When The Body Says no

Heartsick(1), Sweetheart(2) and Evil At Heart(3).

In today's era of modern Western medicine, organ transplants are routine, and daily headlines about the mysteries of DNA and the human genome promise that the secrets of life itself are tantalizingly within our reach. Yet to reach this point took thousands of years.

A superbly muscled specimen of righteous manhood himself, physical therapist Keith Weber rips you through a blistering set of ball-buster kettlebell drills designed to raise the bar on your athletic potential-then leap over it. Weber's pounding Extreme Kettlebell workout will give even the most seasoned athlete fresh legs-and the inspiration to take his game to the next level. Lesser mortals: simply use lighter bells to start with, until you are ready to join the serious ranks of the super-conditioned. Become a well-oiled, unstoppable machine and discover what toughness is really all about, with The Extreme Kettlebell Cardio Workout.

One step at a time, through leaps of progress and hurdles of devastating disappointment, humanity's medical knowledge has moved forward from a time when even the slightest cut held the threat of infection and death, when the flow of blood within the body was a mystery, and "cells" were not even a concept, and when the appearance of a simple instrument allowing a physician to listen to the beat of a diseased heart was a profound advance.