Aging, Health, and the Athletic Mind Attitude: A game plan for aging and health challenges - Paperback

by Monty Cartwright (Author)

At age 58, Monty Cartwright was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Mantel Cell Lymphoma. During his forty-year career as an athletic coach and health educator, he had learned much about the importance of attitude and being a competitive athlete. In this book, Monty Cartwright shares the proactive mental and physical approach of the Athletic Mind Attitude (AMA) in dealing with the challenges of adversity, illness, and aging. AMA is a positive philosophical mind set that adopts sport principles, routines, and rituals to one's lifestyle. "Aging, Health, and the Athletic Mind Attitude - A Game Plan for Aging and Health Challenges" is a common-sense resource about effort, choice, and being an active player and not a passive fan. A survey taken of competitive senior athletes and their wise words are included in this life-changing book.

Author Biography

Monty Cartwright is an emeritus professor of health and physical education at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. After thirty-plus years of living in the historic town of Jacksonville, Oregon, he and his wife, Julie, now live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, near their grandchildren. His teaching, coaching, and athletic administrative career spans a forty-year period in high school, community college, and university levels. He is a nationally ranked senior track athlete, a fly fisherman, and a published author. He was inducted into the Southern Oregon University Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. His writings have appeared in "Oregon Healthy Living" magazine, "Oregon Stories Anthology," and "Thresholds Literary Journal." His semi-annual poetry and photography website can be viewed at www.WritingsbyMonty.com. For additional information about the AMA approach to life, access his AMA blog at Athleticmindattitude.blogspot.com