Shapewalking: Six Easy Steps to a Healthier Life

If you can walk, you have the first of two ingredients to increase physical, mental, and spiritual health. The second ingredient is the will to do it. Bach worked with physical therapist, and co-author Schleck...on a program that takes simple walking to new heights of health -- The Phoenix, Nov. 1998Marilyn Bach has combined her knowledge of personal fitness and training with her passion to empower others. Her program, called ShapeWalking, combines fitness walking, resistance strength training and flexibility stretching. The book has been written with beginners and seasoned athletes in mind - there is something for everyone. Along with this attention to detail, Marilyn Bach's ShapeWalking will educate and encourage you to get into shape, have fun and develop an overall healthier lifestyle -- Melpomene Institute's On the Move, Summer 1998Marilyn Bach is the dynamo behind this easy-to-follow guidebook to improved fitness and life-enjoyment. She will help you make the most of your walking, adding strength and stretch for a well-rounded program that will enhance your life. Anyone can do it at any pace. Great for beginners, also those wanting to spice up their routine. Sound advice and clear follow-along pictures ensure a safe, effective workout -- Junonia, Fall 1998Marilyn Bach knows the score, she doesn't miss a note. It's all there: more than 100 photos, progress charts, and a choice of three workouts. Bach takes you by the hand through flexibility stretching to increase your range of motion; resistance-strength training with non-latex bands to build muscle; fitness walking, the aerobic heart-healthy component, as she terms it... . The anti-osteoporosis workouts were among the best I've come across of many books I've studied that touch on this dreaded affliction which hits not only women, as many suppose, but older men, too. Bach's workouts are designed to strengthen the major muscles of the upper and lower body, plus strengthen the specific bones most affected by osteoporosis. - It's a handsome book, well done.... -- Fifty Plus Fitness Association Bulletin, Volume 3 1998