Body, Mind, and Sport: The Mind-Body Guide to Lifelong Health, Fitness, and Your Personal Best
by John Douillard
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Author: John DouillardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-13
ISBN: 0609807897
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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- ISBN13: 9780609807897
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Book Review: Interesting Philosophy, Application Difficult
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is mixed for me. There's some interesting thinking on the role of fitness in our lives. The author is persuasive and draws on many sources to conclude that exercise should be pleasant and aligned with body type.
However, the core of his teaching is slow nasal breathing during exercise using a breathing technique from yoga - ujjayi breath. He advises building up from a very slow warm up and gradually stretching your capacity. Essentially he never wants you to exercise higher than 50% of your heart rate reserve. He quotes Kenneth Cooper to show that this low level of exertion is enough, but it's not cited and I have been unable to find anything to back it up.
This is a very low level of exercise according to most experts. I've found in the several months I've tried it out, that nasal breathing is too constricting to do during real conditioning exercise. If you exercise at a rate where experts consider you're getting some benefit - anything over 50-60% of your heart rate reserve - it's very distracting to nose breathe. There are many parts of the book that are appealing, but the application doesn't seem to be there.
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Summary of Body, Mind, and Sport: The Mind-Body Guide to Lifelong Health, Fitness, and Your Personal Best
Until recently, the effortless "Zone" of peak performance was only within the reach of serious athletes. Now, with Body, Mind, and Sport, anyone can reach the Zone, regardless of fitness level.Designed to accommodate a variety of individual fitness needs, the Body, Mind, and Sport program is split into two levels. Level 1 is for non-athletes who want to improve overall fitness; Level 2 is for those who want to train for competitive or recreational purposes. Your own unique mind-body type is taken into account to guide you in achieving your personal best without stress or strain. In this revised and updated edition of Body, Mind, and Sport, fitness expert and trainer John Douillard outlines a program in which your individual seasonal constitution-Winter, Spring, or Summer-determines what exercises or sports are best suited to your mind-body type and what foods you should eat for optimum results.
Using the Body, Mind, and Sport approach you can decrease heart and breath rates while improving both fitness and performance. Dozens of world-class athletes, including Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King, have used John Douillard's expert breathing techniques, dietary recommendations, and seasonally balanced workouts. Now you can, too!
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