May Weekend Reads: eBooks on Health, Fitness and Wellness

Let’s get healthy! Here’s our selection of eBooks about fitness and wellness for May. Whether hitting the gym or strolling around campus, these books can help you learn more about getting a leg up on your health.

Invitation to Holistic Health: A Guide to Living a Balanced Life by Charlotte Eliopoulos

This easy-to-read guide provides how-to information for dealing with a variety of health-related issues, including nutrition, exercise, herbal remedies and homeopathic remedies, to name a few. Unlike other holistic health textbooks, the Fourth Edition promotes a variety of therapies and provides evidence to support the practice of each one.

On Target Living: Your Guide to a Life of Balance, Energy, and Vitality by Chris Johnson

“Everyone knows that exercise and physical movement contribute to better health, energy and performance. The challenge comes with knowing what to do and how to do it. Author Chris Johnson has taught thousands how to live a life in balance, and here he shares his practices with you.”

Rethinking Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: Past, Present and Future by Peter Hassmen

“The book challenges current thinking and makes a plea for a move towards a future in which the accumulation of knowledge is at the core of Sport and Exercise research, rather than simply methods and measurements. The result is a critique not only of exercise and sport psychology, but of psychological research methods more broadly.”