Preventions Complete Book of
Walking: Everything You Need to
Know to Walk Your Way to Better
Health by Maggie Spilner
"Above All, Do Not Lose Your Desire To Walk"
Walking is a super sport for health, weight loss, stress reduction, and
management of a number of medical conditions. Preventions Complete
Book of Walking gives you every piece of information you need for
stepping out, including choosing shoes, clothing, treadmills, gadgets,
location, technique, speed, and walking vacations, plus advice about diet,
strength training, and yoga. Learn how to train for a race, whether a 5K
(3.1 miles) walk/run is your speed, a marathon (26.2 miles), or volkswalk
(6.2 miles). Youll learn a new way of walking from the six-week dynamic
walking program included here. Dynamic walking is a series of
techniques and exercises for improving posture, gait, and biomechanics
while walking, developed by movement therapist Suki Munsell, Ph.D.

Author Maggie Spilner, an editor at Prevention magazine, progressed from
agoraphobia (fear of open spaces), which prevented her from walking
farther than around the block, to becoming an avid walker who has
walked extensively in five countries. I consider walking to be both my
therapy and my proving ground, she says now. Spilners style is warm and
chatty, as if youre joining her for a walk and friendly conversation. She
relates personal stories; describes walks she has taken; offers sound,
expert-based advice; and illustrates points with anecdotes. Most of all,
she wants you to enjoy walking. I like to think of walking as an art form
and of every walk as a painting-in-progress, she writes. Enjoy the
landscape! --Joan Price
Personal Review: Preventions Complete Book of Walking:
Everything You Need to Know to Walk Your Way to Better Health
by Maggie Spilner
I have enjoyed Maggie Spilner's writings for many years and it's great to
find her walking wisdom packed into one book! I especially recommend
this book if your inner sloth needs to be reminded (as mine does) to get out
and walk-- Every Day!
Maggie writes, "Walking supports health in every sense--physically,
mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It enriches and balances your life.
And it just plain makes you feel good."
She is the world's best walking buddy and sprinkles every page with
practical --and fun--walking tips, guaranteed to get your inner sloth off the
couch!
On a personal note, I want to add that there is a sign at the top of a hill
where I walk that says: "Above all, do not lose your desire to walk." I have
long been curious about the source of that quote, and, today, I found it:
"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a
state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself
into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one
cannot walk away from it. . . Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything
will be alright."
--Søren Kierkegaard, a prolific Danish writer, letter to Jette (1847)
Maggie's passion for walking is contageous -- reading her book will help
assure that you never lose your desire to walk!
Suza Francina, author, The New Yoga for People Over 50 and Yoga and
the Wisdom of Menopause. www.suzafrancina.com
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