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With this unique guide, overall fitnessistruly an attainable goal–and is necessary to avoid injury and intensify enjoyment of any outdoor activity. With road-tested common sense and real-world effectiveness, award winning author Paul Scott offers a complete program for giving yourself the kind of baseline level of fitness that will equip you to stay healthy and to reach your full potential–whatever your sport or passion.Outside Fitnessembraces the notion that human beings are hard- wired for play and adventure, and any fitness quest that doesn’t address the drive to embrace challenging exploration and stimulating variety is simply too utilitarian and ultimately too dull to be effective. The key is to be fit enough to have fun and to have fun getting fit. Along with having fun, theOutside Fitnessprogram will help you develop endurance, power, agility, flexibility, and balance. You’ll get the what-for on nutrition and a sustainable program to carry you forward. Fitness will become a personal adventure rather than a daily act of obligation.Outside Fitnessdraws on the most recent research in exercise physiology with a friendly tone and unique and fun graphic illustrations. Paul Scott’s series ofOutsidemagazine articles out of which this book has emerged won a National Magazine Award. Full-color throughout, index.

About the author (2005)

Paul Scott has written for “Outside, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times magazine, Harper’s, Glamour, Runner’s World” and many more magazines and newspapers. He lives in Rochester, Minnesota.

CHRIS CARMICHAEL, Lance Armstrong’s longtime coach and founder of Carmichael Training Systems Inc., was named the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Coach of the Year in 1999. He is the coauthor of The Lance Armstrong Performance Program and author of the “New York Times” bestseller “Chris Carmichael’s Food for Fitness: Eat Right to Train Right,” He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
JIM RUTBERG has been working closely with Chris Carmichael for more than 7 years, starting as an athlete and then progressing to pro coach and director of publishing for Carmichael Training Systems, Inc. They have collaborated on four other books including the national bestseller “Chris Carmichael’s Food for Fitness: Eat Right to Train Right,” He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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