Douillard John - Body, mind, and sport: the mind-body guide to lifelong health, fitness, and your personal best

PRAISE FOR JOHN DOUILLARD

Everyone is slowly trying to kill themselves to get better. Dr. Douillard really explains how less can be more.

Scott Molina,
Ironman winner,
world-class triathlete

Your practical training on Invincible Athletics principles attracted great attention from trainers, coaches, and listeners, and has received an excellent mark from all the participants.

A. Tsarik and Y. Belous,
USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports

Ive never used anabolic steroids. I know they have a destructive effect on the mind-body connection and give only the illusion of invincibility. Now, with Dr. Douillards course, youre offered an opportunity to experience true invincibility, the ability not to be destroyed: to be powerful and limitless.

Joanne Arnold,
Ms. Maine 1989,
Ms. Natural New England 1989

I was suffering injuries due to overtraining. Now, one year after training with Dr. Douillard, I can run in the zone for 17 miles or more at a pace of 6 minutes per mile with a heart rate of 115 beats per minute and a breath rate of 10 breaths per minute.

Warren Wechsler,
runner

When I remind the players to breathe through their noses, they look at me like Im crazy; but his breathing technique is one of the most important things Ive learned in my career.

Rich Dalatri
New Jersey Nets Strength and Conditioning Coach

I have two children under four, and my body has been transformed by only four months of this program. Even when Im fatigued before exercise, I feel clarified and energized and never tired afterward.

Sheila Ross,
homemaker

What I notice when I follow Dr. Douillards training is that I perform like you would not believe. Im totally in a blissful state. Im just running on air, and thats the way it should be every time.

Colleen Cannon,
1990 National Sprint Triathlon champion

Since I met Dr. Douillard and started practicing his techniques, I have found that I can accomplish just as much or more as I used to, but I dont get as tired and I have plenty of energy left when I have to compete.

Gigi Fernandez,
ranked #1 in Womens Professional Tennis Doubles

After I added just this simple program of Invincible Athletics, my body looks more youthful. My face looks younger.

Barbara Levinson,
aerobics instructor

Dr. Douillard has written a wonderfully clear, entertaining, and useful book for all athletes and exercisers. He logically outlines a method of exercise and diet that is comfortable, health promoting, and doable, and, best of all, leads to personal best performances.

Julie Anthony,
sports psychologist, coach, and former touring tennis pro

Exercise is safer and much more effective when prescribed according to your body type.

Willy Draper,
ski coach,
masters racer,
former U.S. ski team member

I apply Johns principles to my personal fitness program every day. It makes exercise easy and enjoyable, and I heartily recommend it.

Dr. Wayne Dyer,
author of Your Erroneous Zones

Now, with my performance in the Zone each time, Im hitting shots I always dreamed about but never did.

Nancy Kalil,
ranked #1 in U.S. Professional Womens Handball

Copyright 1994, 2000, 2001 by John Douillard

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Published by Three Rivers Press, New York, New York.

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Originally published in hardcover by Harmony Books in 1994 and in paperback by Three Rivers Press in 1995.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Douillard, John.

Body, mind, and sport : the mind-body guide to lifelong health, fitness, and your personal best / John Douillard and Martina Navratilova.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Exercise. 2. Physical fitness. 3. Mind and body. 4. Medicine, Ayurvedic. 5. Sports.

I. Navratilova, Martina, 1956 II. Title.

RA781.D625 2001

613.7dc21

00-060734

ISBN9780609807897

Ebook ISBN9780307803085

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