Yes, We’re Fitness Book Nerds
July 14, 2010 by Jenn
Erin and I are well-known for being book nerds. In our free time, if we’re not working out or writing away, chances are that our noses are in a book. While we both like reading classics and guilty pleasure titles alike, we also enjoy reading about—surprise!—health and wellness. Below are two books that have landed on our reading radar.
Triathlon For Girls Like Us
Author Gloria Safar, a motivational coach and certified personal trainer, does a great job in this how-to book explaining the ins and outs of tris. What are they? How do you train? What do you eat? What gear do you need to buy? And, for crying out loud, what the heck do you wear? She answers all that and more. And she does it with women having fun in mind. The tone is encouraging and it makes me, ahem, YOU want to do one. If only tris didn’t require so much darn gear and getting in a pool…
Clean, Green and Lean
You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but this cover is so pretty and light and cheery that I liked it from the get-go. And even though I’m not a huge fan of book titles that include phrases like “Drop the Weight in 30 Days,” the book itself, Clean, Green & Lean, did speak a lot of sense.
The author, Dr. Walter Crinnion, focuses a lot on the insane amounts of toxins in our environment—and how they can be hurting people’s honest efforts at losing weight. The doctor discusses numerous success stories of his patients who improved their health and dropped weight after cleaning up their food and their environments. (He even goes over the steps to detoxifying your home: No air fresheners! No carpet!)
The doctor also talks about the conundrum of eating fresh fruits and vegetables while at the same time ingesting toxic pesticides. His so-called dirty dozen that are highest in pesticides are also sadly all of my favorites: apples, bell peppers, carrots, celery, cherries, imported grapes, kale, lettuce, nectarines, peaches, pears and strawberries. These are the fruits and veggies you should make an effort to buy organic.
It’s an interesting take on additional factors that may be contributing to weight gain. So if you’re worried about how the environment could be hurting your weight-loss efforts and you want to lead a cleaner, greener life, this book may be the one for you!
What fit books are you reading right now? —Jenn & Erin
Want to win a copy of Clean, Green & Lean or Triathlon for Girls Like Us? Comment below for a chance to win! Winners will be notified via email. U.S. residents only, please.
Some of the above text is an excerpt from the book Clean, Green, and Lean: Get Rid of the Toxins That Make You Fat by Dr. Walter Crinnion. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., from Clean, Green & Lean, by Walter Crinnion. Copyright © 2010 by Walter Crinnion.
I loved the book Skinny Bitch!! Totally changed my life!!!
I’m interested in that Clean, Green and Lean book. I read a lot about health, I read a lot about the environment, but not usually together!
I’d love to win more books.
Currently, reading: ‘Change your Brain, Change your Body’ by Daniel G. Amen
Reading to get new recipes from Ian Smith’s ’4-day diet’; and ‘Everyday Cooking w/ Dean Ornish.
I would love to win more books.I am a personal trainer,and a dietician,and a mentor for my clients.I use alot of books for reference.It would be great to win.
I’m also interested in that Clean, Green and Lean book.Love a chance to win it, thanks!
this book Clean, lean and green sounds like i need to paste my eyes to it. i am all about organic. I dont eat dairy or meat, altho the vegan thing is still in adjustment mode. I do everything in my power to eat clean and green. i will drink an organic v-8 before i eat a non-organic veggie. I used to think this organic thing was a hype phase that would pass..but, all being said and done.i still feel wonderful!!
Funny that I am sitting here enjoying my first green smoothie (all organic!) when I saw this post. I have just started making some efforts to get rid of some of the crap in my life now that I am pregnant. I’m sure that Clean, Lean and Green would help me in my efforts to eat better and have a safer home for us and our new addition!
I would love the tri for girls like us. I’m currently reading slow fat triathlete and feeling inspired to do it now and not wait for someday! This sounds like a great follow up book to read!
I’d love to win either book! And I’m picking up a vegan cookbook I put on hold at the library tonight.
Triathlon book sounds perfect for what i am looking for! I have wanted to try one and do it with my boyfriend’s brother, but they are intimidating especially since i have never done any race of any kind before!!! I think it would help a lot!
I’m interested in that Clean, Green and Lean book. I read a lot about health, but not a lot about the environment! I very rarely buy organic veggies or fruit, so more info about pesticides could be very helpful!
I’m obsessed with reading about health/wellness, too!
Wow! Both of these books sound great!
Clean, Green & Lean sounds great! Although I’m not sure if I could be on board with the whole no carpet thing…
These books look aappwesome! I recently completed my first half marathon and am interested in sticking with a healthy lifestyle- that now includes always looking for fun/challenging active events to sign up for.
These books look awesome! I recently completed my first half marathon and am interested in sticking with a healthy lifestyle- that now includes always looking for fun/challenging active events to sign up for.
Would love to add these books to my reading list!!!
I’d love the Clean, Green, and Lean book! That looks interesting!
Oh my goodness! I want Triathlon for Girls Like Us!!! I think doing a triathlon is one of the most bad-ass things you can do! After I do one, I’ll start thinking about saving for a motorcycle which is the next step in my quest to be totally bad-ass. Either way…pick me, pick me!!
I am sooo interested in both of those books! They sound excellent and I am looking for a new perspective on eating, so the Clean, Green and Lean book would be great for that…
I am even more interested in the Triathlon book though because I am doing my very first one next week! Eeek! I’ve never even done a 5k race yet! This book would have come in so handy as I am clueless on what to expect for it!
Interesting..the clean, green and lean book looks very interesting.. I’ll see if it’s at my library if I don’t win it LOL currently reading for pleasure with my son.. we have a book club (he and I) and we are reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn..
I love fitness books and would like to win one.
I’m a book nerd too! These look great, thanks for the giveaway.
I am interested in the Clean, Green, & Lean book! I’m trying to lose the weight I gained during graduate school and am having a tough time. This would be a great boost!
Ooh! Love diet books. I always feel like the bookstore nerds judge me when I buy more than 1 at a time. I’ve been eyeing The New Rules of Lifting for Women and the Perfect 10 diet (I hear it’s more of a philosophy than a ‘diet’ but I’m sure the word ‘philosophy’ sells less books)
Ooh! Either would be great! I already eat clean, green & lean (ish) and a triathlon is in my future (as soon as I feel like getting into a bathing suit….)
I’m reading my first ebook I downloaded free from Borders yesterday — Jillian’s Master Your Metabolism, so I’m really interested in the clean, green, lean book. Can’t have too many fitness books, right?
I’m reading Kettlebells for Dummies – not really a nutrition book but an excellent introduction to KB’s that includes demos and routines. I’m a book nerd by profession (librarian) and would love to read the Clean, Green and Lean book.
I am not sure if I’m badass enough for the tri book, but they both look like good choices, especially Clean, Green, and Lean. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to win the Triathlon book!! I have just signed up for my first tri and can’t wait. There are so many questions though. I am making the transition from marathoning to tri’s and think this book would help in so many way!!!
I heart the ‘nerdy’ fitness books! These both look awesome!
I ordred the book you remended about ending emotional eating off of amazon last week and am looking forward to it coming in! I also have been reading cookbooks this summer like The Kind Diet, whis was pretty good!
I am about to start the Yoga Body Diet. I would love to read both of those books, though!
Wow Great site! Just found you tonight off the eatcleandiet.com site! I love reading about health and wellness. My mom still does not understand me! Lol
But I feel the more I am educated on this the better I will be to myself and my family. Our health is what keeps us going.
Just finished reading Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Diet Recharged, great book and good recipes! I love Eating Clean!
I would love to win the Tri book. I am training for my first marathon and plan on moving in to doing tris too since I like biking and swimming for my cross training.
Triathlon is on my bucket list but I have yet to seriously consider starting to train… this book sounds like it could be my perfect motivation!
Clean, Green and Lean sounds really interesting! I have to admit that I am a fitness book nerd, too. I like ‘em all! Oh, and cookbooks…don’t even get me started
I would love to try Clean, Green & Lean.
I am a collector of books and this sounds fun!
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Clean Green and Lean sounds amazing. I have a three year old that I am so vigilant with re: his diet. me…not so much. Need someone to direct me properly.
I would love to read the Clean, Green and Lean book. Sounds like it would be full of good info.
Either of these books would be awesome
What amazing books!
I would love to read the triathlon book. I have done a few and have another coming up in a few weeks, but have always done the research myself. It would be helpful to have an expert explain it all.
I’d love to win Clean, Green & Lean. And I hate air fresheners.
Would love to try both of these books! I’m a book nerd too!
My mom wants to be a triathlete, I would love to win that for her!
Another great one is “What to Eat,” by Marion Nestle. It’s a great guide that helps you navigate the aisles of the grocery store to find the best foods possible for a healthy life.
I love reading, especially when it involves my health and fitness. I have been into working out since 2006 and I will never go back to being the lazy girl who sat at home, in front of the TV eating chips and dip. I love eating healthy and I love the way eating healthy makes me feel inside and out! I am always looking for “legit” books and I think these would be perfect! I have also always wanted to push my training and reading up on triathalon training could be the perfect push to take that big step!
I would love to win either of those books. I’m partial to the triathlon book as I have just completed my first one! As a personal trainer, I like to help encourage women to get out of their comfort zone and go for it! thanks!