Your Body, Your Responsibility.

Your Body, Your Responsibility Debra M. Corbo, PT, CPT & Douglas J. Splittgerber, CPT Wheatmark, Inc. 610 East Delano Street, Suite 104, Tucson, AZ 85705 9781587366970, $36.95

Written by Debra M. Corbo, PT, CPT and Douglas J. Splittgerber, CPT, Your Body, Your Responsibility is a "user's manual" to keeping the human body healthy emphasizing an alignment resistance training method for stretching and strengthening. Your Body, Your Responsibility addresses why dieting alone fails as a means to procure weight control and optimum health; in order to effectively burn calories, the body needs muscles to nurture. Simple cardio exercise has its own benefits, but cardio exercise does not necessarily work out all muscles, and muscles that aren't used in the cardio may even decrease as the body pillages them for nutrients in favor of fat stores (it's the body's evolved survival technique to stay alive in times of famine, yet deleterious to human health in the modern age of plenty). What's a person to do? Your Body, Your Responsibility offers a basic education in how different muscles and joints work, and recommends a stretching and resistance exercise routine to strengthen all muscles and keep the self healthy. An accompanying 1 hour 15 minute DVD guides the reader through stretches, workout techniques, and no-nonsense advice about posture, self-care, and using one's body properly. Knowledge is power, and knowing how one's body functions mechanically empowers one to keep it in optimum condition. Your Body, Your Responsibility is highly recommended.