PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness [Paperback]

Al Sears MD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2007

PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness - exposes all the myths and misconceptions about health, aging and fitness. So throw away your jogging shoes, cancel your aerobics class and say goodbye to hours of long tiresome workouts. Then round up all your 'diet' books and throw them away in the garbage... Now YOU can get your hands on the same patented, easy to learn techniques that: -Rebuilds Your Lungs - For Life! -Burns Fat Like Nothing Else in the World -Reverses Heart Disease - And Prevents Heart Attacks -Adds Years - Even Decades - of Healthy Living To Your Life -Pumps Up Your Immune System - Making You Virtually Disease Proof -Builds Pounds of New Muscle - Without Lifting Weights!

Product Details

• Paperback: 143 pages
• Publisher: Wellness Research & Consulting, Inc; 1ST edition (2007)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000NJ0724
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #384,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Al Sears, MD currently owns and operates a successful integrative medicine and anti-aging clinic in Royal Palm Beach, Florida with over 20,000 patients. His cutting edge therapies and reputation for solving some of the most difficult-to-diagnose cases attract patients from around the world.

As a graduate from the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Dr. Sears scored in the 99th percentile on his MCAT and graduated with honors in Internal Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry and Physical Medicine.

After entering private practice, Dr. Sears was one of the first to be board certified in anti-aging medicine. Today he is a diplomate of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. As a pioneer in this new field of medicine, he is an avid researcher, published author and enthusiastic lecturer.

Dr. Sears is board certified as a clinical nutrition specialist and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the American College for the Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), the American Medical Association (AMA), the Southern Medical Association (SMA), the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) and the Herb Research Foundation, (HRF). Dr. Sears is also an ACE certified fitness trainer.

In 2002, he was appointed to the international panel of experts at Health Sciences Institute, (HSI) a worldwide consulting service for integrative healthcare.

Dr. Sears is the founder and director of The Wellness Research Foundation, a non-profit organization involved in on-going original research to evaluate natural alternatives to pharmaceutical therapies.

Since the release of his book, The Doctor's Heart Cure, he has been interviewed on over two dozen nationally syndicated radio programs with an audience nationwide.

Dr. Sears recently published PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness and High Speed Fat Loss in 7 Easy Steps. Both became bestsellers during their first month of release.

Since 2001, he's published over 500 articles and 6 books in the fields of alternative medicine, anti-aging and nutritional supplementation - with a readership of millions spread over 23 countries.

He currently publishes a monthly e-Newsletter - Health Confidential - and a twice-weekly e-mail broadcast - Doctor's House Call. He's also the featured health writer for the widely read newsletter Early to Rise, which publishes his Health Briefs three times a week.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

331 of 363 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware..., October 10, 2007

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5KGma (Kalamazoo, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness (Paperback)

I have been using Amazon for virtually all of my online purchases since early 1999 and have never had a bad experience with a merchant...until now. Dealing with this merchant has been an absolute nightmare!!! I made the mistake of paying an additional $59.95 to join his online forum, Pace Power, which included free "gifts" including a DVD (a few minutes of Dr. Sears giving a powerpoint presentation with the camera on him and containing virtually NO additional information), a Body Fat Composition Chart (a single piece of typing paper folded in half) and an additional copy of the book which I don't need. I am in the 6th week of the program and the forum is still not available. Last week I got an e-mail stating that my credit card has been charged an additional 9.95 for the forum that does not exist. I sent several e-mails asking to be removed from this program. My e-mails were not answered. I finally got in touch with their customer service. I will only say that I have never encountered an individual as unpleasant as the person who answered the telephone. Hopefully, my subscription is cancelled and my credit card is removed from their system.

Before you order the book you may want to Google Dr. Al Sears. His background is interesting (see for yourself). He is definitely primarily interested in selling supplements...he even promotes HGH (human growth hormone). After reading the book I decided to try out the program. First I tested my fitness level. Using his instructions measuring recovery time, I was already in exceptional shape. This surprised me because although I have been exercising consistently for over 30 years I had not exercised in 3 months. I decided to put myself on the intermediate program and have kept PRECISE records using my heart rate monitor and my True treadmill. I would have liked to discuss the results in a forum. I have always enjoyed sprinting, but feel that endurance is important also. I need to be able to spend two hours mowing the lawn using our push lawn mower and shovel wet heavy snow in the winter. It is also important to be able to go on long bicycle rides with our grandchildren and hike in the woods and mountains. A good fitness program gives you speed, endurance and good health. Check out books by Kenneth Cooper or Jeff Galloway. Dr. Sears compares his 10-20 minute program to running marathons. Most of us are somewhere in between.

226 of 247 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I do not trust Dr Sears, September 16, 2007

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Mary O'connell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness (Paperback)

I ordered this book a few months ago. This book is not well written, and there is no real clarity to the program. I was left with too many unanswered question. I wrote to Dr Spears a couple of times to try to get the answers and got no response. There is no forum, no blog, no nothing, and the only other information I have found on the internet is people with the same unanswered questions I have. This has tuned out to be a great benefit for Dr. Sears because now is is charging to join his Pace Power group and if your lucky you can get answers to your questions. Of course I do get several emails a week from him selling some product or another...but the same product can be bought from another company at a much cheaper price. All I see in Dr.Sears is a greedy man who does not support his own work. Don't buy this book until you can get a least some Scientific evidence and some suppor from other people who have used this program.

116 of 125 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, October 29, 2007

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One for Fitness - See all my reviews

This review is from: PACE: Rediscover Your Native Fitness (Paperback)

First off, I don't work for the publishing company and this is my first review on Amazon. I am a bit confused about what everyone is reviewing...the book or the shipping service???? What does one have to do with the other?

In review of the book - I have found it to be an incredible asset to my day. The book itself is a quick read which allows you more time to work out. It is the first fitness book I've read that gives you specifically designed workouts for every type of "cardio" machine you can think of, including jumping rope and swimming. It teaches you to continue to challenge yourself on a daily basis - something a lot of us don't do when it comes to our fitness.

I have been working with the program since the middle of August and have seen great results. I enjoy that I can get better results in 20 minutes than I ever did in 45 minutes - most people like the idea. More is not always better!!!

As for the emails and the solicitations from Dr. Sears...simple solution, take your name off the mailing list instead of writing complaints about it!

I do agree the forum is something else to be desired and would not recommend spending the money per month on it. Instead, get your friends to join the program and discuss successes and difficulties with each other! But, do try the program - it works!