Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 184
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Trim: 5½ x 8¼
978-1-59228-702-4 • Paperback • January 2006 • $12.95 • (£9.99)
978-1-4617-4975-2 • eBook • January 2006 • $11.99 • (£8.99)
Mark Fenton, host of the PBS series America's Walking and author of The Complete Guide to Walking and Walking Through Pregnancy, has written numerous research articles about exercise science and athletic footwear. Formerly editor-at-large of Walking magazine, Fenton was a member of the United States national race-walking team from 1986 to 1991. He lives in Scituate, Massachusetts.
David R. Bassett is a professor of exercise science at the University of Tennessee, and a pioneer in pedometer research. His studies have been covered by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA Today,and countless other national publications. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1)A New Approach to Fitness
2)The Origin of Pedometers
3) Thomas Jefferson's Step Counter
4)Choosing a Pedometer
5)Getting Started
6)10,000 steps per day, the Japanese Way
7)Pedometer Programs to Increase Activity
8)Tips for Increasing Daily Steps
9)Health Benefits of 10,000 steps per day
10)Walking and Weight Loss
11) Healthy Eating
12) Fitness Walking
13) Children and Pedometers
14) Hiking with Pedometers
15) The Amish: A Natural History of Step Counting
16) Walking Throughout the World
17) Successful Aging
Appendix A- Body Mass Index
Appendix B- Resting Metabolic Rate
Appendix C- One-Mile Walk Fitness Test
Appendix D- Where to Purchase Pedometers
A pedometer is fun and easy to use, and guaranteed to work if you follow the nation's leading walking expert and a top exercise researcher on this simple six-week program that will get you started on the road to weight loss, renewed energy, and a longer, healthier life..