In Fit at Last, bestselling business author Ken Blanchard and fitness expert Tim Kearin tell how Ken was finally able, at age seventy-three, to make lasting improvements in his health, including dropping over thirty pounds in a year. In each chapter, Ken shares the very personal story of his ups and downs—a story that involves, among other things, a puppy, a Hawaiian tour bus full of widows, and a fifty-year college reunion—while Tim gives professional health advice and training wisdom. Of course, Ken has been helping organizations get healthy for years, and early on he realized he could adapt those same techniques in his own efforts. He shows how readers can use his Situational Leadership® II approach to determine their developmental level in each of the fitness areas Tim describes and decide what type of leadership they need to move to the next level. Ultimately this is a book about commitment. People fail to get fit not because they don’t know what to do but because they just don’t do it. Using the tools in this book, you’ll be able to develop and stick to a fitness program that will add a spring to your step, a smile to your face, and years to your life.
About the Author
Ken Blanchard a prominent, gregarious, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Ken is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues, and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate people in the business world today. From his phenomenal best-selling book, The One Minute Manager (coauthored with Spencer Johnson)--which has sold more than thirteen million copies and remains on best-seller lists--to the library of books coauthored with outstanding practitioners--Raving Fans, Gung Ho!, Leadership and the One Minute Manager, Whale Done!, and many others--Ken's impact as a writer is extraordinary and far-reaching. Ken is the chief spiritual officer (CSO) of The Ken Blanchard Companies, and international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979in San Diego, California. He is also a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Cornell University, where he is a trustee emeritus of the board of trustees.
Tim Kearin has been in the health and fitness industry for more than forty years. His interest in strength training helped him become a standout high school athlete and took him to the University of Arizona on an athletic scholarship. After graduation, Tim began a career as an army officer, where his fitness expertise led to a graduate degree from Indiana University and a subsequent assignment to the physical education department at the United States Military Academy. Army's new football coach at the time, NFL coaching legend Lou Saban, recognized Tim's talents and made him the team's strength and conditioning coach, a position Tim held for six years. In 1984, Tim expanded his fitness résumé by becoming the fitness director at the Hughston Clinic in Columbus, Georgia.
