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The Athlete's Way: Sweat and the Biology of Bliss |  | Author: Christopher Bergland
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 351
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0312355866
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.71
EAN: 9780312355869
ASIN: 0312355866
Publication Date: June 12, 2007
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 Sweat = Happiness March 7, 2008
Rosa Isela Olivares (Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The Athlete's Way" is a great motivational tool that has helped me improve my running and has encouraged me to keep exercising.
My favorite parts of the book:
* Reshaping your brain so exercise isn't a chore, but a daily reward/ incentive on its own. Once you experience this bliss, you want to keep flooding your brain with its "happiness" chemicals.
* Tonic level of fitness = perfect balance. Christopher explains that there's no need to be a professional athlete to achieve the optimum level of fitness. Regular people can attain this ideal level and find balance and see great changes.
* Quotes are sprinkled throughout the book to provide motivation, and they are fun to read. I recently read another running/exercise book that was so dull, I could barely finish it. The quotes, anecdotes and descriptions of Christopher's athletic highs (and lows) give "The Athlete's Way" a personality.
* A recommendation found in the book which I have implemented is the running log. The first month I found it indispensable as it helped me see patterns that I had never noticed before. I would usually just head outside and run aimlessly. Now I am better able to gauge what helps me exercise longer (good music, not running on a totally empty stomach [yay toast!], avoiding runs in the hot Texas sun !)
* I also like that the book isn't preachy at all. Wanna keep a log? Go for it! If you can't be bothered, that's ok too. There's really no wrong way to embrace the ideas in this book.
A Great Read to Keep you Exercsing March 7, 2008
John J. Ratey (Cambridge, MA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I picked up Christopher Berglund's book and i have not set it down. It is amazingly informative and complete with a program to get and keep you off the couch. I was captivated and envious of all his accomplishments and his world travel in competing in all of his events. His personal story of recovery is compelling and can be a model for our lost sedentary society of today. His attempt to parse what is bliss was easy to follow and he offers most of us the fact that not only do we make heroin like substances (endorphins) but marijuana neurotransmitters that contribute to making us feel good after exercise. Bravo, for another exercising zealot who has written a book that should be read on your elliptical or stationary bike as he suggests, he pushed me to go farther on a sleepy Sunday. Everyone who wants to see the possibility of a devotion to the physicallife can see a model to develop the persistence and pleasure that his Athlete's Way career has brought.
Great piece of work!!!! February 17, 2008
R. Haag (Sun City Center, Florida USA)
I really believe this book is very inspiring and has made me a better athelete!! Just by reading about the author (My Story) was amazing and the most inspiring for myself!! Thanks Chris, for a great book!!
Ricky
A blissful journey February 10, 2008
Sophie Meneut (New York City)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You know how sometimes, when you read a book, you hit a sentence that transports you right into the author's brains and spine and make you feel like, 'yes, I know exactly what you mean, I've experienced it'? Well, I got transplanted right at the beginning of the book with these sentences: "The enthusiasm was contagious, and we were all feeding off one another's happiness... What mattered was that we were all in the park for the same reason... it made us feel good. We were all there because we loved to move, and sport was a chance to feel the excitement of forward movement." Yes, it is all about sharing this powerful experience. The rest of the book was just an amazing journey. Mr. Bergland wrote a beautiful book about such blissful experiences, explaining what happens in your brains as you exercise, how you do reach peak experiences, the importance of the cerebellum's role for a perfect flow, giving tips on strength training, nutrition, cardio, positive thinking...
I bought the book when I was injured and couldn't run: watching the runners by the FDR drive every morning while driving to work was agony, I missed that pleasure so much. So I decided to spend my extra time reading about athletics to try to understand what was going on. I found the answers in this book. The Athlete's Way was my Sunday long run along the Hudson when I could only run in my head...
 More suited to the budding/beginning athlete. October 29, 2007
J. Maguire (Px, Az USA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
There's some intellectual highs in this book, similar to diamonds in the rough... but there are too many insipid and trite passages to make this a good book. More suited for the novice or budding athlete; if this defines you - I recommend this book - it's worth your time. A few gems for the experienced athlete, but you'll spend a lot of time digging through the book to find it. Basic health and fitness information in most parts of the book, as well as basic sport psychology; the introduction was the best part of the book for the experienced athlete; read that and pass on the rest of the book. Unless you're having trouble sticking with an exercise program... read the introduction only.
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