Start Strong, Finish Strong: Prescriptions for a Lifetime of Great Health

by Tyler C. Cooper and Kenneth H. Cooper

Book Overview

The ultimate health program for those who want to live longer, healthier lives . Start Strong, Finish Strong means living the life we all want'now and as we age. It means a healthy heart, strong bones, and a quick mind. It means feeling great and looking younger than you did five years ago. It means making small but significant changes to your lifestyle that will revolutionize your life. With dynamite father/son combo Dr. Ken and Dr. Cooper, you'll...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583333185
• ISBN13: 9781583333181
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Essential and practical

An invaluable reference. Distills so much of his four decades of being on the forefront of health and fitness research into simple, practical concepts that are easy to understand and apply. Really puts it all together for those over 35 that want to stay healthy into their senior years.

It's helped me along

My doctor told me last spring that I had to start exercising and eating a little more sensibly. I dawdled for a while, and then decided to order a couple of books to see if they would help. I got a book by Dr. Weil, and also Start Strong, Finish Strong. Both books are exceptional, and they did the trick. Im 63 and I could follow the recommendations easily. Good common sense stuff in this book. Nothing faddish. I like what the Cooper's are saying, and I've been heeding their advice for a couple of months now. My physical is in early February, and I'm not worried about it. :-)

A Worthy Read, Indeed

Dr. Cooper has made and continues to make an incredible contribution to the collective body of intelligence on health and aging. It's just too bad so many adults choose to ignore his scientifically proven prescription for longevity and health. He's the "Father of Aerobics", but his true legacy will be the contribution he's making now for the next generation of Americans - our children - who are plagued with epidemic levels of obesity and associated poor fitness and health. For the first time since data have been kept on the topic, the projection on longevity is that it will actually decline - and decline significantly - in the U.S. in the next generation unless the trend in childhood obesity is reversed. Thank God Dr. Cooper turned down the invitation to become the U.S. Surgeon General in 2006 and began, instead, to focus on the problem at the state level in Texas where some progress can actually be made. As for this book, everything you need to know about living longer is there. The one thing it cannot teach you is the discipline to actually live the program. No book can do that.

Healthy, Happy Living

It may be easy to start a new healthy life style with a bang but not so easy to stay the course in the same manner. START STRONG, FINISH STRONG shows and encourages you, in a very clear way, how to do that. The book provides steps on how to start healthy habits, stay motivated and not slack off. The story of Rick, who weighed 500 pounds and lost 300 pounds by learning to develop good personal habits, shows that anyone can change his or her personal life habits for the better and achieve whatever goal desired. START STRONG, FINISH STRONG by Kenneth H. Cooper, Tyler C. Cooper and William Proctor is a very helpful book to teach you how to make a positive lifetime change for healthy and happy living. Fafa Demasio

Finally, Some Realism

I am a 68 year old retired R.N. and purchased this book two days ago. I have not read the entire text, so you may wonder why the five star rating. The reason is this. At the very beginning of the book, there is very illuminating information about motivation and habit formation. Believe me when I say this information has given me my own PERSONAL REASONS to enter into a fitness/health program. Motivation has always been my one, and most glaring obstacle to achieving optimal health. I applaud the authors in recognizing this very fact, and for addressing the issue with insight and understanding at the very beginning so the reader is armed with the answer to "why am I doing this" question. If one doesn't have a ready answer to that, any program is due to fail. So, pull this book off the shelf, glance at its sensible, and well-researched pages, and buy it. Never before have I had tangible ways to get motivated towards a healthy lifestyle. Thankyou, Doctors