YOU: The Owner's Manual…, a Bookman review.

A Bookman review.

 Normally I find the 'dummies' style/written books a bit tedious,

not all of us enjoy being told we are too stupid to read a standard instruction text.

But, that said I own a bunch of them, mostly on computer related subjects too DENSE to get into directly without a 'crib' sheet….

I found YOU: THE OWNERS MANUAL to be delightful, well written, nicly laid out, not too condescending and WRITTEN for those of us who ADMIT to getting a little older.

I think my favorite section was the one on " Motion Control: Your Bones, Joints, and Muscles"

As it seemed to have some of the best preventative information in the book. The diagram on how to do the 'Sun Prana' will surely be stolen by itinerant Yoga teachers everywhere!

Another WONDERFUL section was on a simple, low impact workout regime that could be done weekly in just minutes! See a sample below.

The Owner's Manual• Physical Activity Crib Sheet

 

Thirty minutes of walking every day,

no excuses (can be broken up throughout the day into shorter periods to add up to thirty minutes)

 

Thirty minutes a week of resistance training, broken into three ten-minute workouts

 

Sixty minutes a week of stamina training (swimming or cycling), broken into three twenty-minute workouts.

 

Thirty minutes a week of yoga or stretching, broken into five five-minute stretching sessions

 

Sample Schedule

THIRTY minutes of walking every day, plus:

Monday: Twenty-minute stamina workout,
followed by five minutes of yoga or stretching.

 

Tuesday: Ten-minute resistance training,
followed by

five minutes of yoga or stretching.

 

Wednesday: Twenty-minute stamina workout,
followed by five minutes of yoga or stretching.

 

Thursday: Ten-minute resistance training,
followed by five minutes of yoga or stretching.

 

Friday: Twenty-minute stamina workout,
followed by five minutes of yoga or stretching.

 

Saturday:Additional thirty minutes of walking (for a total of one hour)

plus ten- minute resistance training, Additional thirty minutes of walking

(for a total of one hour)

 

Sunday: Additional thirty minutes of walking (for a total of one hour)

(from) Motion Control: Your Bones, Joints, and Muscles * (pg) 135

(I would suggest, STRONLY suggest, some form of warmup stretching BEFORE all these, but that is just me. )

In all I would be delighted to recommend this book for a gift to anyone who is interested in the quality of their life.

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Collins; Updated Expanded edition (April 29, 2008)
• ISBN-10: 0061473677

Chapter listing

 

1. Your Body, Your Home: Super Health
2. The Beat Goes On: Your Heart and Arteries
3. Do You Mind: Your Brain and Nervous System
4. Motion Control: Your Bones, Joints and Muscles
5. To a Lung and Healthy Life: Your Lungs
6. Gut Feelings: Your Digestive System
7. In Your Trunk: Your Liver and Pancreas
8. Sex Marks the Spot: Your Sexual Organs
9. Common Sense: Your Sensory Organs
10. Sick Sense: Your Immune System
11. This Gland is Your Gland: Your Hormones
12. Hell Cells: Cancer
13. The Owner's Manual Diet
14. The Owner's Manual Workout
15. YOU: The Owner's Manual FAQs