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Author: Z Altug
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN:
978-1-4975-9823-2
“For something to be
sustainable, it needs to be adaptable,” Z Altug writes in the
introduction to his book, Sustainable Fitness: A Practical Guide to
Health, Healing, and Wellness.
This
six-hundred-and-twenty-two-page paperback targets those looking for a
comprehensive all-over-the-body informational tool regarding
exercise, nutrition, sleep, purpose, habits, and stress. After a
disclaimer, author’s biography, acknowledgments, preface, and
introduction, the manual is divided into six sections:
health/wellness/performance, healing and recovery, weight management
and nutrition, mind and body training, training guidelines, and
exercising menus. It ends with resources, an epilogue, glossary,
appendices, references, and index.
Set in a bullet-point
format with highlighted titles, sidebars, and black and white
photographs, its random collection includes charts, menus, lists, and
many online references and websites related health and well-being.
By finding purpose,
adopting healthy habits, maintaining stress, getting adequate sleep,
eating nutritiously, and exercising, one can become sustainably
fit.
With so many topics that the book covers, it offers a
myriad of ideas, solutions, and types of exercises. The subjects
range from reasons to limit alcohol or caffeine, healing in regard to
colors, music, and aromatherapy, phytonutrients and water for health,
yoga, pilates, tai chi, and qigong training, good posture basics, and
fitness routines for osteoporosis, muscle building, golf, and mini
office breaks to name a few. I like that some of the proceeds of this
book will help support further research in physical therapy and
medicine.
Some may find the
contents routine with little new information regarding how to take
care of oneself. It has quite a bit of website references to look up
that may not be helpful for those without computer access.
With
more than twenty-five years experience as a licensed physical
therapist and performance specialist, Altug is a PT, DPT, MS, and
CSCS who has co-authored a prior book. He lives in Los Angeles.
With
the sporadic jumping around of topics, the organization style is a
little hard to track, especially if you want to look up a topic that
is not listed in the index (such as exercises for a bad
back).
If you are looking for a thick book that covers a plethora of
topics related to the body, mind, and spirit, this may be a simple
and well-rounded resource that gives you generalized answers.
Thanks
to Bookpleasures for furnishing this complimentary book in exchange
for a review based on my unbiased, honest opinion.