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On her forty-eighth birthday, Christine experienced one of those "fitness epiphanies"a devastating flash of self-recognition that may trigger panic or depression in even the most self-possessed middle-aged man or woman. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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On her forty-eighth birthday, Christine experienced one of those "fitness epiphanies"a devastating flash of self-recognition that may trigger panic or depression in even the most self-possessed middle-aged man or woman. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Finally, Some Realism
9 Sep 2007
Format:Hardcover
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
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Disappointed
13 Aug 2008
Format:Hardcover
I went for this book because of my particular history, and I was disappointed. I was fired from a job in April, 1968 for obesity and hyperlipemia. Ken Cooper's original book "Aerobics" had been published in March and became my bible in my odessey back to health. As I have aged I have developed leg and foot problems that make a treadmill or road work very painfull to use. So I recently bought "The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being" to try to integrate the elliptical trainer into my program and was surprised to find that I had bought an antique published in 1985 before there were elliptical trainers. Then I went to the next book, this one, and found it to be a "rah, rah, let's exercise." I don't need to be convinced to exercise, I need specific data; and I found this book lacking.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A Worthy Read, Indeed
1 Feb 2008
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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.
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