Walking: The Ultimate Exercise for Optimum Health [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Andrew Weil (Author), Mark Fenton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Two Experts Set the Pace for Optimum Health with This Take-Anywhere Walking Workout Session. Andrew Weil, M.D. & Mark Fenton. Most of us enjoy walking, but not everyone knows how to turn this simple exercise into one of the most powerful self-healing tools known to medicine. On Walking: The Secret to Optimum Health, Dr. Andrew Weil joins Mark Fenton, the nation's foremost expert on walking, for an invigorating 2-CD program that gives listeners all the tools needed to begin a daily walking practice. On Part One, Dr. Weil and Mark Fenton explain the proven ways in which walking helps you look and feel younger, reduce stress, improve immune function, achieve your ideal weight, and more. On Part Two, listeners get walking with a fully programmable workout that features two warm-up options and five intensifying sessions, paced by cadence cues and motivating tips for each phase.

Editorial Reviews

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"Will keep you motivated and on-pace every time you head out the door." -- Health magazine, May 2006

About the Author

Andrew Weil, one of America's best known advocates of alternative medicine and holistic healing, attended Harvard Medical School. He has worked for the National Institute of Mental Health and the Harvard Botanical Museum. He is the founder of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center and Associate Director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine, University of Arizona. Weil's books include Spontaneous Healing and Natural Health and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Com/Pap/Bk edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591794099
• ISBN-13: 978-1591794097
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,140,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #16 in Books > Books on CD > Authors, A-Z > ( W ) > Weil, Dr. Andrew

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dynamic duo, August 31, 2006

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D. Hackman (Bloomington, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walking: The Ultimate Exercise for Optimum Health (Audio CD)

Dr. Weil and Mark Fenton combine their expertise to provide a very thorough and helpful walking CD. The metered walking paces of 120, 135 and 150 steps per minute are very useful in developing a rhythm. Thanks for the help.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 2 CDs--0 content, February 9, 2009

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C. Henry (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm a workout walker just coming back to it. These 2 CDs contain a good cheerleading session for the benefits of walking, but I find that the practical walking workout isn't helpful on a day in-day out basis. For that I would highly recommend Kathy Smith's CDs or tapes. The Weil/Fenton CD scrimped on music production, and doesn't give you the option of a 30 minute or hour-long walk at a graduated pace like Smith's. Also, the pace on the Fenton CD is far too strenuous for someone overweight, elderly, recovering from illness or just beginning. This one simply gives you one work-out going from a brisk pace to a breakneck pace. You might get some basic info from this--for instance, how fast to walk to lose weight--but mainly this seems like another in a series that uses Weil's name to sell CDs of dubious value.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not much substance, April 14, 2008

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This review is from: Walking: The Ultimate Exercise for Optimum Health (Audio CD)

Very disappointing. Too basic for even a beginner. Feels like more of a marketing ploy than substative effort to assist.