Is your spirit faithful but your flesh flabby?
Has your Temple of the Holy Spirit begun to creak and crumble?
Many devout families strive to live good Christian lives, but fail to fully realize that we are to become "perfect" not just in our heart, mind, and soul -- but in our body as well.
Indeed, the stronger, more enduring, and more beautiful we make our bodies, the better we imitate Christ -- in whom perfect strength, endurance, and beauty were incarnated.
And, it doesn't take a lot of fancy equipment to do it!
In Fit for Eternal Life, Dr. Vost explains the basic principles of strength training and cardiac fitness in a way you can understand (even if you haven't been in a gym for years -- or ever). He then helps you build an effective, personalized workout program that can be performed in as little as twenty minutes per week.
Fit for Eternal Life also offers you:
* Sane and simple dietary tips that don't make you swallow supplements or count carbs.
* Ways to make your workouts an opportunity to practice prayer, meditation, and meritorious suffering.
* Fitness wisdom from classical philosophers, athletic popes, and even St. Thomas Aquinas!
* More advanced information and techniques, for when you're ready to progress beyond the basics.
You will find tips and advice for people of all ages: men, women, older persons, and teens.
PLUS, you'll learn how a Christian concept of physical training can help you obtain:
* the fortitude to achieve strength and vigor by pursuing and persisting at regular strength and cardiovascular training;
* the temperance to combat gluttony and enjoy a healthy, balanced diet;
* the justice that pays heed to the unique health and fitness needs and goals of special groups like the young, women, and those of advanced age;
* the prudence to craft a safe and simple fitness regimen that will not rob you of precious time, energy, and money that could be put to better use elsewhere.
Order now and you can develop a strong and fit physique while building a life of the spirit.
by Kevin Vost, Psy. D.
264 pgs pbk $17.95
"I turn to this book again and again. In fusing his knowledge of sports physiology and psychology to the pursuit of the virtues, Dr. Vost gave me exactly what I needed to get off of the couch and onto the weight bench. Since reading it last summer, I've tightened my belt a couple of notches -- but most importantly, I've had more energy to expend in playing with my kids. This is what really sets Dr. Vost's work apart; it provides the rationale for increasing physical strength and endurance -- love of neighbor."
Shane Kapler,
author of The God Who is Love:
Explaining Christianity From Its Center
"I had struggled with my weight for many years. In my heart, I knew I had to be healthy, but had grappled with the roadblocks of not knowing how to eat properly, not finding time to exercise, and interior issues like vanity and pride. Leave it to Dr. Vost's book to help me find the proper balance between physical health and Catholic devotion, while giving great tips to accomplishing my goal. Thanks in part to this book, I have lost, and kept off, over forty pounds."
Nick Alexander,
Catholic comedian/musician
"Dr. Vost explores the virtue of physical discipline and its profound connection to spiritual discipline, neatly drawing the conclusion that one cannot exist without the other while providing concrete examples of how to succeed at both."
Tarek Saab,
bestselling author of Gutcheck:
Confronting Work, Love, & Manhood
Order today with Dr. Vost's
Unearthing Your Ten Talents and save 25%!
(details below).
In this remarkable book, Dr. Vost unearths a treasure for those who are struggling to live a life of Christian virtue: the ten particular talents that God has given each of us as our own . . . to bury . . . or to multiply for our own good and the good of the Kingdom.
Guided especially by St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the Church's greatest teachers, as well as by Fathers of the Church and the example of many saints, Vost explains how you can discover, understand, and perfect each of your own ten talents.
In the process, you will develop your noble ability to reason, strengthen your faculties of mind, perfect your physical capacities for beauty of form and grace, nurture your ability to act angelically, and prepare yourself to live that life which is proper to a being made in the image of God.
Do you know what your ten talents are? Do you know what God wants you to do with your life? As He gave ten talents to each of the souls in the parable, so He has given ten particular talents to you. Don't ignore them any longer, or leave them buried.
Let Kevin Vost help you unearth them, and show you how to multiply them a hundredfold.
Save 25% when you order the set!Click here to order BOTH books and
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(*Shipping not included. Not eligible for any other discount.
Offer ends 8/1/12.)
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