The Woman's Guide to Peak Performance

by Susan L. Puretz and Adelaide Haas

This text aims to act as a personal fitness trainer that helps the reader to get the most out of the workout. Packed with useful information and encouragement, it guides the reader towards becoming and staying fit, strong and injury-free.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890878412
• ISBN13: 9780890878415
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Celestial Arts
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Women's fitness for all levels presented with expertise.

How refreshing to have a wealth of information delivered in a frank and friendly conversational tone. All women are welcome from the novice to the competitive. Starting to achieve fitness is not intimidating, nor is striving to be your very best considered unattainable in this book. Answers to questions concerning every aspect of fitness are here. In addition to general fitness, concerns for women are addressed including workout clothes, equipment, menstral cycles, pregnancy, nutrition, aging, and injuries. Women do have differences from men when it comes to fitness performance. Anecdotes from fellow female fitness seekers are interspersed with the text, sharing the sisterhood of common concerns. The book is well organized and knowledgable, a handy reference for many activities and for general well-being.

Women's fitness for all levels presented with expertise.

How refreshing to have a wealth of information delivered in a frank and friendly conversational tone. All women are welcome from the novice to the competitive. Starting to achieve fitness is not intimidating, nor is striving to be your very best considered unattainable in this book. Answers to questions concerning every aspect of fitness are here. In addition to general fitness, concerns for women are addressed including workout clothes, equipment, menstrual cycles, pregnancy, nutrition, aging, and injuries. Women do have differences from men when it comes to fitness performance. Anecdotes from fellow female fitness seekers are interspersed with the text, sharing the sisterhood of common concerns. The book is well organized and knowledgeable, a handy reference for many activities and for general well being.