Runner's World Best: Competitive Running
Author: Adam Bean
When runners want expert advice, they turn to Runner's World, the magazine that helped bring running culture into the mainstream—and has continued to dispense cutting-edge wisdom as running's popularity has soared. Now, runners can have all that expert wisdom at their fingertips with the Runner's World Best series. Each book in this series focuses on a particular aspect of running—from getting started to cross-training. Together, these authoritative, affordable, fully illustrated volumes form a accessible library that belongs in every runner's home.
Runner's World Best: Competitive Running explains why competing in a race is beneficial for runners at every level, lays out basic training principles, and provides detailed training regimens for various types of races: 5K, 10K, half-marathon, and marathon. Runners learn what to eat and drink before, during, and after a race, as well as how strength and flexibility training can help their performance.
Interesting textbook: Access 2002 for Dummies or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Programming For Dummies
Dr. Gavin's Health Guide for African Americans: How to Keep Yourself and Children Well
Author: James R Gavin
Dr. James Gavin covers wellness and the tools to achieve it. He discusses health topics of particular concern to the African American population: obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. His intergenerational, family-centered approach to health is the prescription for breaking the alarming cycle of lifestyle-caused diseases, which are now striking children, too. Key features:
- Focus on prevention of disease
- Tool kits for better health
Library Journal
Gavin (president, Morehouse Coll. Sch. of Medicine) provides a thorough and thoughtful examination of the ways in which African Americans can control and improve their health. Unlike comparable books, Gavin's title is not preachy or full of colloquialisms; instead, it provides straight talk peppered with encouragement. The text recalls Rovenia Brock's Dr. Ro's Ten Secrets to Livin' Healthy in that it advocates eating healthier and making small, incremental lifestyle changes while also addressing ailments specific to the African American community. However, Brock is a nutritionist, and she pays more attention to her specialty, even offering an eating plan and recipes. Meanwhile, Gavin delves more deeply into the details of various ailments (e.g., diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure) and offers specific tips, tools, and healthy habits to address them. He also stresses that children should develop good eating and lifestyle habits early. Finally, at the end of every chapter, Gavin provides a print and Internet resource list. Although targeted to African Americans, this book will assist anyone looking to improve his or her health. Recommended for African American and consumer health collections.-Nicole A. Cooke, Montclair State Univ. Lib., NJ Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
No comments:
Post a Comment