Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7176
EAN: 9781566252874
ISBN: 1566252873
Label: Bonus Books
Manufacturer: Bonus Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 258
Publication Date: 2006-10-02
Publisher: Bonus Books
Studio: Bonus Books

Includes FREE Pedometer!

Congratulations! You've just taken the most important step toward ensuring your optimal weight and better health--making the commitment to do something about it. Few activities provide as much overall health benefits as walking, and did you know that on a daily basis you probably already walk 900 to 3,000 steps, even with a relatively sedentary lifestyle?

Celebrity fitness trainer GREG ISAACS and 10,000 Steps a Day(tm) to Your Optimal Weight shows you how making modest changes to your daily routine can easily increase your walking count to 10,000 steps, helping to:

* REDUCE YOUR RISK of serious health problems, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and osteoporosis

* STRENGTHEN bones, joints, muscles and tendons, promoting long-term muscular and skeletal health and reducing the risk of injury as you age (stronger abs and back muscles will also reduce stubborn upper-body fat and backache pain)

* DECREASE stress, anger, tension and fatigue

Walking not only fights the effects of aging, but it's safe, easy, inexpensive, and best of all... it works! Complete with tips on healthy eating habits and encouraging success stories, this easy-to-follow guide will outline the number of steps involved in your everyday activities--from taking the stairs at work, to shopping for groceries, to walking the dog! You can even customize your walking program to suit your current fitness level and personal weight loss goals.

The 10,000 Steps a Day(tm) program is ideal for anyone wanting to shed unwanted pounds and maintain good overall health. WALK your way to a trimmer, healthier YOU!

Customer Rating:
Summary: Best basic walking book
Comment: The author has written a thorough book covering the basics of exercise physiology. Anybody who reads this book will have enough information to begin a walking program from beginning to advanced.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A good choice for the information
Comment: It would not be appropriate for me to try to walk 10,000 steps a day at this point in my life. I'm 67, have bad knees and arthritis. I had knee surgery a couple of years ago and that did get me off the walker and cane, but I'm still not normal for a woman of my age.

The book is great because it doesn't take it for granted that you are 35 and just a bit under-active. There is information in there even for people like me. And even a surprise because it turned out that I had already progressed into the moderate activity range, if only just barely.

The book explains how to find your own baseline. Where you are now. It explains how to set up a reasonable goal for increasing activity. And how to do that even if you are never going to run a marathon.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Nothing new to a regular exercises
Comment: I bought a pedometer and wanted to add 10,000 steps a day to amp up my exercise routine. It suggests you wear the pedometer for 2 weeks to get a baseline steps per day. I bought the book and was ready to get started and I was not interested in waiting for 2 more weeks. There was nothing new to learn from this book except how many step a minute you can count for other exercises. I teach 8 water aerobic classes a week and wanted to now how to count that. My summary of the book is "skip the book, buy a better pedometer and start walking 10,000 or more steps a day:.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book, Great Program, Poor Pedometer
Comment: The information in the book is easy to follow and I have already started losing weight on a 10,000 steps program. However I am using a different, inexpensive pedometer because I found the pedometer included with the book counted every jiggle of my leg as a step - over counting steps by the thousands. Book is recommended, pedometer is not.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Helpful Healthy Journey
Comment: This book not only provides insight on "How to Get to YOUR Optimal Weight", it also provides so many helpful things to gain better health. I am grateful for this book because it is helping "me" to gain perspective on becoming a better, much leaner, and healthier person. The contents have inspired, motivated, and encouraged me to continue on my Healthy Journey!!!

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