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REASSURING NEWS FROM THE "FATHER OF AEROBICS" AND THE LEADING AUTHORITY ON PHYSICAL FITNESS.
SAFE GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISE
At what point do you put your health at risk in the course of exercise? Is there a way to exercise safely? Yes, says Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, whose landmark book Aerobics coined that term and started America running. Now, in this timely and important book, Dr. Cooper presents a safe, sensible program that takes the fear out of exercise. Whether you run, swim, cycle, ski, dance, or perform any aerobic exercise, the guidelines in this book are all you will need for a lifetime of worry-free physical fitness. Inside you will learn:
* How to reduce the eleven "rules of risk" for developing heart disease
* The danger and fallacy of the myth of invulnerability: that the more we exercise, the healthier we are
* What constitutes a safe and effective stress test—plus, the new Cooper Protocol, the state-of-the-art procedure in stress testing developed at the Institute...
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Fülszöveg
REASSURING NEWS FROM THE "FATHER OF AEROBICS" AND THE LEADING AUTHORITY ON PHYSICAL FITNESS.
SAFE GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISE
At what point do you put your health at risk in the course of exercise? Is there a way to exercise safely? Yes, says Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, whose landmark book Aerobics coined that term and started America running. Now, in this timely and important book, Dr. Cooper presents a safe, sensible program that takes the fear out of exercise. Whether you run, swim, cycle, ski, dance, or perform any aerobic exercise, the guidelines in this book are all you will need for a lifetime of worry-free physical fitness. Inside you will learn:
* How to reduce the eleven "rules of risk" for developing heart disease
* The danger and fallacy of the myth of invulnerability: that the more we exercise, the healthier we are
* What constitutes a safe and effective stress test—plus, the new Cooper Protocol, the state-of-the-art procedure in stress testing developed at the Institute for Aerobics Research
* Why the cool-down is the most dangerous phase of exercise
* How to avoid the Jim Fixx Syndrome
* How, when, and where you are at risk during exercise
* How to develop your own personalized and safe exercise program
* Complete with illustrations, charts, self-evaluation tests, references, glossary and index.
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