The Ultimate Fit or Fat

With more than three million copies of previous editions in print, this classic exercise manual has shown Americans from all walks of life the route from fatness to fitness. Now Covert Bailey has totally rewritten and revised FIT OR FAT for the first time since the book's original publication in the mid-1970s. His dramatically new approach to fitness incorporates the most recent scientific findings. Weightlifting, whose fat-burning potential is only now becoming fully understood, plays a large role in Bailey's new program, which stresses what he calls "the four food groups" of exercise: aerobics, cross-training, wind sprints, and weightlifting. He also stresses the importance of intense exercise, showing readers how to build intensity into their daily programs safely and effectively. Covert Bailey's ULTIMATE FIT OR FAT will not only be of interest to a new health-conscious generation but will be eagerly sought out by the millions of readers who have come to rely on the Bailey approach to keep their bodies in peak condition.

This isn’t another diet book. It’s a practical guide to tuning up your body’s engine with:

• A Balanced Workout Plan: Learn why a mix of aerobics, cross-training, wind sprints, and weightlifting—Covert Bailey’s "four food groups" of exercise—is the key to sustainable results.
• Boost Your Metabolism: Discover why people really get fat and how to retrain your muscles to burn more calories around the clock, even while you rest.
• Home Fitness Tests: Use simple, no-cost methods like the tape-measure formula to measure your body fat percentage and track your progress accurately at home.
• At-Home Weightlifting: Build functional strength with a straightforward program using your own body weight—no gym or expensive equipment required.

Covert Bailey is a popular PBS personality and best-selling author on fitness and nutrition, whose Fit or Fat series of books has sold nearly 6 million copies. One of the first to emphasize body fat and body fat testing, he has taught millions of people about low-fat eating and adopting flexible exercise programs that are both fun and healthy. Covert Bailey earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard and received a M.S. degree in biochemistry from MIT. He likes to say that his training in graduate school was spent with fit rats and fat rats.