“When I first heard of our attempt
to reach the moon, I said, ‘Yeah, maybe we can do that.’
When I heard of our attempt to get live pictures from Mars,
I said, ‘Yeah, maybe we can do that.’ When I saw
a book entitled Get Fit in Bed, I said, ‘Get outta here!’
And I got the third one wrong. Tartell
and Kavanau have given us a valid and valuable road map to
getting a great workout without even getting up. Joy will
be felt. Health will be ours. Lives will be saved.”
— Barry Farber,
nationally syndicated radio talk host on
the Talk Radio Network

For more than twenty years we have been
telling athletes, “You’re getting weaker or stronger,
there’s no in-between…” A simple but consistent
program is the key. Now, Tartell
and Kavanau have put it all together in a very simple, easy-to-follow,
comprehensive approach to restoring and maintaining good health.
From head to toes, this book offers
the reader exercises for every joint intersection. I am especially
thrilled to see that the extremities (feet, hands and cervical
spine) are addressed, as these areas are usually forgotten
in most exercise programs. This
book is a much needed addition to getting and keeping fit.
No excuses now!
— Jim
Wharton, president of Wharton Performance,
musculoskeletal therapist, and author of The Wharton Stretch
Book, The Wharton Strength Book, The Wharton Cardio Book,
and The Wharton Back Book

Ted Kavanau’s funny and plaintive
introduction to this book alone is worth the price of the
book. The “in-bed”
exercises are simply presented with self-explanatory photos.
The exercises themselves would seem to be good for reducing
stress. New reports indicate that exercise before sleeping
may actually help induce a calm and restful sleep. These exercises
are ideally suited to that purpose.
— Rochelle
Medici, Ph.D., neurophysiologist
in private practice in San Marino, CA

This book is a good start for getting
fit in a holistic way. It
can lead one to the next step in the world of fitness safely.
— Catherine
Lloyd, coordinator of the Group Fitness
Program at Marymount Manhattan College and a certified personal
trainer

Get Fit in Bed
provides exercises to improve recovery and help maintain strength.
All of us are temporarily able-bodied and one never knows
when one may experience a life altering injury. This book
provides an option for anyone less mobile to stay fit. As
I tell my nursing students, mobility is essential for life
and starting with bed mobility is crucial. Get
Fit in Bed should be in every nursing home and at the bedside
of anyone who is bed-bound for any reason.
— Sheree
Loftus Fader, MSN, APRN, BC, CRRN, gerontologist,
geriatric nurse practitioner, and certified physical rehabilitation
nurse

Try this routine;
it may give you startling results.
— Harold
Rubin, licensed psychologist in Massachusetts
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