Fit at Last: Look and Feel Better Once and for All

by Kenneth H. Blanchard, Tim Kearin

If you’re like a lot of us, for years you’ve been making resolutions and promises about becoming physically fit. Despite all your good intentions, though, somehow it never quite goes according to plan. But you can break that cycle.

In Fit at Last, bestselling business author Ken Blanchard and fitness authority Tim Kearin show how Ken, at age seventy-three, finally was able to make lasting improvements in his health and fitness, including dropping over thirty pounds in a year. In each chapter, Ken shares the very personal story of his ups and downs—involving, among other things, a puppy, a Hawaiian tour bus full of widows, and a fifty-year college reunion—while Tim offers expert advice and wisdom gained from over forty years in the fitness industry.

Following through on your efforts to get fit requires leadership—personal leadership. Early on, Ken realized the same concepts he’d been using for years to help people lead organizations also could help him stick to his program. Here, you’ll learn how Ken and Tim applied the Situational Leadership II approach to set SMART goals, diagnose Ken’s progress in each of the six core areas of fitness, and match them with the leadership styles necessary to get Ken to the next level in each area.

Certainly there is a wealth of excellent fitness advice here—but ultimately, this is a book about commitment. People don’t fail because they don’t know what to do—they fail because they just don’t do it. Using the tools in this book, you’ll be able to move from simply being interested in fitness to making a lasting commitment—one that will add a spring to your step, a smile to your face, and years to your life.

217 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Ken Blanchard, one of the most influential leadership experts in the world, is the coauthor of the iconic bestseller, The One Minute Manager, and 60 other books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works have been translated into more than 27 languages and in 2005 he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time.

Ken is also the cofounder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California.

When he’s not writing or speaking, Ken also spends time teaching students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego. Ken can be found at www.kenblanchard.com.

Reviews

[Jiwa Rasa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ken Blanchard adalah penulis buku pengurusan yang terkenal. Buku beliau One Minute Manager sering diletak di rak buku terpilih buku pengurusan. Kali ini Ken Blanchard menulis buku yang unik bersama Tim Kearin seorang jurulatih kecergasan. Buku ini menarik kerana merupakan catatan peribadi penulis terkenal Ken Blanchard dalam memulakan program kecergasan untuk dirinya. Yang lebih mengejutkan, beliau mula mengikuti latihan kecergasan ketika berumur 73 tahun! Buku ini boleh memberi dorongan yang kuat buat mereka yang mahu bersenam tetapi sering memberi faktor umur sebagai alasan. Latihan keceragsan dan penjagaan diet telah merubah Ken Blanchard menjadi orang baru yang lebih sihat.

[Cynthia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really didn't care for this book at all. I felt like it was mostly a lot of advertisement for Blanchard's other books that he's penned (I won't name them here!) I gave the 2nd star for the 1st two, of three, 'resource' sections at the end of the book. (I thought the 3rd 'resource' section was almost completely ridiculous!) But I endured 'til the end!!