cover image Fit Happens: Strategies for Living a Healthier, Happier, Fitter Life

Fit Happens: Strategies for Living a Healthier, Happier, Fitter Life

Joanie Greggains. Villard Books, $19.95 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-375-50036-7

There's hardly a topic that exercise expert Greggains, the host of the television shows Morning Stretch and Health and Fitness with Joanie Greggains and author of Total Shape Up, fails to cover--from the facts about battling fatigue to the fictions about fighting fat. The book features a series of user-friendly guides: she lays out healthy dietary programs, explains how much water people should drink, how to get a good night's rest and how many and which vitamins people should take, if any. For readers needing an extra push, Greggains advises when to consult and how to choose a personal trainer. Those who keep up with health and fitness trends will already be familiar with much of the information in this book, which contains all the wisdom already available in most women's magazines. But overall, Greggains gets the balance right by offering plenty of motivational and practical advice on getting in shape, which makes the book especially useful for absolute beginners. Author tour. (Jan.)