100 Things You Can Do to Stay Fit and Healthy: Simple Steps to Better Your Body and Improve Your Mind

by Scott Douglas, Phil Wharton (Foreword by)

Overview

Looking to revamp and revitalize your fitness and overall well-being, but not sure where to start? Well look no further than running guru and health expert Scott Douglas’s 100 Things You Can Do to Stay Fit and Healthy . Each short section in this tome features a simple, and easy-to-implement, physician- approved practice that that will improve your health in an instant, and, when continued, will elevate your overall well-being permanently. In this helpful and healthful book, the reader will find sections on:
• Improving muscular fitness
• Maintaining skeletal well-being
• Increasing mental health
• Monitoring intestinal well-being
• And keeping up your cardiovascular fitness!
Simple to comprehend, easy to use, and virtually effortless to implement in every-day life, 100 Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Health is a must-have on the shelf in every home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510712362
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	01/03/2017
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Scott Douglas is senior content editor for Runner’s World and the author or co-author of seven other books, including The Little Red Book of Running and the New York Times best seller Meb for Mortals. He has written for Slate, The Atlantic and the Washington Post, among others. Scott lives in South Portland, Maine.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 27 Things to Do to Improve Your General Health and Fitness 1

Chapter 2 16 Things to Do to Improve Your Cardiovascular Health and Fitness 43

Chapter 3 24 Things to Do to Improve Your Muscular/Skeletal Health and Fitness 69

Chapter 4 16 Things to Do to Improve Your Internal Health and Fitness 109

Chapter 5 17 Things to Do to Improve Your Mental Health 137

Acknowledgments 163

About the Author 165

Editorial Reviews

11/21/2016
Douglas, a contributing editor for Runner’s World, goes back to basics with this compendium of simple steps to improve one’s health and fitness. The book’s 100 key tips are sorted into five chapters, each dedicated to a different aspect of personal health. Chapter 1 offers 27—rather obvious—suggestions for achieving good general health and fitness, starting with making a commitment to opt for wiser choices overall. Chapter 2 lists 16 ways to boost the cardiovascular system, including engaging in aerobic activity; consuming coffee, tea, dark chocolate, nuts, and berries; and understanding one’s heart rate. Chapter 3 has 24 tasks designed to improve muscular/skeletal status, including standing while working, employing proper body alignment while driving, doing yoga, and getting adequate sleep. The 16 prescriptions in Chapter 4 cover internal and nutritional health, advising proper hydration, smart shopping and cooking, keeping a food journal, opting for food over supplements, and doing regular Kegel exercises. Chapter 5 provides 17 things to do to improve mental health, such as eschewing multitasking, engaging in mindfulness meditation, and getting light therapy in winter. More a “listicle” than a book, with almost nothing that isn’t already familiar to its intended market, this fast browse through 100 essential actions is appropriate for an aging adult audience. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

“Douglas, a contributing editor for Runner’s World, goes back to basics with this compendium of simple steps to improve one’s health and fitness." -Publisher's Weekly

“Douglas delivers ‘simple tips and tactics’ for complete health, encouraging readers to ‘embrace simple, small incremental changes.’” -Booklist

"As much as anything, the book is an opportunity to reflect on the myriad health choices you make every day and consider whether there might be better ways or simple changes you could make." - Runner's World

“Douglas, a contributing editor for Runner’s World, goes back to basics with this compendium of simple steps to improve one’s health and fitness." -Publisher's Weekly

“Douglas delivers ‘simple tips and tactics’ for complete health, encouraging readers to ‘embrace simple, small incremental changes.’” -Booklist

"As much as anything, the book is an opportunity to reflect on the myriad health choices you make every day and consider whether there might be better ways or simple changes you could make." - Runner's World

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