In this part...
W
e tell you how to enjoy whole-body health, from
injury prevention to stretching to eating well.Chapter 5 helps you prevent and treat common exercise
injuries — and discover the difference between a sprain
and a strain.
We also introduce you to the most neglected — and, per-
haps most important — component of fitness: flexibility.
In Chapter 6, we make a darn good case for taking ten min-
utes out of each day to stretch. We also give you a rundown
of the various stretching philosophies, cover the basic
rules of stretching, and present a head-to-toe stretching
workout that doesn’t require the flexibility of a Cirque du
Soleil troupe member.
Chapter 7 fills you in on nutrition basics: You get the skinny
on low-carb diets, low-fat eating, food pyramids, vitamin
supplements, and phytochemicals (an important group of
substances with long and unpronounceable names).