Move Yourself: The Cooper Clinic Medical Director's Guide to All the Healing Benefits of Exercise (Even a Little!)

by Martin Zucker, Tedd Mitchell, Tim Church, et al.

Book Overview

Exercise can decrease your risk of heart disease, improve your memory and your mood, help you sleep better, and slow down the aging process. And yet most of us can find plenty of excuses for not exercising. In this surprising new guide from the medical director of the world-renowned Cooper Clinic, you'll discover how, in just minutes a day, you can dramatically improve your health--without running a marathon, joining a gym, or even breaking a sweat.

Move Yourself offers an innovative, easy-to-follow prescription for infusing your daily life with just a few minutes of low-dose physical activity--and reaping big health benefits from the start. Dr. Tedd Mitchell of the Cooper Clinic, fitness research expert Dr. Tim Church, and veteran health writer Martin Zucker present a manageable program that will have you up and moving, eating better, and feeling great.

First, you'll get a clear understanding of how physical activity protects you from a wide range of common diseases, as well as never-before-published information about the ways movement improves quality of life. Then you'll customize your plan by selecting one of the three Move Yourself programs packed with cardio, nutrition, and weight-resistance advice tailored to your needs. Filled with lessons from the authors' thousands of patients and study participants, this medically sound program gives you the tools to:

Start logging your daily activityAdd movement easily into your daily routineGet moving when you're tired, traveling, busy, or depressedOptimize your cardiovascular healthStrengthen your muscles safelyIncrease your joint flexibilityAs you get healthier with more movement, you'll make better eating choices with the book's 14-day menu suggestions. You'll also get plenty of inspiration for sticking with the program and staying positive. Being more active doesn't have to be difficult, time-consuming, or expensive. All it takes is the desire and support you need to Move Yourself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470042230
• ISBN13: 9780470042236
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Happy in Motion

"Move Yourself" is a book that motivates you to do just that. Get up and move it! This is a friendly and very motivating book which allows you to feel positive about any level of exercise you're involved in.I have read so many books which made me feel that you MUST go for the marathon and if you didn't, well, you were just wasting your time. Let's face it, we're not all cut out to be marathon runners. This book not only contains valuable health information in relation to exercise, but also has some great tips which can be used as you go about your daily life. By using a variety of these small and fun activities you can make a big difference in your mental and physical health, as well as, your overall well-being. When I exercise, I feel like the authors are cheering for me!

An easy & practical way to bet back on track to good health with no effort!!

This book, along with a step counter, is the most fabulous birthday gift you can give for sedentary friends and relatives. The book tells you why you better get moving OR ELSE and then shows you all the fun ways of becoming physically active. I really liked the way the program eases you into motion and into higher gears.

Five Stars for this book that every couch potato should get !

I'm an active guy and I found great tips here on how to hone my exercise program. But for sedentary people, this is powerful jumpstart information that will get them moving in a fun way that incorporates activity in their daily life. I'm getting the book as birthday gifts for my slacker friends.

Valuable resource to get active

I received this book as a gift and found it to be an easy and interesting read. What most impressed me is that we do not need to be running marathons to be in good shape...just get off the couch and move everyday. I have always had a difficult time with disciplining myself to use the gym, but I do love my gardening, walking and tennis. The beauty of this book, is that we can and should be doing the exercise we love and the more variety, the better. I am trying to increase my strength training and I have also put my pedometer on my waistband again. Good exercise tips, as well as nutrition information. Thank you Tim, Tedd and Martin.

Eye opening info about my health and (lack of!) fitness

I consider myself fairly active and reasonably smart when it comes to nutrition - however, after reading this book, I was surprised by how much I still had to learn. If you weren't actively exercising and eating healthy before, this book will definitely convince you that it is in your own best interest to start doing so immediately! The authors use their research to describe the undeniable benefits of fitness, even at the most basic levels and offer lots of simple tips for becoming more fit. This book isn't about training for a marathon; it is about incorporating even the smallest amounts of exercise into your life on a daily basis. One of the easiest things I did was to buy a very inexpensive pedometer and see how "sedentary" I actually was... Honestly, my results were shocking. I want to be a healthy example to my children and this book gives me the tools to do just that. The book concludes with some nutrition information and sample menus. I can't believe how much more energy I have and how much better I feel following some of the authors' simple guidelines. The focus is on fitness. And according to the authors and their extensive research, being fit helps prevent diabetes, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, depression - and improves memory, energy, digestion - and most importantly (at least to me!), improves quality of life. This book is motivating, practical and incredibly easy to read.