Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 293 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without significant tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health is Gina Kolata's compelling journey into the world of American physical fitness over the past thirty years. It is a funny, eye-opening, brow-sweating investigation into the fads, fictions, and science of fitness training. From the early days of jogging, championed by Jim Fixx-- who later died of a heart attack--to weight lifting, cycling, aerobics, and Spinning, Kolata questions such popular notions as the "fat-burning zone" and "spot reducing," the effects of food on performance, how much exercise helps build fitness, and the difference between exercise to help the heart and exercise to change the body. She explains the science of physical fitness and the objective evidence behind commonly accepted prescriptions. Along the way she profiles researchers and mavericks who have challenged conventional wisdom, marketed their inventions, and sometimes bucked criticism only to back down from their original claims. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science & Technology; United States; Modern; Medicine & Health. ISBN: 0374204772. ISBN/EAN: 9780374204778. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6838. . 9780374204778