A Row a Day for a Year

Book excerpt: Experts agree that if you set a goal and track your progress, youll succeed where others fail. Regular, moderate exercise is generally recognized as the closest thing to a fountain of youth, and A Row a Day for a Year, by author D.P. Ordway, supports your ability to enhance your energy, fitness, and health by rowing each day for a year. A month-by-month exercise journal, each month begins with quotations from the medical community and sages alike reminding you that regular, moderate exercise is essential and beneficial. A short article before your entries discusses rowing, training, and the rowing community. Ordway encourages you to take the challenge and row each day for a year. Praise for A Row a Day for a Year A Row a Day for a Year should be handed to every person who wants to fall in love with indoor rowing. It is passion and knowledge at its best. This is another great book and a great tool for indoor rowing people. Santiago Fuentes, Referee, 2012 London Olympics. Moderate exercise keeps us healthy and helps us age well. Dusty lays out a journal approach to capture daily entries, combined with advice on training programs, cross-training and stretching. The quotes scattered through the book are entertaining, inspiring, and full of common sense. A wonderful recipe for living better and rowing daily. Joan W. Miller, MD, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, MIT Varsity Womens Crew and Straight T Award winner