Shape Up with the Slow Fat Triathlete 50 Ways to Kick Butt on the Field, in the Pool, or at the Gym–No Matter What Your Size and Shape
by Jayne Williams
DeCapo Books, Jan 1, 2008
Recommended readers: Adults

Cautions: Author has a bit of a potty mouth but it adds humor

Description

Jayne Williams brings irreverent wit and a passion for movement to people who want a roadmap to real-life, functional fitness. Shape Up with the Slow Fat Triathlete is the antidote to fitness books that promise killer abs and deliver disappointment. A mediocre athlete with a lifelong weight problem, Williams struggles with her own fitness demons, including self-consciousness, injuries, and yo-yo dieting. Now, she puts fun back into working out with realistic advice, zany anecdotes, and essential observations. With stories from other “imperfect athletes,” Williams’s fifty audacious tips help aspiring athletes of all flavors to kick butt on the trail, in the pool, or at the gym.

Kiwi Magazine Review

You can wear spandex no matter your shape, age or wobbly bits.  And, like all of the other people in that overzealously sweaty aerobics class, you have a right to be there.  The first thing Jayne WIlliams tells you straight up is that exercise will improve your health and you will never look perfect. With that statement out of the way, you are free to exercise in any form you choose, in any outfit you choose at any time you choose.  It’s an uplifting, humorous, inspirational book to encourage us to eschew excuses and get out there and play!

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