Preface
Acknowledgements
Life Is Not a Dress Rehearsal
Part One Getting Myself to Healthy
1. Dance - Cross Training - Healthy Kids
2. National Ballet School
3. Burn Out, Booze, and Hookers
4. Pumping Iron at Gold's
5. Health Decline
6. Training the Coke Out
7. The Certification Trap
8. Dash Domi and Lenox Lewis
9. Goodlife
10. Andrew Urban - The Exercise Nazi
11. My Revised Training System
12. My Strategic Departure
13. 15 Alvin Avenue
14. Sally Fallon - Nutrition Pioneer
15. Compression and Lost Space
16. The Godfather of Injections
17. Surgery
18. The Evolution of Fitness Studios
19. EL-What?
20. Good Trainer/Bad Trainer
21. Joint Crushing Trainers
22. Digital Exercise
23. Looking for a Magic Bullet
24. Slow and Steady Wins the Race
25. Therapy Trap
26. Money Stress Kills
27. It Was a Long Shot
28. The Mind-Body Connection
PART TWO Creating Your Own Good Health Story
29. Developing Healthy Habits
30. The Six Priorities for Health
- Breathe, Hydrate, Nourish, Rest, Move, De-Stress
- Air
- Water
- Food
- Sleep
- Be Active
- Deep Thoughts
31. What Is Your Body's Current Health Status
- The Doctor Says
- Posture
- A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
- Exercise and Posture
- Posture for Long-Term Health
- Self-Assessment
- The Balance Test
- Flexibility Testing
- Endurance Test
- Strength
32. Nourishment for a Healthy Body
- Food - Poison or Medicine?
- Food Gurus, Chefs, and Doctors
- What Is Organic?
- Trust Your Gut
- Where's the Sugar
- Liquor
33. Cooking for Health
- Tasting the Difference
- Learning to Shop
- Cooking 101
34. Exercise Purpose and Philosophy
- Needs Analysis
- Primal Patterns
- Strength
- Balance Out Your Body
- Agonist Antagonist Training
- Unilateral Training
- Machine or Free Weights
- C.R.A.C. Training
35. Understanding the Workout and Program Plan
- Mastering Movement
- Programs
- Principles of Training
- Overtraining
- Waving
36. The Program
- Low Impact Cardio
- Getting Started
- The Exercises
- Wrap Up
37. One Method for One Body
- Fascia: What is It and What is It Good For?
- ELDOA
- The Benefits
- The Poses
On an Ending Note
Appendix One Hiring Health Professionals
- They Should Look the Part
- Chiropractor
- Osteopath
- Massage Therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Personal Trainer
- Nutritionist
- Fringe Therapies
Appendix Two Personal Diagnostics
- Evaluations You Can Perform Yourself
- Use Your Doctor
- Prevention
- Brain Health
- Eyes
- Fix Your Feet
- Vitamins and Supplementation
- Other Topics to Build Your Health
Appendix Three Home Gyms
