Sky Is Falling or Skiing and Snowboarding Fitness

Sky Is Falling: Understanding and Coping with Phobias, Panic and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Author: Raeann Dumont

Gracie hasn't left her house in thirty years out of fear she'll be contaminated. Jerry spent hours each day picking up debris on the subway platform. Norm's bridge phobia led him into alcoholism, messed up his marriage, and alienated his children. David - bright, young, ambitious - feared he'd lose his job because he so dreaded giving sales presentations. These are some of the case examples - exemplary of the approximately fourteen to twenty million people who suffer from anxiety disorders in this country - that are found in this riveting and helpful book. Raeann Dumont helps readers understand the features of obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, and panic. Utilizing cognitive therapy and self-help techniques, she helps readers recognize anxiety producing thoughts and shows how, through reality-testing and assessing anxiety situations, these compulsions can be managed. Included in this volume is a step-by-step self-help section, charts, and worksheets.

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Valerie Raskin, M.D.
A warm, informative, and practical book.... Eminently useful to anxiety sufferers and therapists alike.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Introduction
Pt. I	Anxiety and Magic Thinking
Pt. II	Tales of Magic Thinking
Pt. III	How to Change Your Own Magic Thinking
	Appendix 1 - Glossary
	Appendix 2 - Self-Help Worksheets
	Resource Guide
	Index

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Skiing and Snowboarding Fitness: Reach Your Potential on the Slopes

Author: Mark Hines

A valuable guide to pre -season training.

Proper training and conditioning are the best safeguards for an enjoyable and injury-free holiday of skiing or snowboarding. Unlike most sports, skiing and snowboarding put huge demands on both body and mind. A momentary lapse in coordination, concentration, flexibility or reflexes can lead to disastrous, even life-threatening injuries.

Skiing and Snowboarding Fitness is a well-organized, comprehensive illustrated guide to a realistic and dynamic fitness program that can be specifically tailored to an individual. The book recommends specific programs to guard against the most common types of skiing-related (or snowboarding-related) dangers:

• Spinal injuries
• Shoulder injuries
• Knee and ligament sprains
• Improper nutrition and hydration.

Step-by-step exercise programs treat the body as a whole, with attention on strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Many of the exercises improve timing and balance, the two essential factors so critical on the hills and mountainsides.

The fitness programs can be completed in months or in weeks and will benefit skiers and boarders of all levels. Required equipment is remarkably simple, gimmick-free and commonly available.

Skiing and Snowboarding Fitness is a complete workout program that will help participants perform better, avoid injuries, and have more fun when they hit the slopes.