Smart Guide to Getting Strong and Fit (The Smart Guides Series) - Softcover

Bodger, Carole

 
9780471296355: Smart Guide to Getting Strong and Fit (The Smart Guides Series)

Synopsis

Finally. A series that won′t treat you like a dummy . . .

Smart Guides are sensible books that take readers seriously, satisfying even the most curious person′s desire to know everything about any of a wide range of topics from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief.

No idiots. No dummies. No name–calling. Just good reading and expert information. Isn′t it about time?

Here is a surefire, step–by–step plan for getting fit, featuring expert strategies for breaking old habits and replacing them with safe, easy–to–follow and wonderfully satisfying fitness regimes. Effectively dispelling and counteracting the glut of bad or ineffective fitness advice in today′s media, this book provides honest information and truly expert advice, with hundreds of lively illustrations, icons, and a comprehensive index and useful appendices for easy reference.

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About the Author

Carole Bodger is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in the New York Times, McCall′s, Glamour, Working Woman, and Longevity. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

From the Back Cover

Smart Advice on designing a surefire, step–by–step plan for making safe and effective exercise a regular part of your life

Smart Strategies for breaking old habits and replacing them with a customized, easy–to–follow fitness plan

Smart Tips on being strong, staying young, and looking terrific An all–you–need–to–know introduction to making safe and effective exercise a regular and rewarding part of your life

  • Smart Strategies for achieving optimum health through a focus on cardiovascular fitness, musculoskeletal function, and body composition
  • Smart Tips on getting the most out of weight training, aerobic fitness, abdominal work, stretching, and more
  • Smart Advice on how to inject painless bits of fitness–enhancing physical activity into every part of your day and how to make the best use of your gym workout
  • Smart Definitions of plyometrics, Spinning, circuit and interval training, anaerobic exercise, and much more
  • Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and tables

Smart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious person′s desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of topics from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief.

It′s all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours.

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