Product Description

Slim down, tune up, and feel better in eight weeks

With proper technique, aerobic walking is one of the safest and most beneficial forms of exercise and a terrific way to lose weight. Now from bestselling health and fitness expert Dr. Mort Malkin offers a complete, step-by-step aerobic walking program that you can customize to reach your personal fitness and weight-loss goals. Drawing on the latest scientific findings on proper walking techniques, weight loss, safety, and nutrition, Dr. Malkin explains everything you need to know to walk your way to a slimmer, healthier you, including how to:
* Reduce stress and lower your blood pressure
* Control your appetite
* Determine how far, fast, and often to walk for your health and fitness level
* Slow down, and even reverse, osteoporosis
* Select the best footwear and accessories


Here is a complete program that will bring you a healthier and more satisfying life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #498227 in Books
• Published on: 1995-02-06
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .69" h x 5.99" w x 8.98" l, .72 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Beyond a basic agreement about walking as the ideal exercise (it's safe, low-intensity and requires no investment other than a pair of good shoes), the approaches of these two books, both April publications, could hardly be more different. Fenton and Bauer, editors at Walking magazine, offer an encouraging, commonsensical guide to a progressive walking program designed to make even die-hard couch potatoes say, "I can do this." Breezy, two-page chapters?one for each day of the training regime?offer information on such topics as stride, step and pacing and include space for the essential daily log-keeping. The authors' positive approach to walking matches the book's easy-to-follow structure. By contrast, Malkin (Walking?The Pleasure Exercise), a dental surgeon, delineates the "Malkin Technique" in an authoritative, nearly pedantic style. He urges a minimum of three 45-minute sessions of brisk ("moderate to hard") walking per week, offering an eight-week training program toward that goal. Chapters discuss health, weight loss, stretching, equipment and motivation; those dealing with diet include some low-fat recipes. The surfeit of information and the moving focus of attention make for a daunting prospect, a view that could easily spill over to the fitness program Malkin prescribes.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher
An authority on the subject, Dr. Malkin has created an innovative walking program that can be tailored to fit each individual's needs. Features information on diet, footware, safety, walking techniques, medical considerations and much more. Concentrates on measurable benefits as well as the actual, verifiable changes in metabolism that occur as a result of this aerobic walking agenda.

From the Back Cover
Slim down, tune up, and feel better in eight weeks

With proper technique, aerobic walking is one of the safest and most beneficial forms of exercise and a terrific way to lose weight. Now from bestselling health and fitness expert Dr. Mort Malkin offers a complete, step-by-step aerobic walking program that you can customize to reach your personal fitness and weight-loss goals. Drawing on the latest scientific findings on proper walking techniques, weight loss, safety, and nutrition, Dr. Malkin explains everything you need to know to walk your way to a slimmer, healthier you, including how to:

• Reduce stress and lower your blood pressure
• Control your appetite
• Determine how far, fast, and often to walk for your health and fitness level
• Slow down, and even reverse, osteoporosis
• Select the best footwear and accessories

Here is a complete program that will bring you a healthier and more satisfying life.