Harvard Medical School's guide to getting the exercise you need to lose weight and regain good health without having to go to the gym and do a vigorous workout. Featuring the No Sweat Exercise Pyramids, the text gives readers an easy-to-follow points system for exercise based on scientific research. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Why do I consider this work to contain the best exercise- advice at all? The answer is because the advice it gives does not require 'exercising' as a special block of time taken in a gym, or with some special instrument. It thinks of exercise as a possible extension of everyday life- activity. We can do much exercise simply by increasing the pace at which we walk, or by lifting a few cans in the proper way each day for a few...
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I thought I knew a lot about exercise, so I bought this book mainly for the great drawings and instructions on stretching and weight training. But it turns out that what I didn't know about exercise could fill a book--this book, in fact. The most startling fact is that I can exercise for as little as 10 minutes at a time and still slim down, and that I don't have to join a health club to be healthy. I've already started a...
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What a relief to know I don't have to be a serious athlete in order to stay healthy! Having recently been laid up from back surgery, (which my wife is sure was brought on by shoveling last winter's heavy snows), I wanted to resume an active life and keep my heart healthy, without re-injuring myself. This book prescribes a very congenial life style which can do that for me. In addition to cardio and strengthening exercises,...
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Why am I writing this review? Because I felt it would be a disservice to anyone out there who was looking for a great exercise plan if I didn't rave out Dr. Simon's book. I felt compelled to let everyone know about this wonderful book that has changed my life. I was ecstatic when a close friend told me about Dr. Simon's book. I had no idea that such a book existed and I was anxious to get my hands on it. Somehow, with...
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This book presents an easy point system to help people plan how much moderate activity they should be doing for optimum results. I found the book a wake-up call for people who are complacent that their two or three hours of weekly workouts are enough and comforting for people who lead physically active lives. The inclusion of exercises for balance and flexibility along with clear sketches of what they look like is very useful...
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