Fit Over Forty: A Revolutionary Plan to Achieve Lifelong Physical and Spiritual Health and Well-Being

by James M. Rippe

Book Overview

A breakthrough in health and fitness, Fit over Forty establishes the first-ever comprehensive fitness guidelines for the over-forty population. Applying the results of a year-long, landmark study, health expert Dr. James M. Rippe shows you how to tailor your own practical health and fitness program to attain personal fitness goals. Ten simple Fit over Forty Tests show you how to assess your fitness levels and compare yourself to others of the same...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688153992
• ISBN13: 9780688153991
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

I Need All the Help I Can Get!

This book has been a sort of 'support' book to me, a sometimes working out person over 50. I get on the fitness path, then fall off and bemoan the fact that I'm getting old and will probably die of a stroke.Well, duh -- with my family history, that's probably true if I continue to live a computer potato life. (My mother had her stroke two years ago -- I had mine at the tender age of 33). This book is helpful to 'reboot' myself when I've gotten offtrack and have stopped my daily walking, attempts at weight training, and dabbling in yoga.The author, a physician, shares his own steps off of the path to fit living and offers a little bit of many things -- cardiovascular exercises, flexibility, strength building, healthy eating. Each chapter starts off with a short story about different people and their switch from unmindful living to healthy awareness. I don't like that he doesn't mention yoga, or strokes, but there are other books on those topics.The message in this helpful book has to do with the fact that we're all getting older and can't stop that, but we don't have to be old, unfit and helpless. A tiny bit of exercise can go a long way to improve mind, body and spirit.A good starter book that will refresh and remotivate!

A joy to read that will inspire you to love yourself!

Finally, a book just for boomers, written in a gentle, companionable voice. Dr. Rippe inspires you to care for yourself. Establishes the first-ever fitness standards for those over 40, a valuable tool in determining your health and fitness goals. Not just an exercise book. This is about living life to the fullest in the "autumn" of your life. You will find yourself motivated, and ready to greet the world, and yourself, with the very best you have to offer. Read it and move forward to the next level. You're worth it.