Return to Fitness: Getting Back in Shape After Injury, Illness, or Prolonged Inactivity - Softcover

Katovsky, Bill

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9780738212319: Return to Fitness: Getting Back in Shape After Injury, Illness, or Prolonged Inactivity

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738212318 ISBN 13: 9780738212319

Publisher: Da Capo, 2010

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A guide to regaining health and fitness after illness, inactivity, or injury. With the advice of personal trainers, experts, and coaches who give advice and guidance, it offers useful information, including sections on aging, body fat, nutrition, injuries, motivation, running, going to gym, and working with a personal trainer.

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Dean Karnazes, New York Times bestselling author of Ultramarathon Man "Bill Katovsky writes with passion and conviction. No one is more qualified than he on this subject matter. A must read for anyone looking to return to fitness." Mitch Thrower, cofounder of Active.com, former publisher of Triathlete magazine "[A]n excellent guide for anyone struggling to get back in shape. Katovsky provides expert help and his own personal insight to overcome not only physical obstacles, but he also address mental barriers that are common for many dealing with injury and aging." RailRiders Adventures & Travel blog, 12/5/10"Makes an ideal holiday gift." The Boston Globe, 12/26/10"If your New Year's resolution is to get moving on your fitness goals, picking up this book might be a good start." Tucson Citizen, 1/19/11"[Katovsky's] personal story of how he turned his life around is nothing short of inspirational...With the advice of personal trainers, fitness experts, and multisport coaches, this well-written and accessible book contains a wealth of useful information." Dean Karnazes, New York Timesbestselling author ofUltramarathon Man Bill Katovsky writes with passion and conviction. No one is more qualified than he on this subject matter. A must read for anyone looking to return to fitness. Mitch Thrower, cofounder of Active.com, former publisher ofTriathletemagazine [A]n excellent guide for anyone struggling to get back in shape. Katovsky provides expert help and his own personal insight to overcome not only physical obstacles, but he also address mental barriers that are common for many dealing with injury and aging. RailRiders Adventures & Travel blog, 12/5/10 Makes an ideal holiday gift. The Boston Globe, 12/26/10 If your New Year s resolution is to get moving on your fitness goals, picking up this book might be a good start. Tucson Citizen, 1/19/11 [Katovsky s] personal story of how he turned his life around is nothing short of inspirational With the advice of personal trainers, fitness experts, and multisport coaches, this well-written and accessible book contains a wealth of useful information. " Dean Karnazes, "New York Times "bestselling author of "Ultramarathon Man"" ""Bill Katovsky writes with passion and conviction. No one is more qualified than he on this subject matter. A must read for anyone looking to return to fitness."Mitch Thrower, cofounder of Active.com, former publisher of "Triathlete "magazine "[A]n excellent guide for anyone struggling to get back in shape. Katovsky provides expert help and his own personal insight to overcome not only physical obstacles, but he also address mental barriers that are common for many dealing with injury and aging." RailRiders Adventures & Travel blog, 12/5/10"Makes an ideal holiday gift." "The Boston Globe," 12/26/10"If your New Year's resolution is to get moving on your fitness goals, picking up this book might be a good start." "Tucson Citizen," 1/19/11"[Katovsky's] personal story of how he turned his life around is nothing short of inspirational...With the advice of personal trainers, fitness experts, and multisport coaches, this well-written and accessible book contains a wealth of useful information." "Stuff I Like" blog, 2/21/11 "Passion pervades the pages of "Return to Fitness"" MissZippy (Blog) ""Return to Fitness" chronicles Katovsky's path from a highly trained endurance athlete to out-of-shape couch potato and back again... [his] book is made all the more interesting with stories of others who have similarly struggled with attempts to return to fitness. He also offers up worthy advice from an array of fitness professionals to help anyone in a similar situation find their way back to health...sage advice." Curled Up with a Good Book "Highly readable, and motivational." "Portland Book Review," 6/29/11 "Appropriately and inspiringly peppered throughout the book are interviews with famous and professional individuals who overcame their own obstacles to get their desired active life backs...This is a book for someone who wants to get serious about their fitness health safely, and eas

About the Author:

Bill Katovsky, founder of Tri-Athlete Magazine, has completed the Hawaii Ironman twice and is co-author of Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100. Editor of The World According to Gore, he is also the author of Patriots Act and co-author of Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq, which won Harvard's Goldsmith Book Prize. A contributor to The Huffington Post, Katovsky lives in Northern California.

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