The athlete's way : training your mind and body to experience the joy of exercise /
Bergland, Christopher,
The athlete's way : training your mind and body to experience the joy of exercise / Christopher Bergland. - 1st St. Martin's Griffin edition. - xxviii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction: The Athlete's Way to Health and Fitness -- My Story -- Sweat and the Pursuit of Happiness -- The Brain Science of Sport -- Positive Psychology -- The Training Program: An Overview -- The Cardio Program -- The Strength Program -- The StretchProgram -- The Nutrition Philosophy -- Sticking With it -- The Sleep Remedy -- Superfluidity: Chase Your Bliss -- Epilogue.
""The Athlete's Way is amazingly informative and complete with a program to get and keep you off the couch. Bravo, for another exercising zealot who has written a book that should be read on your elliptical or stationary bike. He pushed me to go farther on a sleepy Sunday."- John J. Ratey, M.D., author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science in Exercise and the Brain, and co-author of Driven to Distraction"--Publisher description.
0312355874 9780312355876
2008021313
Exercise--Psychological aspects
Physical fitness--Psychological aspects
Mind and body
GV481.2 / .B47 2008
612.044
The athlete's way : training your mind and body to experience the joy of exercise / Christopher Bergland. - 1st St. Martin's Griffin edition. - xxviii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction: The Athlete's Way to Health and Fitness -- My Story -- Sweat and the Pursuit of Happiness -- The Brain Science of Sport -- Positive Psychology -- The Training Program: An Overview -- The Cardio Program -- The Strength Program -- The StretchProgram -- The Nutrition Philosophy -- Sticking With it -- The Sleep Remedy -- Superfluidity: Chase Your Bliss -- Epilogue.
""The Athlete's Way is amazingly informative and complete with a program to get and keep you off the couch. Bravo, for another exercising zealot who has written a book that should be read on your elliptical or stationary bike. He pushed me to go farther on a sleepy Sunday."- John J. Ratey, M.D., author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science in Exercise and the Brain, and co-author of Driven to Distraction"--Publisher description.
0312355874 9780312355876
2008021313
Exercise--Psychological aspects
Physical fitness--Psychological aspects
Mind and body
GV481.2 / .B47 2008
612.044