Laufen für Dummies

by Florence Griffith Joyner

Egal, ob Sie bereits aktiver Laufer sind oder schon immer einer werden wollten - die Lauferlegende Florence Griffith Joyner motiviert Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene. Die mehrfache Weltmeisterin zeigt Ihnen den einfachsten Weg von der Vorbereitung des Einsteigers bis zum Marathonlauf des Fortgeschrittenen. Sie gibt Ihnen Ratschlage fur die Fitness, wertvolle Tipps fur die Vorbereitung auf Wettkampfe und begleitet Sie sogar beim Schuhkauf. Dabei stehen fur die Modellathletin der richtige Laufstil und ein gesundes Training im Vordergrund.
Lernen Sie, wie Sie Ihre personliche Ausdauer und Kraft steigern und welche Ziele Sie im Laufe Ihres Lauferlebens erreichen konnen. Denn Laufen soll vor allem eines machen: Spa!
Sie erfahren:
* Wie Sie Ihr Training sinnvoll aufbauen
* Was Sie beim Aufwarmen und Cool-Down beachten sollten
* Welche Ausrustung Sie brauchen
* Wie Sie Verletzungen vermeiden konnen
* Worauf Sie bei Ihrer Ernahrung achten sollten
* Wo die schonsten Marathons stattfinden

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Fitness

256 pages, Paperback

First published February 5, 1999

Reviews

[Jennifer Cole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great place to start and easy info for beginners.

[Brenda Wharton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy read. Some good tips on making yourself a better runner. Good variation of topics. Also Flo-Jo talks about her life as a runner

[Malissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

THis book describes a no-nonsense yet, not tyranical, way of running and starting to train your body for improving running. It gives great advice about form, nutrition, safety and much more. It is sooo unfortuante and sad that Flo-Jo is no longer with us, but her intelligence and love for the sport remains alive in this book.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked how simple it was to read and gave me lots of good information on starting and keeping up on a running program. I find myself very motivated to start walking more to build into a running program. I liked the constant reminders to set reachable goals, since I tend to be a very goal oriented person anyway.

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm kind of obsessed with running a marathon someday, so I got this book to see if there was a special way to run that I wasn't doing. There's not, but I did learn a lot about injuries and how to prevent them so that will be useful.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Starting to train to run a half marathon so I thought this would be helpful in getting me started. It was okay with some good information on injuries and picking out the right equipment. It was okay.

[Roberta · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book gave some great basic information to start running by walking first and how to know when to start running. I also found the information about selecting shoes and understanding your foot type helpful. I didn't really think the commentary by Florence added to the book.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really probably 3.5 stars. An older book, but still plenty of good info. Definitely geared toward newer runners, but again plenty of good info. I did find it amusing that in the weight training section, her weights seemed to only be 5 or maybe 8 lbs, tops.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to be okay, but really didn't tell me anything new. It covers the basics, and there are a few tips on improving form and speed. I guess I expected more with Flo Jo being an author.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great tips.

[Christy Keeler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, thorough overview for beginners at all distances.

[Jon Chin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a generally good book for beginning runners. I learned a lot of good things about technique. Beware the book is pretty old.

[Mollyritterbeck · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good - some old and some new info...