New Product: Manpo-kei :The Art and Science
of Step Counting
How to be naturally active and LOSE WEIGHT!
Walk Don’t Run To Get This Book………………
“Manpo-kei”
Learn More from the developer of the First Step Program. Catrine Tudor-Locke,
PhD. The world does not need another "how to exercise" book.
And this is exactly what this book is not about. Written by one of the
new up-and-coming prevention researchers in a refreshingly humorous
and compassionate style, Manpo-kei: The Art and Science of Step Counting
presents the appealing rationale and the simple methods for taking back
our naturally active lifestyles using a simple and inexpensive pedometer.
The title of the revolutionary little book is a reflection of the Japanese
30-year experience with personal pedometers and lifestyle activity.
Nicknamed "manpo-kei" which literally means "10,000 steps
meter" in Japanese, the devices were imported to America in the
mid-1990's by scientists who used them to determine daily activity levels
in research studies. The power that these little instruments have to
motivate individuals to increase their activity is just now being acknowledged
by these same scientists... it is now time to let the public in on the
secret. The author of this book holds nothing back while providing a
workbook style content that gently guides the reader through the Manpo-kei
program of self-monitoring, goal-setting, and personal feedback processes.
The author also gives away handy tools including a pedometer shopping
list (what to look for), activity logs, and personal feedback worksheets.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr.
Tudor-Locke is an Assistant Professor of Health Promotion at the Department
of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University and an Adjunct Professor
at the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, School of Kinesiology,
University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Tudor-Locke
has been uniquely trained as both a basic scientist (exercise physiology)
and as a practice-based health program educator and evaluator. Dr. Tudor-Locke
is gaining a reputation as a researcher interested in understanding
and addressing the problems associated with sedentary lifestyles. Her
name has been linked to pedometry in numerous publications and through
national and international conference presentations. Dr. Tudor-Locke
has considerable experience collecting and analyzing pedometer-assessed
physical activity data in field settings. Her work shows that she excels
at effectively linking and intergrating both quantitative and qualitative
methodologies and is rooted in practice-based, action research. Most
recently she has developed The First Step Program, a novel daily physical
activity intervention for obese and sedentary individuals with type
2 diabetes, capitalizing on a simple and inexpensive pedometer as a
self-monitoring and goal setting tool.
Prior to returning to academic training, Dr. Tudor-Locke worked for
four years as a Program Director at the YMCA in Alberta, Canada, and
another four years as the Community Exercise Physiologist at the Canadian
Centre for Activity and Aging. In both these practice-based occupations,
Dr. Tudor-Locke directed physical activity program development, implementation,
and delivery for a wide range of populations. Dr. Tudor-Locke has presented
widely to both academic and lay audiences and has written educational
and training documents suitable for both reader audiences. She has added
to her training with a certificate in Adult Education from St. Francis
Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Dr. Tudor-Locke monitors her physical activity daily with a pedometer.
She walks or bikes to work regularly, tries to keep true to a weight
training regimen, walks to local coffee and lunch spots for a break
from her sedentary academic occupation, and runs and walks regularly
in her neighborhood with friends. In the evening she lays on the couch
with her husband and watches TV. She averages 14,000 steps/day
Dr. Tudor-Locke will be writing features for Diabetes In Control, starting
in September
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