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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

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A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD.



Did you know you can beat stress, lift your mood, fight memory loss, sharpen your intellect, and function better than ever simply by elevating your heart rate and breaking a sweat? The evidence is incontrovertible: Aerobic exercise physically remodels our brains for peak performance.


In SPARK, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, which has put this school district of 19,000 kids first in the world of science test scores), SPARK is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning run---or, for that matter, simply the way you think

Product Details:
Author: John J. Ratey
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date: January 10, 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 0316113506
Package Length: 9.6 inches
Package Width: 6.3 inches
Package Height: 1.1 inches
Package Weight: 1.15 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 68 reviews
 
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

5fantastic book!  May 27, 2009
truly thought-provoking and very interesting. If you sometimes get lazy about exercising, this book will make you realize it's as important for your brain as for your body. great stuff!

4 of 13 found the following review helpful:

1Blah, blah, blah, blah  May 06, 2009
Let me save you quite a bit of time and rewrite this entire book in one sentence for you. "Studies show that exercise will cure what ails you!" Read that sentence over and over and over and over again for 300 pages, and you will have gotten everything you will get out of this book.

In any case, the author seriously oversells his case. He sounds like a used car salesman desperate to make a sale at the end of a slow month. He'd be a lot more likely to close the deal if he toned down the superlatives about how great the stereo is and the new paint job and told me how to make the car actually run. I happen to know first-hand that exercise can indeed improve your life, but there's no reason it should take anyone 300 pages to make that point.



1 of 2 found the following review helpful:

5Spark  Apr 28, 2009
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

Excellent book. Useful information.

3 of 10 found the following review helpful:

2Overcomplicated & Boring  Apr 12, 2009
I bought this book since the title sounded interesting. However, after reading the first three chapters I found it to bequite technical, full of jargons and missing the point. There are some interesting snippets but on the overall its quite disappointing.

1 of 2 found the following review helpful:

5Fantastic Info  Apr 06, 2009
Too bad more PE teachers and School administrators, AND students don't read this book! Great info that is easy to implement and benefit from the results!

 
 
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