Author Description

Do you want to play the sports and do the fitness activities you love for the rest of your life, with minimal injuries? Are you stuck in a frustrating cycle of recurring injuries, limiting your ability to participate at the levels you want? Are you tired of trying "one-size-fits-all" fitness programs that deliver limited and short-lived results? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, this book is for you! For a full color version of this transformational read visit http://www.amazon.com/Going-Distance-Essential-Elements-Prevention/dp/1483974138/ref=tmm_pap_title_1?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1377029302 In Going the Distance, World Champion and Master Trainer Cris Dobrosielski lays out an intelligent, customizable, user-friendly road-map for optimal lifelong fitness and injury prevention. Cris will walk you through the three foundational elements of his famous Five Pillars of Lifelong Fitness(tm): Flexibility, Core and Major Joint Stability, and Proper Recovery. The principles, ideas, and techniques Cris outlines are as useful to the weekend warrior as they are to the professional athlete. Below are just a few expert reviews of Cris's philosophy in Going the Distance. "His philosophy is sound, his personality dynamic and his vision clear and pure."-Bill Walton, Member, Basketball Hall of Fame "The balanced and gradually progressive approach in this book is in contrast to many one-size-fits-all,' 'no-pain, no-gain' models."-Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, Chief Science Officer, American Council on Exercise "This book speaks to all, from the most elite racer in any sport, all the way to those who are more focused on the race of life."-Scott Shoemaker, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente