A breakthrough in health and fitness, "Fit over Forty" establishes the first-ever comprehensive fitness guidelines for the over-forty population. Applying the results of a year-long, landmark study, health expert Dr. James M. Rippe shows you how to tailor your own practical health and fitness program to attain personal fitness goals. Ten simple Fit over Forty Tests show you how to assess your fitness levels and compare yourself to others of the same age and sex. Six Fit over Forty Fitness Programs present specific step-by-step regimens for cardiovascular fitness, flexibility training, stress management, health, nutrition, and more to pair your fitness plan with your health needs. A new vision of health and fitness, "Fit over Forty" provides all the tools you need to design a lifelong program for total well-being.
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In 1988, the United States for the first time found itself with more people over the age of 40 than under the age of 30. James Rippe, a cardiologist, set out to find realistic fitness standards for that aging population, and this book offers 10 ways for older men and women to test their fitness levels against those of their peers. More importantly, it shows us where and how fitness levels can be improved and fully demonstrates the importance of doing so.
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In LifeFit, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, M.D., among those who conceived of the Harvard College longevity study begun in 1960, and fitness writer Eric Olsen provide motivation and means for adopting an active lifestyle. Probing the research for its findings about the benefits ofexercise, they move into step-by-step programs designed to promote and maintain a lifetime commitment to activity. (Human Kinetics, $16.95 paper 432p ISBN 0-87322-429-9; June)
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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James M. Rippe, M.D., is regarded as one of the leading authorities on preventive cardiology, health and fitness and healthy weight loss in the United States. He is the founder and director of the Rippe Health Assessment, a series of comprehensive health evaluations for high performance individuals conducted at the state-of-the-art medical and fitness facility at Celebration Health in Orlando, Fla. He is also the founder and director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short- and long-term health and quality of life. He currently serves as the chairman for the Florida Hospital Institute for Lifestyle Medicine.
A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, with post graduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Rippe is an associate professor of medicine (cardiology) at Tufts University School of Medicine; an adjunct professor of exercise science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; an affiliate associate professor of medicine at the University of South Florida College of Medicine; and a professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida's Center for Lifestyle Medicine, where he also serves as chairman.
Dr. Rippe has written more than 200 publications on issues related to medicine, health and fitness and weight management. He is also the author of 36 books, including 21 medical texts and 15 books on health and fitness for the general public. His book Healthy Heart for Dummies was the flagship book in the health division for the popular ' for Dummies' series. In 2004, Dr. Rippe collaborated with Weight Watchers when he wrote Weight Loss that Lasts. His most recent book, High Performance Health: 10 Real Life Solutions to Redefine Your Health and Revolutionize Your Life, reveals his distinctive 10-step mind, body and spirit program used by top executives and star athletes, including Joe Montana and Nolan Ryan, to supercharge their health and feel their best.
Dr. Rippe also edits a major textbook, Lifestyle Medicine, which teaches physicians about diverse aspects of cardiovascular medicine and the impact of lifestyle decisions on good health. His intensive care textbook, Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine, is the world's leading textbook on intensive and coronary care.
Dr. Rippe's work has been featured on Fox News, The Golf Channel, NBC's 'The Today Show,' ABC's 'Good Morning America,' PBS' "BodyWatch," CBS Morning and Evening News and CNN, as well as in a variety of publications, including: The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal. He comments regularly on health and fitness for USA Today, American Health, The Boston Globe and Prevention. He served for three years as medical editor for the Television Food Network (TVFN). Dr. Rippe also regularly participates in health forums, chat room interviews and other educational efforts over the internet for various websites, and is on the advisory board at WebMD.com and the editorial board at Time magazine.
A lifelong and avid athlete Dr. Rippe maintains his personal fitness with a regular walk, jog and weight training program. He holds a black belt in karate and is an avid wind surfer, skier and tennis player. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, television news anchor Stephanie Hart, and their four children: Hart, Jaelin, Devon and Jamie. For more information, visit www.RippeHealth.com.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I Need All the Help I Can Get!,
This review is from: Fit over Forty: A Revolutionary Plan To Achieve Lifelong Physical And Spiritual Health And Well-Being (Paperback)
This book has been a sort of 'support' book to me, a sometimes working out person over 50. I get on the fitness path, then fall off and bemoan the fact that I'm getting old and will probably die of a stroke.Well, duh -- with my family history, that's probably true if I continue to live a computer potato life. (My mother had her stroke two years ago -- I had mine at the tender age of 33). This book is helpful to 'reboot' myself when I've gotten offtrack and have stopped my daily walking, attempts at weight training, and dabbling in yoga. The author, a physician, shares his own steps off of the path to fit living and offers a little bit of many things -- cardiovascular exercises, flexibility, strength building, healthy eating. Each chapter starts off with a short story about different people and their switch from unmindful living to healthy awareness. I don't like that he doesn't mention yoga, or strokes, but there are other books on those topics. The message in this helpful book has to do with the fact that we're all getting older and can't stop that, but we don't have to be old, unfit and helpless. A tiny bit of exercise can go a long way to improve mind, body and spirit. A good starter book that will refresh and remotivate!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A joy to read that will inspire you to love yourself!,
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This review is from: Fit over Forty: A Revolutionary Plan To Achieve Lifelong Physical And Spiritual Health And Well-Being (Paperback)
Finally, a book just for boomers, written in a gentle, companionable voice. Dr. Rippe inspires you to care for yourself. Establishes the first-ever fitness standards for those over 40, a valuable tool in determining your health and fitness goals. Not just an exercise book. This is about living life to the fullest in the "autumn" of your life. You will find yourself motivated, and ready to greet the world, and yourself, with the very best you have to offer. Read it and move forward to the next level. You're worth it.
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