The Whartons' Cardio-Fitness Book: The Step-By-Step Program for High Energy and Endurance

Phil Wharton, Jim Wharton. Three Rivers Press (CA), $16 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-8129-3161-7

Jim and Phil Wharton, fitness trainers to star athletes, will inspire the confidence of newcomer and practiced athlete alike. The Whartons' Cardio-Fitness Book: The Step-by-Step Program for High Energy and Endurance deliberately and articulately explains the cardiovascular system, debunks myths about it, addresses disease and other health issues, and presents a range of aerobic activities to sample and choose from. The father-and-son team draws on its collective decades of long-distance running experience, exploration of fitness theory and an infectious zeal for a lifelong calling. Line drawings and charts.

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