Tag: Strength

September 19, 2023

Muscle The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement [Audiobook]

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Free Download Muscle: The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CGML64VN | 2023 | 7 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 219 MB
Author: Roy A. Meals
Narrator: Jonathan Yen
An entertaining deep dive into muscle, from the discovery of human anatomy to the latest science of strength training. Muscle tissue powers every heartbeat, blink, jog, jump, and goosebump. It is the force behind the most critical bodily functions, including digestion and childbirth, as well as extreme feats of athleticism. We can mold our muscles with exercise and observe the results. In this lively, lucid book, orthopedic surgeon Roy A. Meals takes us on a wide-ranging journey through anatomy, biology, history, and health to unlock the mysteries of our muscles. He breaks down the three different types of muscle-smooth, skeletal, and cardiac-and explores major advancements in medicine and fitness, including cutting-edge gene-editing research and the science behind popular muscle conditioning strategies. Along the way, he offers insight into the changing aesthetic and cultural conception of muscle, from Michelangelo’s David to present-day bodybuilders, and shares fascinating examples of strange muscular maladies and their treatment. Brimming with fun facts and infectious enthusiasm, Muscle sheds light on the astonishing, essential tissue that moves us through life.

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September 16, 2023

Cask Strength The Story of the Barrel, the Secret Ingredient in Your Drink [Audiobook]

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Free Download Cask Strength: The Story of the Barrel, the Secret Ingredient in Your Drink (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CBKWYYXN | 2023 | 5 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 286 MB
Author: Mike Gerrard
Narrator: Mike Cooper
From its first use by the Ancient Egyptians, the barrel has left an unmistakable imprint on human history. The Romans used the barrel in all corners of their vast empire, and explorers could not have charted the globe or opened up trade routes without barrels to store their food and water. And in all its thousands of years of use, the barrel’s basic design has barely changed at all-a testament to its sheer and simple perfection. Cask Strength is more than a history book. In it, Mike Gerrard, an award-winning travel and drinks writer, investigates the making, buying, and selling of barrels and details how drinks like wine, tequila, rum, cognac, and others are enhanced by specific kinds of barrel production. Today, modern distillers, brewers, and wine-makers continue to use barrels in new, creative ways-with the barrel providing up to 60-70% of their flavors. Without the barrel, we would have no bourbon, no oak-aged chardonnay, no barrel-aged stouts . . . and no tabasco sauce, either. Gerrard’s expertise and palpable passion for good beverages interestingly made will ignite the curiosities of booze fans and history buffs alike as Cask Strength traces the simple splendor of the barrel.

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