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Rest is the New Sport: Identify your fatigue, improve your recovery, decrease your biological cost
How can you optimize your performance through recovery training?
Health programs and training books push thousands of people to exercise more, eat healthier food, etc....The big problem is they are aimed to treat a non fatigued universal body. It's the wrong direction.
This book teaches you to respect your body's unique needs while dealing with stress, a busy life or following an exercise program. Understanding how to train, eat or sleep isn't blindly following standard advice to the masses, it is to become aware of what makes YOU tired and how to deal with it.
You can achieve a rested body by aligning your life with your individual needs at each particular moment.This way exercise, relaxation, sleep and proper nutrition finally do what they're meant to give you enough energy to live your life in full capacity and thrive!
The European bestseller from Lannoo now in an English version, published 11/21 in U.S. and U.K.
Health programs and training books push thousands of people to exercise more, eat healthier food, etc....The big problem is they are aimed to treat a non fatigued universal body. It's the wrong direction.
This book teaches you to respect your body's unique needs while dealing with stress, a busy life or following an exercise program. Understanding how to train, eat or sleep isn't blindly following standard advice to the masses, it is to become aware of what makes YOU tired and how to deal with it.
You can achieve a rested body by aligning your life with your individual needs at each particular moment.This way exercise, relaxation, sleep and proper nutrition finally do what they're meant to give you enough energy to live your life in full capacity and thrive!
The European bestseller from Lannoo now in an English version, published 11/21 in U.S. and U.K.
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
About the author
Jef Geys
4 books1 followerJef Geys was a Belgian visual artist who specialised in photography, sculpture and installations.
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November 24, 2017
This book may help us to understand the type of fatigue we have, so to use the right method to going back to rightfully rested, which is the most important thing. Easily handed method and explanations help us to apply what the author is talking about and find the right solutions to being constantly tired.
Questo libro ci aiuta a comprendere il tipo di fatica che ci perseguita e il metodo giusto per tornare ad essere vitali ed in forma, soprattutto riposati, che é la cosa fondamentale. Metodo di facile fruizione e spiegazioni chiare ci possono servire per trovare la soluzione migliore al nostro essere costantemente affaticati.
THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!
Questo libro ci aiuta a comprendere il tipo di fatica che ci perseguita e il metodo giusto per tornare ad essere vitali ed in forma, soprattutto riposati, che é la cosa fondamentale. Metodo di facile fruizione e spiegazioni chiare ci possono servire per trovare la soluzione migliore al nostro essere costantemente affaticati.
THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!
January 9, 2023
Overzichtelijk, eenvoudige uitleg van complexe systemen.
Een beetje teveel focus op de topathleet en zijn sportprestaties (en hoe te verbeteren), maar wat kan je verwachten van een sportkinesitherapeut.
Soms staan er ook wel kemels in: vogels zijn geen zoogdieren tot nader order, lol.
Een beetje teveel focus op de topathleet en zijn sportprestaties (en hoe te verbeteren), maar wat kan je verwachten van een sportkinesitherapeut.
Soms staan er ook wel kemels in: vogels zijn geen zoogdieren tot nader order, lol.
August 27, 2020
Heel erg interessant maar net wat droog om vlot te lezen.
October 16, 2017
When Jef Geys was a competitive cyclist, he believed that the more you train the better you are, until he faced exhaustion so complete he was forced to rest. After an extended time without training, he entered a competition and won a race. His belief changed to the question, How little should I train to be in top shape? and a new quest—to understand how to achieve maximal health, not for professional athletes but anyone undergoing the stress of modern life.
In REST IS THE NEW SPORT (PrimeFit Nov), Geys looks at stress and its relationship to fatigue, identifying types—mental, hormonal, physical, metabolic--and ways to prevent it, recover and create balance. Because reducing stress is not as important as expanding the capacity to adapt and recover, “silver bullets,” like diet, exercise, meditation that only treat symptoms are less effective than identifying the underlying problem.
This book enables individuals to assess their physical condition and goals. It details the physical processes in fatigue and how they affect the body’s major systems. Every chapter shows basic principles, such as Geys’ Daily Nutrition program for everyone, then what is needed for individuals by type of fatigue and stress level. In the process, questions such as how people can relax when mentally fatigued and when exercise may be detrimental, are answered.
REST IS THE NEW SPORT, a very thorough book, enables the reader to evaluate their condition, consider the underlying reasons and solutions to preventing fatigue and, ultimately, target their optimal health. Holistic is an often misunderstood term, yet in this clear and factual book, Jef Geys gives real substance to the idea of balancing, mind, body and spirit.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jef Geys, sports physiotherapist, osteopath, and former cyclist, starts with the premise that the body must first be in balance and good condition before effort. A native of Flanders, Belgium, he has successfully treated Olympic athletes, among others concerned with maximal health. REST IS THE NEW SPORT is a European bestseller (Belgium-Holland). This publication is the first English-language edition available in the U.S. and U.K.
In REST IS THE NEW SPORT (PrimeFit Nov), Geys looks at stress and its relationship to fatigue, identifying types—mental, hormonal, physical, metabolic--and ways to prevent it, recover and create balance. Because reducing stress is not as important as expanding the capacity to adapt and recover, “silver bullets,” like diet, exercise, meditation that only treat symptoms are less effective than identifying the underlying problem.
This book enables individuals to assess their physical condition and goals. It details the physical processes in fatigue and how they affect the body’s major systems. Every chapter shows basic principles, such as Geys’ Daily Nutrition program for everyone, then what is needed for individuals by type of fatigue and stress level. In the process, questions such as how people can relax when mentally fatigued and when exercise may be detrimental, are answered.
REST IS THE NEW SPORT, a very thorough book, enables the reader to evaluate their condition, consider the underlying reasons and solutions to preventing fatigue and, ultimately, target their optimal health. Holistic is an often misunderstood term, yet in this clear and factual book, Jef Geys gives real substance to the idea of balancing, mind, body and spirit.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jef Geys, sports physiotherapist, osteopath, and former cyclist, starts with the premise that the body must first be in balance and good condition before effort. A native of Flanders, Belgium, he has successfully treated Olympic athletes, among others concerned with maximal health. REST IS THE NEW SPORT is a European bestseller (Belgium-Holland). This publication is the first English-language edition available in the U.S. and U.K.
December 14, 2017
"A Person With normal fatigue feels tired; a person with abnormal fatigue feels sick."
"People in the East place more importance on the body's well-being... Westerners see it differently. We usually give our all to our job, our family and friends; and we only think of our own health after we've taken care of everyone else."
In our current pace of having to always be doing something and having to get this done and having to get that down. As American's "before we know it even our down time is exhausting". "We see tiredness as a weakness - we want to keep our head above water at all times, no matter what it takes.
This book tries to lay the groundwork for you to analyze your life find out what your stressors are and things that may have been giving you extra stress that you may not have realized. Like if you have had a mentally stressful day and you decide to go hit the gym extra hard. Well, your body is unable to find ways to rest on both of those fronts. So that workout you thought was pulling your stress levels down may have been adding to your overall fatigue. Geys suggest lower impact workouts like walking or swimming because a workout will lower your hormone levels but you don't want to overtax your body.
Trying to look at the whole body Geys also talks about emotions. "Emotion is the feeling you experience without thinking. It's your first and fast interpretation of a situation." "Just as reasoning can suppress your emotions, your emotions can do the same to your reasoning. In times of intense stress, you no longer respond rationally your reflexes and instincts take over. "Both ignoring your emotions and giving them free range are unhealthy reactions to stressors."
Geys goes into how exercise is the only burden on our body that we have complete control of. We don't have control of work or life but we can control whether or not we push ourselves really hard at the gym. Geys does not suggest not pushing yourself at all but all throughout this book he looks to get you to slow down analyze your stressors and find a way move forward.
"People in the East place more importance on the body's well-being... Westerners see it differently. We usually give our all to our job, our family and friends; and we only think of our own health after we've taken care of everyone else."
In our current pace of having to always be doing something and having to get this done and having to get that down. As American's "before we know it even our down time is exhausting". "We see tiredness as a weakness - we want to keep our head above water at all times, no matter what it takes.
This book tries to lay the groundwork for you to analyze your life find out what your stressors are and things that may have been giving you extra stress that you may not have realized. Like if you have had a mentally stressful day and you decide to go hit the gym extra hard. Well, your body is unable to find ways to rest on both of those fronts. So that workout you thought was pulling your stress levels down may have been adding to your overall fatigue. Geys suggest lower impact workouts like walking or swimming because a workout will lower your hormone levels but you don't want to overtax your body.
Trying to look at the whole body Geys also talks about emotions. "Emotion is the feeling you experience without thinking. It's your first and fast interpretation of a situation." "Just as reasoning can suppress your emotions, your emotions can do the same to your reasoning. In times of intense stress, you no longer respond rationally your reflexes and instincts take over. "Both ignoring your emotions and giving them free range are unhealthy reactions to stressors."
Geys goes into how exercise is the only burden on our body that we have complete control of. We don't have control of work or life but we can control whether or not we push ourselves really hard at the gym. Geys does not suggest not pushing yourself at all but all throughout this book he looks to get you to slow down analyze your stressors and find a way move forward.
November 14, 2018
When the book summary starts with "How can you optimize your performance through recovery training?" one expects a book focused on exercise and training. However, this book is more focused on overall health and living based on determining what makes you tired and how to address that. A great idea and book, but not really what I was expecting to read.
Mr. Geys first outlines the various forms of fatigue, how to identify them, and how to treat them through nutrition, sleep, and exercise, etc. This information is organized by treatment instead of type of fatigue making the book a bit confusing once you have identified your own form of fatigue. However, since much of the information Mr. Geys includes is applicable across the fatigues, breaking down the information by fatigue would either be less informative or duplicate a lot of information.
For less than 200 pages, this book imparts massive amounts of information. It is a bit overwhelming. Mr. Geys tries to combat this overload with a recap at the end of the each. However, I would definitely suggest approaching this book with a highlighter pen and a set of tabs.
A copy of this book was provided by NetGalley and Cameron Publicity & Marketing Ltd in exchange for an honest review.
Mr. Geys first outlines the various forms of fatigue, how to identify them, and how to treat them through nutrition, sleep, and exercise, etc. This information is organized by treatment instead of type of fatigue making the book a bit confusing once you have identified your own form of fatigue. However, since much of the information Mr. Geys includes is applicable across the fatigues, breaking down the information by fatigue would either be less informative or duplicate a lot of information.
For less than 200 pages, this book imparts massive amounts of information. It is a bit overwhelming. Mr. Geys tries to combat this overload with a recap at the end of the each. However, I would definitely suggest approaching this book with a highlighter pen and a set of tabs.
A copy of this book was provided by NetGalley and Cameron Publicity & Marketing Ltd in exchange for an honest review.
December 11, 2017
I was given an advance copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
3 ⭐️
As the author states in the introduction, this book takes a holistic approach. This is not a "ready-to-consume" pre-made plan that makes you stress to try and fit into your extremely busy 21st century life. It's rather a range of options depending on the type of fatigue you experience. It gives you ideas for a better training plan, along with tips for sleeping and eating better.
What bugs me with this books is the amount of biology, chemistry and psychology details that, for someone who is unfamiliar with these sciences, can be quite a handful. If you've never had an advanced biology class, some of the details on how your metabolism works can be too much. It's interesting, but I doubt all of it was necessary. Same with the details on nutrition.
I don't think I could apply this approach exactly, because the target audience seems to be full-time working in front of a computer middle-aged people with a regular schedule and no health issues outside of fatigue... But some points are interesting starters for something that fits me.
3 ⭐️
As the author states in the introduction, this book takes a holistic approach. This is not a "ready-to-consume" pre-made plan that makes you stress to try and fit into your extremely busy 21st century life. It's rather a range of options depending on the type of fatigue you experience. It gives you ideas for a better training plan, along with tips for sleeping and eating better.
What bugs me with this books is the amount of biology, chemistry and psychology details that, for someone who is unfamiliar with these sciences, can be quite a handful. If you've never had an advanced biology class, some of the details on how your metabolism works can be too much. It's interesting, but I doubt all of it was necessary. Same with the details on nutrition.
I don't think I could apply this approach exactly, because the target audience seems to be full-time working in front of a computer middle-aged people with a regular schedule and no health issues outside of fatigue... But some points are interesting starters for something that fits me.
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