Ultimate Fitness

“[An] accessible, informative and personal memoir about fitness” from the New York Times –bestselling author and science reporter ( USA Today ). Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health is Gina Kolata's compelling journey into the world of American physical fitness over the past thirty years. It is a funny, eye-opening, brow-sweating investigation into the fads, fictions, and science of fitness training. From the early days of jogging, championed by Jim Fixx—who later died