Health & Fitness Excellence: The Scientific Action Plan [Paperback]

Robert K Cooper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 1990

Featuring a scientific action plan with seven indispensable steps, this book helps readers to master stress; to control fat; and to achieve increased energy, fitness, brain power and inner happiness.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Even the most highly motivated, impressionable reader would need a succession of eight-day weeks to follow all the advice given by Cooper, a fitness instructor, physical therapist and former all-American athlete. Emphasizing the need to increase awareness of one's selfespecially one's physical selfand one's environment, Cooper colors discussions of everything from NutraSweet to nuclear power with his advocacy of heightened consciousness (" Change depends on awareness" ). Sections on stress, exercise, nutrition and posture ("You can stop accumulating tension and pain from standing or sitting by learning new ways to take pressure off your back, neck, and shoulders during the day") offer practical advice, but chapters on body fat, "rejuvenation and living environments design" and "mind and life unity" philosophize and generalize with an ecstatic banality. At times, Cooper repeats himself, and occasionally strays from his main scope (e.g., into massage therapy). His research has yielded quotes from many scientists, medical journals and popular experts, and his thorough documentation includes hundreds of sources and footnotes. Author tour.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

"Health power is moving out of our doctors' offices . . . and into our homes, schools and places where we work," writes Tom Ferguson, M.D., in a foreward to Cooper's sound and clearly written synthesis of physical fitness and holistic medicine. Health and fitness educator Cooper has produced an authoritative and practical health action plan based on the principles and clinically proven practices and techniques of holistic health--a philosophy and strategy utilizing stress management, exercise, nutrition, fat-control, posture, lifestyle choices, and consciousness. Written for the layperson, this compendium of health advice and knowledge is likely to become a "wellness bible" for the 1990s: It integrates the best of traditional Western medicine with the discoveries and insights of contemporary alternatives to traditional medicine.
- Jack Forman, Mesa Coll. Lib., San Diego
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 523 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books (April 3, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039554453X
• ISBN-13: 978-0395544532
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellence of the synergy of health/nutrition/exercise, April 29, 1998

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This review is from: Health & Fitness Excellence: The Scientific Action Plan (Paperback)

I have been reading books about health, nutrition, and exercise. This is the first book I have come across that deals in detail with all three topics individually, and also as a synergistic group. Plus all theories presented are published studies. For a complete overview of health, fitness and nutrition, this is a great book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written and easy-read health and fitness book, February 23, 2001

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"[e-mail]" (Oslo,Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Health & Fitness Excellence: The Scientific Action Plan (Paperback)

I bought this book unseen after having read Brad Appleton's online book on stretching called "stretching and flexibility". Appleton highly recommends it. I understand why!!!!!!!!!! It combines every-day health topics like stress, motivation etc. in a (often but not always) sports-context. The book is though also recommended to people not interested in sports. Cooper has lots of scientific references (also for further reading) so his claims/suggestions/opinions are absolutely not "just personal meanings from somewhere". By my 9 years higher education (university) I must say I have NEVER written book so easy read and still so scientific as this one. It is a MASTERPIECE!!! You can use it as reference book or read from first page till last. I also consider it a whole life book. If you really know this book and takes the consequences of it you will be a better person. To others and yourself. And the price is a joke!!! I could easily have paid... for it!!