I wholeheartedly loved this. Non-judgmental, super beginner-friendly, really encouraging. The perfect book for a beginner to exercise like me (and a lot of my friends!).

This book helps you get o put yourself in the right mind set the one athlete have
The writing is gook and I add a bit boring.
It helped me to gain and nantain motivation
Good job
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC

I sadly didn't get a lot out of this book. I had hoped to since I need inspiration to get myself being more active on a daily basis, but I just felt throughout the book like I wasn't the target demographic. That's a shame, since the premise is supposed to be that everybody can be an athlete just by being active and taking part in athletic activities.

Right off the bat, Trapotsis says he's writing for four types of people. These include young people just starting out in life and work, parents of young kids, people who are sedentary or work hard all week and then do lots of athletics on the weekend, and people who used to be really athletic and are no longer. I'm not any of those. I hoped that he didn't mean the book was just for those groups, but the rest of the book seemed to bear that out.

What the book is good for -- Telling you that you can be an athlete and call yourself that even if you're not professional or hard core, encouraging you to do things like hire a babysitter so you can go do athletics or pay for a membership to the Y or for home gym equipment, giving suggestions for ways to be active while being social like starting a bike riding club or inviting friends over every Friday night for pizza and social time (I'm not sure why this is athletic but he recommends it).

Where it is lacking -- There is absolutely nothing here for people who are disabled, poor, single parents, struggling with issues like depression, etc. It's shockingly tone deaf towards groups like this, actually. For instance, he talks a lot about how people should take athletics breaks during work and that employers should just accept this because it's good for productivity. He says things like you can tell your boss you'll be a little late a couple of days a week because of athletics and bosses should be okay with this because athletic workers are better workers. Can you imagine the average factory worker, ER nurse, McDonald's worker or teacher saying "I'm just going to be a little late some days and take long lunch breaks because I need to prioritize athletics"? Likewise, he assumes that the reader is middle to upper class, married and with children. There's no word anywhere on how to start being athletic if you never have been or if you have a disability or work multiple jobs or don't have money for babysitters or equipment, or even what athletics people should do. It's all just sort of generic encouragement -- you can make time for athletics and it can be what you want. It's that for a whole (short) book. No specifics. No troubleshooting. No concrete information.

Ultimately, it didn't provide me with anything to help me get inspired for more fitness activities. I'll keep looking and keep working on it on my own.

There are so many people who will also be left out of this book that I can't really give it a blanket recommendation. It will be good for those who are middle to upper class, already used to athletics, and are just looking for a pep talk.

Two stars for it was okay.

I read a digital ARC of this book via Net Galley.

I started reading this ARC the day after I talked to a friend about needing motivation to start working out again now that my son is two months old - WOW, what perfect timing. This book is well organized, motivating for the everyday person, and so easy to read. It was exactly what I needed, and might be exactly what you need too. ⁠
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Some things I loved: ⁠
▪️ No matter your fitness level, you can call yourself an athlete ⁠
▪️ There is a chapter specifically for parents of young children ⁠
▪️ Non-judgmental. In fact, extremely encouraging

⁠Highly recommend!

While I do think that there is some good information contained in this book, I was hoping for a little more novel approach.
Early in the book Art states that he doesn’t like to talk about himself much, but that doesn’t stop almost every page from containing “I” repeatedly. For me, this book could have done with less anecdote and more advice.
There are some pieces I will incorporate, but some suggestions are unrealistic (working out at work for example).
I think this book may speak to a specific subset of people, but between the repeated use of “Keep It Tight” (yes I know it’s his group’s name but it doesn’t sit will with many women) and relying on his supportive wife to make time away from kids (many people don’t have a partner who’d give them 3 hours away on a weekend with small kids), I don’t think that it speaks to my particular demographic.

The Everday Athlete was more than what I expected in many areas. #ArtTrapotsis writes from both personal and professional life experiences. He provides a path to practical applocation and mindset changes. #KIT or Keeping it Tight, is explained as an encouraging bar you set with yourself to acheive life balance. I was able to get a lot from the quiz and the dialog in that chapter. Some of the suggestions are not practical for some females - like working out during work hours. I can't imagine getting all sweaty, then going through my entire morning routine again while at work, I laughed at that recommendation and saw it as somewhat one dimensional. I enjoyed the book overall and would recommend it to anyone that just wants to figure out what fitness and health means to them by seeing yourself as an athlete. My 4 star is more out of my preference for compartmentalizing topics. I felt like some of the information was scattered or repeated. This does not take away from the content. Just a personal preference of mine. Enjoy!