Aerobics Program For Total Well-Being: Exercise, Diet , And Emotional Balance - Softcover

Cooper, Kenneth H.

 
9780553346770: Aerobics Program For Total Well-Being: Exercise, Diet , And Emotional Balance
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0553346776 ISBN 13: 9780553346770
Verlag: Random House Publishing Group, 1985

Inhaltsangabe

From the medical authority, whose previous bestsellers (Aerobics, The New Aerobics, The Aerobics Way, and Aerobics for Women) have sold more than 12 million copies, comes an exciting, new and comprehensive concept for total fitness. . . . 

Millions have benefited from Dr. Cooper’s famous aerobic exercise programs. He has revolutionized the way Americans get in shape and stay in shape. Now, he presents a complete program for total well-being—physically, nutritionally, emotionally. Discover for yourself why it is the most effective, enjoyable and medically sound approach to a lifetime of energy and good health.

A program designed to bring physical and emotional health and vitality to every area of your life, including: 

• the 7 benefits of integrated aerobic exercise, including reduced risk of heart disease
• the 4 types of exercise that have been most radically re-evaluated in terms of aerobic exercise
• the 3 dozen ways to stay fit, and the 4 steps to making it fun
• 3 complete weeks of nutritious menus
• guidelines for the 22 components of a comprehensive medical exam, so you can work with your doctor to evaluate your level of fitness
• plus, the aerobics way to diminish physical and emotional stress, enhance your sex life, and more

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, MPH, is recognized internationally as the “father of aerobics” and is the leading spokesman for the preventative medicine movement. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and the Harvard University School of Public Health, he introduced the term aerobics to the world with his bestseller Aerobics. Soon after publication of this major work, he founded the Cooper Clinic, the Cooper Aerobics Center, and the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas. During his career, Dr. Cooper has authored many books, which have sold more than 30 million copies, including The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being, Aerobics for Women (with Mildred Cooper), The Antioxidant Revolution, Preventing Osteoporosis, Overcoming Hypertension, Kid Fitness, and Controlling Cholesterol.

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What Is Total Well-Being?
 
One of the great principles of the universe is the principle of balance. If the earth were a few miles closer to the sun, it would be an inferno. If it were a few miles farther away, it would be a desolate, frigid desert. But in its present location, balanced at an ideal distance from the sun, our planet is in a perfect position to sustain an exciting proliferation of life forms.
 
The atoms that are the basic building blocks of all matter on earth are another example of this perfect balance. The nucleus of the atom is made up of neutrons and protons, an incredibly harmonious organization. Yet, it is through the splitting of one of these atoms that the cataclysmic eruptions of nuclear power take place. To function properly, every part of our world, no matter how miniscule, must be in a state of complete equilibrium.
 
And so it is with our bodies.
 
The human body is just another part of the universe that is meant to be in perfect balance. We have been constructed in such a way that we need just so much exercise, no more and no less. We need just so much food of certain types. And we need just the right amount of sleep and relief from the tensions and stresses of daily life.
 
If a person goes too far in either direction—too little or too much exercise, food, or rest—then his or her entire physical and psychological system gets out of kilter. And where there is a lack of balance, there is also a lack of personal well-being.
 
By the same token, on the positive side, where there is balance, there is a sense of well-being. And where there is perfect balance, there is what I call total well-being.
 
I have been exploring this principle in great detail recently in my research at the Aerobics Center in Dallas, Texas. And my growing conviction about the overwhelming importance of this principle of total well-being through balanced living is what has prompted me to write this book.
 
Even as my other books on aerobic exercise have been selling in the millions, and while many countries have been implementing the concepts in those books, our physicians and medical researchers at the Aerobics Center have continued their explorations of the frontiers of preventive medicine. We have studied and worked with thousands of patients and are now ready to present our latest findings to you in this book.
 
And let me say this right at the outset: I believe that our most recent conclusions about what it takes to be in a perfect state of physical balance, or a state of total well-being, are more important for your present and future happiness than anything I’ve ever written before. In short, I’m convinced that if you embark on a personal quest to achieve total well-being—a quest which will be outlined in detail in this book—you’ll begin to enjoy an exciting array of personal benefits that you may have assumed could never possibly be yours.
 
Just to give you a taste of what can happen in your life, here are some of the benefits of total well-being that data from our research have shown us can be yours for the asking:
•  More personal energy;
•  More enjoyable and active leisure time;
•  Greater ability to handle domestic and job-related stress;
•  Less depression, less hypochondria, and less “free-floating” anxiety;
•  Fewer physical complaints;
•  More efficient digestion and fewer problems with constipation;
•  A better self-image and more self-confidence;
•  A more attractive, streamlined body, including more effective personal weight control;
•  Bones of greater strength;
•  Slowing of the aging process;
•  Easier pregnancy and childbirth;
•  More restful sleep;
•  Better concentration at work, and greater perseverance in all daily tasks;
•  Fewer aches and pains, including back pains.
 
This list could go on and on, but I think you get the point. In short, the achievement of total well-being can completely transform your life and make you a happier, more productive person.
 
But now, in more specific terms, what’s the formula for reaching this state of total well-being?
 
Our extensive research at the Aerobics Center has convinced me that there are three basic human needs that must be satisfied if you hope to achieve the overall balance that is a necessary prerequisite for total well-being. As the word “balance” implies, these needs must be met in a way that will keep your body and mind in harmonious equilibrium. I’ve referred briefly to these needs before, but now let me mention them again in a little more detail because they comprise the backbone of what I’ll be saying throughout the book.
 
BASIC NEED #1: AEROBIC EXERCISE
 
The term “aerobic” means “living in air” or “utilizing oxygen.” But this word hasn’t always been understood particularly well.
 
For example, shortly after my first book was published, I was asked to speak on the subject of aerobic exercise, or “aerobics.” Unfortunately, though, the reporter who wrote up the announcement about the lecture in the local newspaper wasn’t familiar with exercise concepts. So when I arrived, I learned that he had said, in effect, “Be sure to come and hear Dr. Kenneth Cooper talk about aerobics, the bacteria that utilize oxygen.”
 
Needless to say, that is not my definition of aerobics.
 
Aerobic exercises refer to those activities that require oxygen for prolonged periods and place such demands on the body that it is required to improve its capacity to handle oxygen. As a result of aerobic exercise, there are beneficial changes that occur in the lungs, the heart, and the vascular system. More specifically, regular exercise of this type enhances the ability of the body to move air into and out of the lungs; the total blood volume increases; and the blood becomes better equipped to transport oxygen.
 
Aerobic exercises usually involve endurance activities which don’t require excessive speed. In fact, when recommending various kinds of aerobic exercise, I always stress that it’s better to use long, slow distances (or “L.S.D.”) than it is to rely on short, fast bursts of energy.
 
But at the heart of any effective aerobic exercise program is the basic principle of balance. For example, most people should achieve a balance in terms of the distances they cover during any exercise period. Recent research has shown that unless a person is training for marathons or other competitive events, it’s best to limit running to around 12 to 15 miles per week. More than that will greatly increase the incidence of joint and bone injuries and other ailments; on the other hand, less mileage will fail to achieve the desired improvement in the body.
 
If you run more than 15 miles per week, you are running for something other than fitness and the emotional balance, good health, and good looks that accompany it. You may be running to prepare for competition or to prove something to yourself if you go for long mileage, but you’re not running for basic fitness!
 
One of the most startling examples of the importance of getting out of your seat and getting some exercise, no matter how ill-suited to exercise you think you are, involved one of my women patients. She came into my office with terrible back pains—so terrible that she could not walk farther than 75...

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Verlag
Random House Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum
1985
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0553346776
ISBN 13 
9780553346770
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Anzahl der Seiten
320
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