Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness: Functional Exercise and Nutrition for Everyone, 2nd Edition

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The best-selling book on fitness for outdoor sports is now even better!

A new chapter on balance includes exercises for improving athletic performance as well as balance tips for seniors Includes the latest information on strengthening the lower back, preventing back injuries, and what to do if you have a back problem A new take-to-the-gym aerobic exercise calendar and chart Learn key aerobic and strength training concepts to design and improve your exercise program with the updated edition of Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness. Written by a team of sports fitness experts, this book explores how each region of the body works and describes convention and functional exercises to improve your fitness and activity performance.

With new information on everything from exercising with tendonitis to footwear and orthotics, people of all fitness levels will find something to help them to the next level.

FROM THE CRITICS

Molly Martin - Seattle Times

It will be a pity if what could be considered a quinessential Northwest training book is overlooked by many folks who aren't avid outdoors exercisers.

Everett Herald

It may be the single volume needed for conditioning techniques.

Outfitter magazine

Whether their interests are in hiking, paddling, skiing, climbing or biking, this easy to use guide will tell outdoor enthusiasts how to make the most out of their workouts. The guide book is appropriate for beginners as well as experienced outdoor adventurers.

The Register Guard

For people who don't have access to a personal trainer, Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness can serve as a handy guide.— (Eugene, OR)

Booknews

Offers a collection of exercises and key aerobic and strength training concepts incorporating functional strength and balance training. Explores how each region of the body works and describes conventional and functional exercises to improve fitness and activity performance for specific sports. Most of the 155 exercises are illustrated with b&w photos of male and female athletes. For easy cross-reference, exercises are numbered consecutively throughout and are coded by symbols identifying the sports to which they apply. Includes a section on basic principles such as nutrition and stretching, and covers special issues for women. A chapter on body posture and movement patterns incorporates the Aston-Patterning approach. Musnick is a sports medicine physician in Seattle, WA. Pierce is an athletic trainer in Bellevue, WA. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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