Publisher's Synopsis
"I loved this book. I discovered this author as I was (and am) trying to get my life back on track after repair of an aortic aneurysm. No super-detailed training plans in this short book. Instead, the reader is given a somewhat quirky introduction to a philosophy of life framed in terms of opposing forces of entropy (what tears us down) and syntropy (what builds) us up. We are faced with choices about which force we feed. Armed with a dose of warrior-spirit, equipped with a philosophy of life, and entertained by Kevin's life-affirming humor we are set up to act on the more specific recommendations found in this book." - John T Moore, Goodreads
This book will inspire you, and guide your training toward aging successfully, for aging women and men. As Betty Friedan, said, "Aging is not lost youth, but a new stage of opportunity and strength." Cover image: The author at age 68, completing the Lake Placid Ironman, as the only person in the World to undertake such a task with an abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft. Ten years later, while fighting peripheral vascular disease, he was third in his age group, 80-84, in the 2023 World Half Ironman Championships, in Lahti, Finland. There are both destructive and creative forces at work in your life. The author wants you to become an athlete soldier, fighting physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, against Entropy-induced decay. As the author says: "You are life!Life is a fire that burns in a special way.
Life's fire makes stuff.Life is a dancing fire, a dance of joy.
Life is a fiery song.Life is a thoughtful fire.
Life is a naysayer of flames
Life is a warrior, burning with the power of Syntropy.
Life is an athlete, an endurance athlete.
Life has been beating back Entropy for eons.
You are that warrior, life.
You are that athlete, life.
Train to fight your Internal Enemy, Entropy.
Train to fight your External Enemy, Entropy.
Laugh and cry and dance as you do battle, as you compete in your personal game of life.
In your fight to the life against Entropy." "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it's those most adaptable to change." - Charles Darwin. Aging presents you with many opportunities for change. Not being able read a thing without your glasses, followed by aches and pains on getting out of bed. Then the stressful surgeries, slower recovery from exercise, and all sorts of other oldie fun! This book will have you primed for adaptation to these adventures. They are coming, ready or not. Don't be a wimp. Take aging in your stride. See it as an opportunity. Be ready to bravely and wisely face the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual challenges. This book will give you the courage and means to prepare your training plan for the toughest of all endurance sports. Aging. Yes! The author has found aging to be tougher, and more interesting, than any of the Ironman races he completed. He will help you get to know your enemy, Entropy, and to appreciate your friend and ally, Syntropy. The author has overcome multiple health challenges, while remaining an avid athlete. How does he do this? Through his veterinary medical training, as a life-long athlete, extensively trained in body movement skills. Does that mean you need medical training, and be an athlete, to benefit from this book. No way! His book is designed to inspire anyone into action, to get them off their butt, away from the TV and the next beer, to get them out there, ready to live their life to the full, irrespective their exercise experience and current state of health. Learn how to train for aging, and begin your new life.
