AstroFit: The Astronaut Program for Anti-Aging

by William J. Evans, Gerald Secor Couzens, John Glenn (Introduction)

The anti-aging regimen originally produced for astronauts in anticipation of a three-year round-trip to Mars helps readers with their own weight, diet, and nutrition issues here on Earth, explaining how to increase and maintain muscle growth, strength cardiovascular fitness, reduce stress hormones, halt bone deterioration, fuel the brain, and promote DHA production. 50,000 first printing.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 2002

Reviews

[Geo · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent book on nutricion and well being. It will not get you to become an astronaut, no doubt, but if you follow the regime, you will well ahead of your same age peers. Astrofit is more of a course on discipline and common sense thinking. As long as your mind dictates your mouth and your brain controls your body you will do well.

Very good reading for everybody.

[Sohaib Qureshi · Rating 3 out of 5]

William J. Evans the author of Astrofit has worked in collaboration with NASA for quite some time. His main focus of research are preventative programs and therapies that can be utilized by astronauts to hinder or perverse the adverse effects of microgravity which include rapid muscle loss, osteoporosis of bones, loss of balance and crippling of the immune system. The book starts off with listing the benefits of weight training many of which the body building community already know. The book outlines lifting programs for the absolute beginner. Also stressed in the book is adequate nutrition. The nutritional advice offered advocates eating 5-6 meals a day with macro-nutrient ratios of 60% (carbohydrates), 20% (protein) and 20% (fats) [60/20/20:]. He also stresses cardiovascular exercises in addition to the weight training for optimal health. The book outlines sound principles that many in the body building and strength training community are already aware of.