How To Eat, Move And Be Healthy!

I have been researching and reading on health, medicine, fitness, physical therapy, kinesiology, pharmacology, allopathic and holistic medicine, sports nutrition, the list goes on my entire life. There is not a single book out there better than this one. It doesn’t go excessively into nuances to the point of pigeonholing you into one mode of thinking, a program, or a product. It keeps everything relevant and does not deviate from proper base principles. If you read this you will understand why everything else is not even close in comparison. You will not waste your money on prescriptions or similar interventions which patch AFTER you are ill. You will spend your efforts on maintaining and improving health before getting to that point. There are MANY examples of this I could list which would occur by following this book. For example the rotation diet can help you avoid allergies, which would become costly with side effects from taking the allopathic route via medications and allergy injections. Following the movement plan will prevent you from becoming injured and also will maintain spinal health from a properly recruiting core (open chain vs closed chain, diskinesia, primal pattern exercises, see Paul Chek’s movement that matters book). It also acknowledges diet differences between individuals with the primal pattern diet groups (ex. purine requirement differences). There is so much more, and again, I’ve never come across anything comparable.

Very well illustrated and written. Anyone can read this book and get great value from it. However, I will say that I think it would have been better to have broken this up into a number of books. There is a tremendous amount of information in it, which for many practitioners is probably fine, but for the public I think it can be problematic. The author Paul Chek has largely focused on training fitness professionals like myself and other Physical Therapists, as well as sports conditioning coaches. This is one of the few public works he has put out and I'm glad he did, as I would prefer that my clients read this instead popular magazines, which I recommend they throw out. There is so much conflicting information within popular magazines and many of those articles are written by people who simply want some publicity. It can be a good marketing vehicle to write an article or give a presentation, whether the supposed "expert" knows what they are talking about or not. Just writing an article seems to make a person an "expert." Paul Chek on the other hand has spent over 20 years in practice and training industry professionals, which is a very tough crowd, given that they have a background in this area. I have a number of his courses, but I started in 2002 with one of his all day seminars. That seminar revolutionized my training philosophy and methodology. I've been a Certified Personal Trainer with a Medical Exercise/Post Rehab background since 1998 and since taking his courses for credit I have created amazing results for my clients. He has so many courses out there for professionals that he created a five level training/study program in functional exercise and a three level program in nutrition and lifestyle. He is rigorously scientific and holistic, which makes a very powerful pair capable of sure shot results that last a lifetime. He has a thorough understanding of the human body and how important individually designed programs are, instead of the "cookie-cutter" programs and diets you see plaguing the market today. For this reason, his book has assessments that you can take so that you know where you are today and then learn what's the next best step for you. I highly recommend this book for both the general public and for fitness professionals, as well as nutritionists. I would say that the public should be patient with it and spend all the time they need just practicing and developing facility with one chapter before going onto the next.

Paul Chek uniquely integrates many different disciplines into concise, powerful strategies that give you the most bang for your buck! Makes a great gift!

If you know who Paul Chek is, then you know that this is fundamental reading and a vital tool when exploring some of his training principles. If you don't know who this revolutionary, fitness guru is then you need to. It's a thorough book that's filled with a ton of valuable academic information but it is written in a straight forward, non-textbook sort of tone. I appreciate that. It also covers a lot of unconventional concepts associated with wellness that may not seem valid or even all that complex in the beginning. But over time I've grown to really respect this book and have incorporated a lot of it with my training clients. Another great thing is that it's also written as a workbook of sorts so it's not just theory but guided tasks, worksheets, outlines and tutorials that allow you to practice this stuff on your self AND have resources to use when working with clients. Best thing I can say about it: I've had to buy this book 3 times because friends/colleagues "borrowed" mine, loved it and never gave it back!

livro muito bom que desperta a leitura atenta do utilizador. prático para ler em qualquer lado. Estou muito satisfeito. obrigado

This book is very easy to understand, and it is a very helpful book to start to understand how a human being is functioning. Great exercises and plenty of pictures inside. That’s one of the book that actually worth the money to spend. I bought this book after watching almost all of his YouTube videos, but it was good and I wouldn’t sell it for sure. Of course I had plenty of knowledge around this topic but this book summarised it, made the link between things. Thanks 😊 🙏

Paul Check führt in diesem Buch alles zusammen, was er in seiner jahrelangen Erfahrung angehäuft hat. Dabei ist es doch kompakt und, sofern man englisch kann und sich mit der Materie etwas auskennt, gut zu lesen. Neben den eher offensichtlichen Punkten wie gesunder Ernährung und Stressreduktion gefällt mir vor allem der sehr ausführliche Teil zur Bewegung. Von an Yoga angelehnten Dehnübungen bishin zu Kraftübungen ist alles dabei. Bei diesen Übungen unterläuft einem nicht der Fehler, manche Körperpartien zu vernachlässigen. Bin sehr zufrieden und kann das Buch nur empfehlen. Gehört in jede Sammlung von Lifestyle-Büchern.

The book is loaded with standard information to every one who wants to get fitter, stronger and healthier . i hope every one gets the discipline to live there life healthier with is book !!!!!

This book was recommended to me as a Bible for health. I really have gotten a lot out of the movement and stretching portions.