Disaster Fitness: Make Your Demons Do the Work

by Ann Sterzinger, Ann Hedonia

You aren't mentally unhealthy—you are a temporarily embarrassed force of nature. Disaster Fitness teaches you to pick up your traumas, addictions, grudges, and woes by the scruff of the neck and use them for motivation. This is the bitchiest, craziest, funniest fitness book that ever actually worked like a charm. This is the traumatized child's get-shit-done guide. Stop eating your emotions and start kicking their ass. Because the best revenge is lifting well.

135 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 14, 2017

About the author

Violently funny, shyly tender, a lover of beauty and a hater of propaganda , especially when it dares to masquerade as art. Get real or get f***ed. (If you do the latter hard enough, it might make you real, so that's a win-win.) If you like your sci-fi loaded with dark humor, get a taste of my latest book: ELEKTRA'S REVENGE: THE FULL EPIC.

I have written in almost every genre that exists, from action thriller (THE SEINE VENDETTA) to litfic (NVSQVAM), because I don't love books for their genre; I love them for their genius. (Although most of the smartest writers in history were humorous in some way, however dry or oblique, so you could say I aim to be a comic novelist.) Most political trends kick us all when we're down, but the solutions aren't as straightforward or apparent as people want them to be... assuming there are good solutions to be found. But art and humor? We can all count on those. Stop bellowing and start singing.

Reviews

[Josh Rhodes · Rating 5 out of 5]

The single least bullshit, most “actually helpful” self-help book I have ever read. This and How to Win Friends and Influence People are pretty much the only ones I’ve ever seen that are worth the proverbial price of admission. As an “adult form of a traumatized pupa,” to quote the author referring to herself and the book’s intended audience, I am really glad I read it, and it’s already helping me out.

[Ben Arzate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full Review

Disaster Fitness is not only fun to read, it provides insightful, no-nonsense advice on fitness, a field full of nonsense advice. It's not just for people looking to get into shape either, Ann Sterzinger's recommended CBT exercises will be of great benefit to anyone who suffers from PTSD, anxiety, and depression.