Navigating Fitness
This description is subject to change until the book is published. The book will be published first in English (2025)
Feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, or lost in the fitness and wellness ocean? Does the notion of exercising and dieting make you cringe? Can’t keep up with the trends, gadgets, apps, and subscriptions? You are not alone. For over 20 years, this book's author has witnessed the chaos in fitness and wellness practices: endless confusion, wasted effort, empty pockets, broken relationships, irrational motivation, and dysfunctional health.
People ask the same questions again and again:
What are the best diets and workouts?
Do I need supplements and home equipment?
Should I hit the gym or hire a trainer?
Why can't I lose weight?
Is exercise even for me?
What’s the best exercise for ‘back pain’, ‘better sex’, 'work without getting tired'…?
This book isn't about quick fixes, competing against others (or yourself), or about finding the ‘new you’. It is about clearing the fog and empowering you to:
Learn to move in a way that feels good and inviting, not forced.
Nurture a healthy relationship with yourself, food, and physical activity.
Understand your body and its needs.
Adapt to the different stages and phases of your life (and of those who surround you).
Navigate the fitness and wellness ocean with critical eyes.
Let’s ditch the empty promises and suffocating practices and embrace a down to earth and sustainable approach. Besides exploring the nuances, intricacies, and dark truths of the subject, this book is a guide to fitness and wellness that challenges conventional approaches. It focuses on helping you develop a healthy relationship with your body and movement, rather than on constantly running away from what makes you ‘you’.
The author emphasizes the importance of physical literacy at any age and size through self-awareness, slow and mindful movement, and understanding individual realities. The book is not about selling a specific program or method, but rather about empowering you to find your own path to a balanced and resilient life where instead of looking for more, the focus is on enough.
With experience as a Learning and Development Professional, Phys. Ed. Teacher, trainer, and chef, spanning two cultures, the author offers a unique viewpoint. Part rant and story, fitness guide, and part philosophical reflection, Navigating Fitness goes beyond the individual —exploring the impact of conventional fitness and wellness philosophies on society, public health, and private life. The author also gives his two cents, and reflects, one on the topics of fitness and wellness for children and seniors, and on the notion of sexercises.
