Smart Exercise: Burning Fat, Getting Fit: Amazon.ca: Covert Bailey: Books

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The best-selling author of The New Fit or Fat offers a feast of useful information and practical advice in this comprehensive guide to exercise and training. Helpful to anyone designing a fitness program, whether it's to lose a "spare tire" or train for a marathon. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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A popular PBS-TV fitness expert presents a complete program for exercising and training that refutes widespread weight-loss fallacies while explaining how to lower body fat and improve health. 150,000 first printing. Major ad/promo.

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3.0 out of 5 stars not all that, Feb 4 2004

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the book is too biology/chemistry related. I was looking for a more practical hands on approach to exercise. This is great if you are already very knowledgable and perhaps you are in the profession of exercise. For your average person it was way too detailed. A whole chapter was on the Kreb Cycle. Who cares tell me what exercises are most beneficial. He also refutes alot of theories that have been long standing in exercise yet he does'nt provide proof of his way.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exercise advice for the scientifically-inclined, Jun 10 2003

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I bought and read this book when it first came out and refer back to it often. As many people have suggested, Bailey does not shy away from detailing the biochemistry of exercise thought he does a pretty good job of presenting some very complex material in a simple manner (he has a PhD in chemistry or something like that from MIT and it shows). I have no science background myself so I found the book to be fascinating---particularly where he addressed the effects of low-carb diets way before they became the fad they are today (p. 35-38). On the whole, the best exercise book I've read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Smart Book - Smart Author, Sep 8 2002

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William Hefner "William Van Hefner" (EUREKA, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Covert Bailey is a master at making physiology easy to understand for the average person. If you are looking to improve your health and get into better shape, then you should have this title on your bookshelf. It does a great job of helping you to understand what works and what doesn't.

Much like Bill Phillip's book Body For Life, this book stresses that exercise is the key to reducing fat and improving overall health. It explains why diet alone won't help you to lose weight permanently, and what the benefits of cardiovascular exercise are.

When you finish reading this book, you will have a basic understanding of how the human body works, what makes people gain weight, how muscle is formed, how fat is formed and how to take it off permanently. Medical techno-babble is translated into terms that absolutely anyone can understand. His humor and amusing metaphors make for an enjoyable reading experience as well.

...This book is worth way more than it sells for. It is packed with useful information, good science and great advice.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, accessible information
This book is for anyone who wants to get in shape permanently and learn about the theories underlying different workouts. Read more

Published on Aug 7 2002 by MarvelousMarla

5.0 out of 5 stars Biochemistry for the unfit non-scientist
The great thing about this book is that it is of particular help in the first weeks after starting to exercise properly before there are any visible results. Read more