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Presents comprehensive information on physical fitness, providing advice on strength training, cardio programs, stretching exercises, yoga, nutrition, working with a personal trainer, and designing a home gym. No library descriptions found. |
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For instance, nutrition is paramount. You can try to compensate for that Triple Bacon Cheeseburger with a few hours on the treadmill, but it is far more efficient to merely choose better foods. As for fitness itself, it isn’t merely looking good in a mirror. True fitness is a state of being with tons of parameters. Say you look like a bodybuilder model but you can’t run a mile without panting heavily. This means you probably aren’t that fit. Given that there are multiple facets to fitness the book goes over all of them while asking pertinent questions.
While the book discusses good advice, it also covers really bad advice and tells you why it is bad. It gives you a way to develop your own BS detector. With the internet being so widespread now, it gives out tons of online resources so that you can do your own research. Keep in mind that this is the fourth edition though, the previous editions apparently had only a paragraph or two talking about the internet.
The book mentions that there are five aspects of fitness and tells you how to improve all of them. They are nutrition, cardio, strength, balance, and flexibility. Now personally, I found this book to be really well done. They cover all the basics while including some intermediate stuff. I know some things about being in shape and how to get fit, but I never do any of it with any regularity. Fitness for Dummies talks about how to establish a routine as well.
All in all, I enjoyed this book. If you can find a later edition, then I would pick it up. Otherwise, it might not be worthwhile to buy or read it if the information is outdated. ( )