Move Yourself: The Cooper Clinic Medical Director's Guide to All the Healing Benefits of Exercise
Authors: Tedd Mitchell, M.D., Tim Church, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., , and Martin Zucker
Exercise can decrease your risk of heart disease, improve your memory and your mood, help you sleep better, and slow down the aging process. And yet most of us can find plenty of excuses for not exercising. In this surprising new guide from the medical director of the world-renowned Cooper Clinic, you'll discover how, in just minutes a day, you can dramatically improve your health—without running a marathon, joining a gym, or even breaking a sweat.
Based on cutting-edge research and results from 85,000 patients at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas , the world-renowned preventive medical center, MOVE YOURSELF reveals the amazing life-changing benefits of physical activity, even in low doses. The book shows readers how just a few minutes of activity each day, much less than is generally recommended, immediately generates major health and quality-of-life improvements.
The authors argue that readers do not need to join a gym—all they need to do is follow one of three simple physical activity plans in the book, based on their own level of activity from sedentary to moderately active. MOVE YOURSELF is customized with special cardio, nutrition, and weight-resistance advice for each type. In 30 days, readers will experience many healing benefits and improvements in their appearance, mood, levels of stress, memory, energy, and sex life.
Filled with lessons from the authors' thousands of patients and study participants, this medically sound program gives you the tools to:
· Start logging your daily activity
· Add movement easily into your daily routine
· Get moving when you're tired, traveling, busy, or depressed
· Optimize your cardiovascular health
· Strengthen your muscles safely
· Increase your joint flexibility
As you get healthier with more movement, you'll make better eating choices with the book's 14-day menu suggestions. You'll also get plenty of inspiration for sticking with the program and staying positive. Being more active doesn't have to be difficult, time-consuming, or expensive. All it takes is the desire and support you need to Move Yourself . About the authors:
Tedd Mitchell, MD , is president and chief operating officer of the world-famous Cooper Clinic in Dallas and
McKinney , Texas , the medical editor for USA Weekend , which has a readership of 49 million, and author of Fit to Lead .
Tim Church, MD, PHD, was vice president of medical and laboratory research for The Cooper Institute and is currently a professor and director of preventive medicine research for
Pennington Biomedical Research Center at
Louisiana State University .
Martin Zucker is a health writer and coauthor of Reverse Heart Disease Now .
ISBN-10: 0470042230
Published: 2008, Wiley
272 pages, Hardback
