The Little Blue Book of Fitness and Health

By Gary Savage, Anthony Jarvis and Sara Henry

Fitness and good health are the result of a change in lifestyle. The 393 commonsense tips in this book will lead to a properly conditioned body, a sound mind, and a contented spirit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Nov 29, 1998
• ISBN: 9781418559014

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Copyright © 1998 by Gary Savage, Tony Jarvis, and Sara J. Henry

All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book, except for brief quotations in critical reviews and articles.

Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Rutledge Hill Press®, 211 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee 37219.

Distributed in Canada by H. B. Fenn & Company, Ltd., 34 Nixon Road, Bolton, Ontario L7E 1W2.

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Distributed in the United Kingdom by Verulam Publishing, Ltd., 152a Park Street Lane, Park Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 2AU.

Typography by Compass Communications, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee Cover design by Tim Holland Page design by Bateman Design

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The little blue book of fitness and health.

     p. cm.

ISBN 1-55853-674-4

    1. Health. 2. Physical fitness. 3. Nutrition. 4. Exercise.

   RA776.L775 1998

   613.7—dc21

98-8452

CIP

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9—02 01 00 99

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To my family—who has always been there, through

thick and thin. Thanks, I love you all.

—Gary

To my family and close friends who have made my life

complete. Without all of you, I could not be half as

happy as I am today.

—Tony

To Mom, who looked the other way when I rode my

ten-speed all over Tennessee, and Dad, who bought me

my first racing bike and drove me to bike races.

—Sara

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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Acknowledgments

First, we’d like to thank our publisher, Larry Stone, for all his help.

Gary offers special thanks to his parents, Gary and Sandra Savage, for always staying by his side, and