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The Exercise Balance: What's Too Much, What's Too Little, and What's Just Right for You!

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The Exercise Balance is a great book for anyone who exercises too much, not enough, or not at all. Great practical advice on how to read your body's physical needs, helpful illustrations and charts, and well-written information. Best of all, there is a chapter specifically for people with chronic illness, and great suggestions for appropriate exercise plans. Also has great info for compulsive exercisers.

There is such a thing as too much of a good thing - people can exercise themselves to their deaths. "The Exercise Balance: What's Too Much, What's Too Little, and What's Just Right for You!" is a complete and comprehensive guide to the task of exercise - to find the right amount and avoid the temptation to over exert oneself- which can do far more damage to one's body than inactivity. Promoting balance in all aspects of health, "The Exercise Balance: What's Too Much, What's Too Little, and What's Just Right for You!" is a top pick for anyone arranging their own exercise and community library health collections.

I bought this book in hopes that it would help me with how to exercise now that I am in recovery from my eating disorder. Overexercise was a serious part of my disease, but exercise is also very important to my self-image and my mood regulation.

On the whole, this book is designed only for people who don't exercise enough. There was not nearly enough guidance for someone who has never been able to exercise appropriately and is just learning to listen to her body. Only one chapter really discussed this issue, and it did so in such brevity that I nearly missed it.

Every helpful and detailed for someone who needs help with over exercising and restriction of food. A must buy!

Reviewed by Glenn A. Gaesser, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Kinesiology Program, University of Virginia:

"The exercise recommendations are based on sound principles and are consistent with current guidelines from the leading health and fitness organizations. The authors address the continuum of `too much' to `too little' exercise and the health problems of both extremes. This book has an important message-health and fitness benefits can be obtained by people of all sizes"

Reviewed by Wayne C. Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Exercise Science, George Washington University, Washington DC:

"A great tool for professionals to use with their clients; regardless of whether the clients excessively exercise or do not exercise enough. The novel way in which the authors introduce the health risks of too much exercise is needed in the midst of the current frenzy about overweight. This book has the potential to help the professional and client balance their approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle through exercise"

Reviewed by Diane Mickley MD FACP FAED Director, Wilkins Center, CT

"A treasure trove of wisdom and practical advice! It will appeal to a wide audience--young to old, underweight to obese, sedentary to marathoner. It is entertaining reading based on the latest medical and psychological science."