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Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Health & Longevity: The Warrior's Way to Wellness
"From sleep and metabolism to social connection and environmental toxins, Y. Tony Yang turns cutting-edge science into practical tactics for everyday life." —Lynne Peeples, Harvard-trained biostatistician, and author of The Inner Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms
Use Sun Tzu's timeless strategies to battle illness and promote health and wellness!
This innovative guide applies the ancient wisdom of Sun Tzu's The Art of War to personal health and wellness. Y. Tony Yang, a public health and policy expert, transforms the general's five pillars into specific battle plans centered on nutrition, exercise, self-care, work-life balance and prevention.
We all know to eat well and exercise, but our forces need to be built up in more definable and actionable ways. Reduce inflammatory markers? Improve sleep efficiency? Increase stress resilience? That's the start of a customized health-centered battle plan, all supported
Case studies laying out specific stability training, strength exercises and cardiovascular optionsCharts presenting each chapter's key points and posing essential questions for formulating your battle planPersonal risk factor assessments and adaptable nutrition programs offering models to integrate
"The five factors are not separate matters," Sun Tzu wrote. "The wise general sees them as a single integrated reality." Wise generals never go to war with their own bodies but defend instead their most valuable territory, the body and its sustained health success.
Use Sun Tzu's timeless strategies to battle illness and promote health and wellness!
This innovative guide applies the ancient wisdom of Sun Tzu's The Art of War to personal health and wellness. Y. Tony Yang, a public health and policy expert, transforms the general's five pillars into specific battle plans centered on nutrition, exercise, self-care, work-life balance and prevention.
We all know to eat well and exercise, but our forces need to be built up in more definable and actionable ways. Reduce inflammatory markers? Improve sleep efficiency? Increase stress resilience? That's the start of a customized health-centered battle plan, all supported
Case studies laying out specific stability training, strength exercises and cardiovascular optionsCharts presenting each chapter's key points and posing essential questions for formulating your battle planPersonal risk factor assessments and adaptable nutrition programs offering models to integrate
"The five factors are not separate matters," Sun Tzu wrote. "The wise general sees them as a single integrated reality." Wise generals never go to war with their own bodies but defend instead their most valuable territory, the body and its sustained health success.
272 pages, Hardcover
Published March 31, 2026
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July 9, 2026
First text I’ve read in 古文. Very rewarding experience though I definitely struggled in many parts of the book. Its a very poetic and concisely delivered text of just 19 pages yet outlining so many different aspects of military warfare in 5th century BC.
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