Astrofit: The Astronaut Program for Anti-Aging

By William J. Evans, Gerald Secor Couzens, Dr William J. Evans, et al.

Book Overview

Transforming your body into one that feels twenty to thirty years younger is no longer a dream. For astronauts, this form of age reversal is essential. On long-duration space journeys, the accelerated "aging" that occurs as a result of being in a weightless environment causes crippling muscle and bone loss, as well as balance problems. The need for a program of age reversal became a call to action for Dr. William J. Evans, expert adviser to NASA and former head of the Nutrition, Physical Fitness, and Rapid Rehabilitation Team of the National Space Biomedical Institution. As a result of his remarkable success, readers of AstroFit can now achieve the same age-reversal benefits as the astronauts in training for an eventual journey to Mars. With AstroFit you will: Increase and maintain the rate of muscle growth, while trimming and sculpting your entire body Stop bone loss and the bone-thinning disease of osteoporosis Improve balance while counteracting muscle weaknesses and enhancing muscle "memory" Ensure permanent loss of body fat Reset your metabolism level Prevent muscle loss by following the fourteen-day muscle maintenance meal plan you will not find in any other book Strengthen your heart, returning your body to the cardiofitness level you had years earlier Reduce elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol (the major aging hormone), stopping tissue loss, improving neural function, and preventing overall debilitation Boost your immune system's natural protective ability to maximum levels Dr. Evans's revolutionary program is based on scientific discoveries fully explained to the lay reader for the very first time. With an investment of just thirty minutes a day, AstroFit helps you shed extra pounds and provides you with a powerful, youthful body for the rest of your life. At the heart of AstroFit is an all-new exercise regimen based on Dr. Evans's laboratory research for NASA. This bestselling author details the benefits of E-Centric training, which literally reverses the timing sequence of every strength exercise you've ever been told to do. The AstroFit exercises are divided into three progressive programs that can be performed at home, in the gym, or at your office, and require no special equipment. Dr. Evans also provides a powerful meal plan that allows you to eat for optimum health without ever feeling hunger. And throughout the book are first-person accounts attesting to incredible successes achieved in just ninety days.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743216822
• ISBN13: 9780743216821
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

AstroFit down to earth

The introduction to AstroFit is a one page interview with one of Dr. Evans most famous subjects, an American hero, John Glen, a very good endorsement to any book. The book takes NASA research, million of dollars worth of experiments and analysis and applies it to ideas and a fitness program for the earth bound human. The book and Dr. Evan fulfils a NASA promise to make NASA research results accessible and applicable to the people who pay for NASA. I hope more NASA experts follow Dr. Evans example of bring NASA expertise to the public.

I've lifted weights my entire life and this is the best

I've lifted weights since I was 11 ( I'm now 48)but I have never had results like this before! Using the e-centric method of lifting produces incredible strength gains and also results in getting thoroughly "ripped"--producing increases in muscle mass that then boost metabolism so that you no longer have to diet--instead your hunger seems to get reset to a set point that maintains your new ripped body. I have lost 15 lbs. over six months, have reduced body fat from 21% to 17%, and find it easy to maintain my new weight. The only "down side" is that it sometimes still shocks me when I touch myself and I'm so hard. After years of being strong (college rugby player) but soft, it is weird to no longer have a layer of fat. But I think I can get used to it!!

For all of us-not just astronauts.

A very good book that looks at what type of resistance training, cardio-vascular exercise, stretching, and the newest element of fitness--balance work is needed to combat the loss of fitness due to aging, which is similiar to the atrophy the astronauts experience in space. I found the recommended tempo for resistance training--two seconds up and six seconds down very useful and the balance training extremly beneficial. I think that someone who is looking for fitness and not big biceps will benefit from this book. In short, it's cutting edge research translated into a everyday program for us who spend too much time sitting in office chairs.