- Paperback: 202 pages
- Publisher: Shelter Publications; 2nd edition (Nov 22 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0936070307
- ISBN-13: 978-0936070308
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 621 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #733,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Bob Anderson is the author of Stretching, a flexibility handbook that has sold in the millions. Bill Pearl, a bodybuilding legend, is coauthor of Getting Stronger, which is considered by many to be the most important book ever on weight training. Ed Burke, coauthor of Fitness Cycling, is a bicyclist and researcher who helped American cyclists catch up to their European counterparts in the Olympics and other international competitions. Getting in Shape combines their three areas of expertise into basic and advanced programs for anyone who wants to look and feel better. The book also contains simple, straightforward and useful chapters about diet, health, and the ways the body works (and doesn't work).
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Readers of this book will be exercising with the best: Anderson's Stretching (1980) has sold over a million copies in 18 countries; Bill Pearl, a four-time Mr. Universe, authored the best-selling Getting Stronger; and Edmund Burke has guided the U.S. cycling team to numerous Olympic medals.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Putting it simply, you will do three basic things: STRETCH LIFT MOVE Stretching will make you more flexible. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Putting it simply, you will do three basic things: STRETCH LIFT MOVE Stretching will make you more flexible. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great information for beginners!,
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This review is from: Getting in Shape: 32 Workout Programs for Lifelong Fitness (Paperback)
If you are a beginner or someone returning to fitness after a long absence, this is a great book that really does a good job of emphasizing the importance of doing anything other than sit around. If you are someone who is familiar with working out or who is already fairly healthy this may provide you with some few hints, but I would stick with Getting Stronger for the strength training and Stretching for flexibility. I'm a half-way in shape 35 year old that exercises somewhat regularly and this book was just a little too rudimentary for me. I was looking for more involvement with the Lifelong Fitness portion of the title, but found it to be more towards getting people started.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of specifics, not much background,
By A Customer
This review is from: Getting in Shape: 32 Workout Programs for Lifelong Fitness (Paperback)
Lots of specific workouts, and specific topics like advice for pregnant women, those with arthritis, etc. Very little background or general topics, like how many reps is best, etc. It felt constraining. Also, virtually nothing on weight machines - the workouts use free weights only.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book,
By "sherylo" (Everett, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Getting In Shape (Paperback)
I really like this book - perfect for beginners and almost beginners who want to develop and maintain their own fitness programs without the use of a personal trainer. There are many different programs to choose from, ranging from very easy up to fairly challenging. They all seem very realistic and require modest committment of time (30 to 60 minutes daily). Each program has a stretching, strength and cardio component. One program requires no special strength training equipment and there are a couple of programs suitable for a fully equipped gym. The rest fall in between - perfect for those of us with a very modest home gym. The programs focus is on fitness, not body building, and is really geared for the average person. There are clear illustrations of how to do the stretches and lifts and lots of good ideas on a variety of cardio fitness activities. I also like the ideas on hotel room workouts for us business travelers.I have two criticisms of this book. First, I felt that many of the ab excercises were not realistic for a beginning level of fitness. I felt that some of them were too stressful on the lower back so I made substitutions. The second is that although Burke is a former cycling team coach, he really didn't give much information on cycling. I choose that as my form of exercise and I would have appreciated a specific progressive program for cycling. He does have a 10 week progressive walking program for beginners though.
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