
Ultimate Fitness
The Quest for Truth about Exercise and Health
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Narrated by:
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Gina Kolata
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By:
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Gina Kolata
Gina Kolata, science reporter to The New York Times, takes a fascinating journey into the fads, fictions and genuine innovations that have defined the world of physical fitness.
By examining fads through the decades, from weight lifting for men and women in the early days, to jogging, cycling, aerobics, and now spinning, Kolata explains the science of conditioning and the objective evidence behind commonly accepted prescriptions.
Among the questions she addresses are:
- What is the best way to exercise for maximum effect?
- Is there really a "fat-burning zone"?
- Why is that some people won't become fit in spite of exercise?
- Are there foods, drinks or supplements that can help you exercise longer or harder?
Kolata profiles researchers who successfully challenged conventional wisdom and marketed their inventions, and some who resisted initial criticism only to back down from their claims. With lively sketches of many of the mavericks who have influenced the industry, Kolata presents an eye-opening view of the inside workings of a multimillion-dollar business.
Lively and engaging, Ultimate Fitness spotlights the machines and machinations and cuts through the marketing hype, not only to assess what is healthy, but also to understand what our obsession with staying healthy says about American culture today.
©2003 Gina Kolata (P)2003 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrick Publishers, LLC.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
"Kolata brings both personal enthusiasm and journalistic skepticism to her subject." (Publishers Weekly)
"Kolata challenges many prevailing fitness assumptions." (The New York Times Book Review)
This Book might have been beneficial between high-school and College comma however quite a poor read after having any college education. I do not recommend this book to the majority of the individuals that I know. it might be ok for a high schooler to read. I would have read this book if you have any experience with exercise comma education in exercise physiology comma or really if you played any sports in high school.
this is okay if you have no prior physical exercis
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Pretty casual, but informative
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great!
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waste of time
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