Book Description
Celebrated trainer and the Today show fitness expert Kathy Kaehler is one of Hollywood's most sought-after fitness trainers. What Kathy has done for Julia Roberts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Drew Barrymore, Cindy Crawford, Alfre Woodard, Samuel L. Jackson, Penelope Ann Miller, and Claire Forlani, among many others, she will do for you. Teenage Fitness is your ultimate fitness source. Her mission is to keep you fit for life. Reflecting on her own body image and eating problems as a teenager, Kathy will show you how to have a healthy respect for your body.She offers essential fitness techniques necessary to look and feel your absolute best. You will learn:To appreciate your own beauty To change your mind-setTo know and accept your body typeNineteen terrific eating tips to get you through your day What kind of eater you areThe 90/10 principle of pigging out Creative Fitness Suburban Fitness Urban FitnessFive-minute and twenty-minute workoutsWith Kathy's straightforward and practical fitness principles, you'll feel terrific about your body, your looks, and your life.
About the Author
Kathy Kaehler, NBC's Today show fitness expert has also been the personal trainer to Julia Roberts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Drew Barrymore, Cindy Crawford, Alfre Woodard, Samuel L. Jackson, Penelope Ann Miller, and Claire Forlani, among many others. Kaehler also writes a monthly column for Self magazine and is the fitness consultant for Sephora.com. She attended Michigan's Hope College, where she earned a B.S. in physical education with an emphasis in exercise science and dance. On top of everything else, Kaehler is a wife and mother of twin boys and a new baby.
Teenage Fitness: Get Fit, Look Good, and Feel Great! FROM OUR EDITORS
Emphasizing health and happiness rather than appearance, this book is packed with information for teens about healthy eating habits, effective exercise routines, and self-esteem issues. It aims to get teens on the road to lifelong health consciousness and positive body image, without dwelling on societal pressures and expectations. Along with a nutritional primer and two illustrated workout plans, Kathy Kaehler includes a chapter on her own struggles with body image and eating disorders, and her life experiences as a celebrity fitness trainer -- a personal touch that will help young readers connect with the author and value more highly the advice she offers.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Written for teens, Kathy Kaehler addresses such topics as self-esteem, diet, and exercise in this beautifully designed fitness book. Kathy reveals how she learned to overcome an eating disorder by developing a positive and healthy self-image because of her devotion to physical fitness.
Her approach to fitness for young women emphasizes the importance of developing an active lifestyle at a young age. She also provides nutritional advice, offers everyday activities in place of going to the gym, and suggests ways for teens to break bad fitness habits.
Acknowledging that change is a gradual and life-long process, Kaehler encourages young women to set realistic goals as she provides safe and effective advice teens can take into adulthood.
FROM THE CRITICS
VOYA - Jennifer Hubert
Although celebrity trainer Kaehler's fitness and nutrition advice for teenagers is sound and positive, the title of her book is somewhat misleading. It should read, "Teenage Fitness for Girls," as the pastel pages and girl-power photos clearly are aimed only at the sports-bra-wearing sex. Kaehler starts by discussing her own adolescent eating disorder and how it forced her to come to terms with the facts that there is no such thing as dieting and that good eating habits and regular exercise must be part of a life-long, healthy lifestyle. Girls will learn about the importance of drinking lots of water, how to calculate their body mass index (BMI), and that moderation, not starvation, is the key to a fit body. After providing many practical tips on eating and snacking healthy, Kaehler finishes off with two chapters that provide systematic workouts specifically created for the teenage body. The appendix is skimpy, only containing information on how to find Kaehler's workout videos, magazine column, and favorite brand of jump rope. The lined pages in the back for note taking and spiral binding could make this book a candidate for early retirement after a few circulation rounds in the public library. Nevertheless Kaehler's mix of serious advice and light, big-sisterly admonishments hits just the right tone for her intended audience. This book is recommended for general purchase as needed in public and school libraries, as long as one does not mind mending the binding every other circulation. Photos. Charts. Appendix. VOYA CODES: 4Q 4P M J (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to9). 2001, Cliff Street Books/HarperCollins, 208p,
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