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9780312423223

Ultimate Fitness : The Quest for Truth about Exercise and Health

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312423223

  • ISBN10:

    0312423225

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-05-01
  • Publisher: Picador

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Summary

In Ultimate Fitness, Gina Kolata, science reporter for The New York Times, takes a fascinating journey into the fads, fictions, and genuine innovations that have defined the world of physical fitness. From weight lifting for men and women in the early days, to jogging in the 1970s, cycling in the 1980s, aerobics in the 1990s, and now Spinning, Kolata explains the science of conditioning and the objective evidence behind commonly accepted prescriptions. Ultimate Fitness is also a book about the individuals who have challenged and influenced or failed to influence the industry, and the many of us who have participated in this multimillion-dollar corner of American culture.

Author Biography

Gina Kolata is a science writer for The New York Times and the author of four previous books, most recently Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Less Is More, or Is It?
3(22)
History Repeats Itself
25(26)
How Much Is Enough?
51(22)
Maximum Heart Rates and Fat-Burning Zones
73(28)
Training Lore
101(32)
The Athlete's World
133(22)
Mount Everest
155(20)
Is There a Runner's High?
175(28)
Sculpting the Body Beautiful
203(36)
The Fitness Business
239(22)
Epilogue: The Truth About Exercise 261(8)
Notes 269(14)
Acknowledgments 283(2)
Index 285

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