©TélécHArGEr. The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longe r PDF par Avery

The first 20 minutes : surprising science reveals how we can exercise better, train smarter, live longer. "The New York Times "Phys Ed" columnist counsels casual and serious exercisers on the latest understandings about the mental and physical aspects of a fitness program, sharing recommendations for current "best practices" for a range of goals."

The main drawback of The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer by for me was that Gretchen Reynolds took a lot of words to describe exactly what the conclusions and recommendations from the studies described actually were. I personally would have preferred a summary right up front, in a crib sheet form, and the detail to be presented later to give you the choice of reading it (or not). And as my desired crib-sheet wasn

The First 20 Minutes has all of the limitations than any science reporting does. Reynolds says in the genetics chapter: "This chapter is out of date. It would have been out of date if you'd read it the week I finished it." But that is true for the entire book, really. In chapter after chapter Reynolds reminds us of once widely held but now discarded beliefs (like that stretching cold muscles is a good way to prevent injury, or that straight legged sit-ups are the best route to abdominal