The Exercise Training Diary For Dummies,9780764553370

The Exercise Training Diary For Dummies

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780764553370
ISBN10: 0764553372
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-13
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

The Exercise Training Diary For Dummies will get fitness enthusiasts to gear up even more. It includes a 52-week, fill-in calendar you can use to schedule workouts and record progress, plus helpful advice on a full range of health topics.

Author Biography

About the Author Allen St. John is the author of Bicycling For Dummies and Skiing For Dummies and is a former senior editor at Conde Nast Women's Sports and Fitness magazine. An avid recreational athlete, he has written about sports and fitness for a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines including Men's Journal, MH-18, U.S. News & World Report, Maxim, and the New York Times. He's a columnist for Skiing magazine, a regular contributor to Tennis, and a founding contributing editor for Bike, and he has covered the New York Yankees for the Village Voice for the past eight seasons, as well as contributed to the hardcover book and CD-ROM, The Way Baseball Works. He lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife Sally and two children, Ethan and Emma.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(1)
About This Book
1(1)
Why You Should Log Your Workouts
2(1)
How to Use Your Training Diary
3(1)
Cheater, Cheater, Biscotti Eater
4(1)
How This Book is Organized
4(1)
Icons Used in This Book
5(1)
Where to Go from Here
6(1)
Part I: The Training Basics 7(50)
Creating Your Workout Plan
9(14)
Why Exercise Anyway?
9(1)
Making Your Fitness Plan
10(3)
Setting your fitness goals
10(1)
Finding the time
11(2)
Setting Up Your Workout Schedule
13(1)
Getting into Training
14(3)
Measuring your fitness
15(1)
Maxing out -- speaking from the heart
16(1)
The Building Blocks of Training
17(1)
Endurance
17(1)
Strength
18(1)
Speed
18(1)
The Three Kinds of Workouts
18(2)
Long, steady distance
18(1)
Strength training
19(1)
Speed intervals
19(1)
Building a Workout Plan
20(3)
Just Warming Up
23(12)
Bringing the Right Equipment
23(2)
The right shoe on the right foot
24(1)
Getting a brand new bag
24(1)
A Word about Workout Wear
25(2)
Indoor clothes
25(1)
Outdoor clothes
26(1)
Warming Up to Warming Up
27(1)
The pre-stretch warm-up
27(1)
Protecting your skin
28(1)
The Power of Stretching
28(7)
Lower body stretches
29(3)
Upper body stretches
32(3)
Choosing the Right Workout
35(12)
Walking
36(1)
The pros
36(1)
The cons
36(1)
Technique tip
37(1)
Running
37(3)
The pros
38(1)
The cons
39(1)
Technique tip
39(1)
Swimming
40(1)
The pros
40(1)
The cons
40(1)
Technique tip
41(1)
In-Line Skating
41(2)
The pros
41(1)
The cons
42(1)
Technique tip
42(1)
Bicycling
43(1)
The pros
43(1)
The cons
43(1)
Technique tip
44(1)
Weight Training
44(3)
The pros
44(1)
The cons
45(1)
Technique tip
45(2)
Cooling Down and Fueling Up
47(10)
The Cool-Dow n
47(2)
Resting to Get Stronger
49(1)
Refueling Your Body
50(2)
Eating before your workout
50(1)
Eating during your workout
51(1)
Eating after your workout
52(1)
The Hydration Quotient
52(1)
Are You Overtraining?
53(1)
Dealing with Injuries
54(3)
Acute injuries
55(1)
Overuse injuries
55(1)
Treating injuries
55(2)
Part II: The Exercise Training Diary 57(124)
Your Training Diary
59(122)
Part III: The Part of Tens 181(10)
Ten Top Exercise Etiquette Tips
183(4)
Rack Your Dumbbells
183(1)
Stretch in Designated Areas
183(1)
One Set and Out
184(1)
Observe Time Limits
184(1)
Say ``Please'' and ``Thank You''
184(1)
Wipe Down Your Equipment
184(1)
Don't Leave Your Stuff Around
184(1)
Use Your Locker
185(1)
Limit Your Shower Time
185(1)
Be Modest
185(2)
Ten Top Exercise Songs
187(4)
``The Weight, ''The Band
187(1)
``Nowhere to Run,'' Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
187(1)
``Born to Run,'' Bruce Springsteen
188(1)
``Skating Away,'' Jethro Tull
188(1)
``Pump It Up,'' Elvis Costello
188(1)
``Nightswimming,''R.E.M.
188(1)
``Swimming Song,'' Kate and Anna McGarrigle
188(1)
``Busted Bicycle,'' Leo Kottke
188(1)
``Something (In the Way She Moves),'' George Harrison
189(1)
``Move It On Over,'' Hank Williams
189(2)
Index 191

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