben Hogan once said, what if your life was like a round of golf? What would that round be like? What might the unfinished scorecard of your life look like? The quest for answers to these hypothetical questions led author Andre Huu to the fundamental concepts behind his book, The Round of Your Life. In his memoir, Huu likens his life to a game of golf, offering a scoring method to help him evaluate his experiences, responses, and lessons learned. Throughout this journeyfrom his birth in Vietnam to the present dayhe shares his stories and the scores he has assigned himself for each hole hes played. He invites you to apply his unique scoring method to come up with a scorecard for your own life. Filled with life stories, insights, advice, and inspirational quotes, The Round of Your Life encourages you to worry less about the score of the game and focus more on getting the most enjoyment possible out of the rest of your round.
Download or read book Play Golf Forever written by Michael Jaffe DO and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST BOOK OF ITS KIND off ering the program developed by Dr. Jaff e at Kaiser Permanente’s Low Back Pain Clinic in San Diego to tone and treat low back muscles stressed by golf. Describing the causes, necessary testing, proper posture control, and various medical treatments for low back pain, this book helps you take control and win back your golf game! Th e Functional training and core strengthening exercises taught in this book not only treat and prevent low back pain but also help improve your swing and athletic abilities. Th rough step-by-step instructions with detailed photographs, you will learn exercises for the home or gym, stretches on the tee, and proper technique for improving your swing--a winning combination for improving your game and life.
Download or read book The Guru of Golf written by Thomas Moore and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While to some chasing a small white ball across a vast field of grass may seem pointless, the game of golf has, for centuries, drawn everyone from the poor working class to the upper crust of society. There is something enchanting about the experience of golf that sets it apart from other sports. In this collection of 18 short stories, The Guru of Golf celebrates perhaps one of the most widely popular of athletic pursuits. Thomas Moore shows us how golf can be a perfect metaphor for life itself—endlessly mysterious, joyful, and captivating, yet at times unbearable. From the tee to the green, he intertwines modern and classical tales that illustrate the challenges players face—on and off the course. A game rife with strict rules on etiquette and both physically and mentally taxing, golf tests the body, mind, and spirit. Humorous and insightful, The Guru of Golf captures the range of emotions associated with its players’ ardent determination; searches for meaning behind quiet, solitary moments; and reveals the struggles that try our patience, as well as the victories that make the game—and life—worthwhile.
Download or read book Healing through Exercise written by Jorg Blech and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Healing Through Exercise, internationally bestselling science writer Jörg Blech sets out the actual physiological effects of exercise: it triggers the growth of new brain cells, induces stem cells in blood vessels, and reverses symptoms of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Doctors are now using exercise to combat common ailments such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, and depression. Every one of us—whether a healthy athlete, a patient seeking to overcome a chronic disease, or a person desiring a longer, more mentally active life—can use the new and important information in this book.
Download or read book One Day I Shall Astonish the World written by Nina Stibbe and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beloved author of Love, Nina, a frank, tender, and poignantly funny story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime. Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship. Nina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination.
Download or read book Life Reimagined written by Barbara Bradley Hagerty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Barbara Bradley Hagerty is a wise and engaging guide through the possibilities…of middle age.” —Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive A dynamic and inspiring exploration of the new science that is redrawing the future for people in their forties, fifties, and sixties for the better—and for good. There’s no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book. It’s a myth, an illusion. New scientific research explodes the fable that midlife is a time when things start to go downhill for everybody. In fact, midlife can be a great new adventure, when you can embrace fresh possibilities, purposes, and pleasures. In Life Reimagined, Hagerty explains that midlife is about renewal: It’s the time to renegotiate your purpose, refocus your relationships, and transform the way you think about the world and yourself. Drawing from emerging information in neurology, psychology, biology, genetics, and sociology—as well as her own story of midlife transformation—Hagerty redraws the map for people in midlife and plots a new course forward in understanding our health, our relationships, even our futures.
Download or read book Lengthen Your Line written by Jim Afremow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lengthen Your Line: The 5 C's for Exceptional Performance in the Game of Life is an innovative, psychological guide that will help you expose your self-limiting beliefs and present you with a mental toolbox for exceptional performance in any life pursuit. What does it mean to lengthen your line? Through his extensive experience working with exceptional people in all areas of life, Dr. Jim Afremow has realized that performers often have a preoccupation with their competition, which limits and prevents them from doing their best. When his clients exhibit this preoccupation, he shares with them the following Zen riddle. Dr. Afremow draws a chalk line on the floor and asks them how to make the line shorter without erasing its edges. The answer-draw a longer line next to it, thus making the original line shorter in comparison. Dr. Afremow provides concrete strategies that can be readily applied to any situation to achieve success in your performance domain. Through the use of enlightening Zen stories, inspirational quotes, and clever performance principles, Dr. Afremow details the five C's to lengthening your own line. With the winning tactics in Lengthen Your Line, you too can focus on chasing your own potential and take your performance to the highest level.
Download or read book The Outing Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1968-06-07 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Download or read book Beyond Wealth written by Alexander Green and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not all about the money; the key to true riches Leo Tolstoy said, "Nobody knows where the human race is going. The highest wisdom, then, is to know where you are going." Yet many today chase the false rabbits of success: status, luxury, reputation and material possessions. In the quest to "have it all," our lives often lack real meaning and purpose. Beyond Wealth is the antidote. New York Times bestselling author Alexander Green takes things right down to brass tacks: We are here for a short time. Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, the most critical knowledge is not any particular skill but rather wisdom about "how to live." Fortunately, men and women have had several thousand years to think about what it means to live "the good life." And the answers found here, from Plato and Aristotle to Mahatma Gandhi and Stephen Hawking, will both surprise and delight you. Beyond Wealth provides insightful commentary on the most important aspects of our lives: love, work, honor, trust, freedom, death, fear, truth, beauty and other timeless issues. The book is both a thought provoking read and the ideal gift, guaranteed to ennoble, uplift and inspire.
Download or read book Yoga for Golfers written by Katherine Roberts and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-03-22 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the unquestioned expert in the field, the authoritative guide to yoga for golfers "Working with Katherine for the last couple of years has allowed me to compete at a very high level." --Gary McCord, CBS golf commentator and Senior PGA Tour player Katherine Roberts, founder and host of the "Yoga for Golfers" program on the Golf Channel, offers her unique educational methods in this groundbreaking book, providing instruction to the millions of golfers--including many top tour professionals--who have turned to the art of yoga to improve their game. Based on 20 years of expertise, Yoga for Golfers connects the mind and body to create a powerful fitness regimen, including: Yoga postures specifically selected for a golfer's needs Proper breathing techniques Mind-relaxation methods Injury-reducing stretches Visualization tools--for success on and off the course
Download or read book Connect written by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promise of wellness and satisfaction has never been as ubiquitous in our culture as it is now. Images of happy people stare out at us from magazine pages and television screens; they are successful and busy, hurrying from the office to the opera, eating healthfully and acting responsibly. We are a nation of achievers but, as Dr. Edward Hallowell makes clear in Connect, what sustains us—emotionally, psychologically, physically—is connectedness, the feeling that we are part of something that matters, something larger than ourselves that gives life its meaning, direction, and purpose. Hallowell examines the real life most of us lead—overwhelmed, harried, pressured—and outlines the steps we can take to connect ourselves to the people and things that matter to us. He elevates the simplest forms of communication, understanding, and self-knowledge as examples of the human moment: the basis for the bridges we build to one another. He tells stories of personal growth—one woman's plan to bring a neighborhood together, another woman's assembling of a makeshift family, a real estate developer's institution of company-wide weekly pizza dinners—and identifies in them twelve vital ties to a more connected life. Hallowell concludes that within each of us exists the capacity to connect with the people around us—our parents, spouses, children, friends, and colleagues—to become who we want to be and to be happy with who we are.
Download or read book Outing Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fraser s Magazine for Town and Country written by James Anthony Froude and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the first printing of Sartor resartus, as well as other works by Thomas Carlyle.
Download or read book The Brain Chemistry Plan written by Michael Lesser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-01-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author helps readers determine which brain chemistry best applies to them while offering advice on how to improve one's mood and maximize cognitive strengths with the strategic use of nutritional regimens and vitamin supplements. Reprint.
