Work It Out

About the Book

An encouraging fitness book that meets you where you are—even if you’re lying on the floor.

Exercise is the most reliable way to improve mental health. But if you’re depressed, anxious, burned out, or struggling, it may feel impossible to get started, get serious, or even get up.

Written by an autistic personal trainer, Work It Out busts myths about fitness while providing clear, actionable advice on how to:

• Incorporate exercise into your daily life
• Build an adjustable workout plan for both good and bad mental health days
• Shake off the messages that say you’re never doing enough
• Set up a workout log that motivates you in exactly the way you need
• Celebrate all your achievements, including getting out of bed
• But also get a little exercise in bed, if that’s where you are today

Frank, funny, and sympathetic, Work It Out offers realistic tips, encouragement, and dozens of activity ideas for times when exercise is the only thing that will help—and the last thing you want to do.

Sarah Kurchak

Sarah Kurchak is the author of the memoir I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder and has written about autism and mental health for publications including Time, the Guardian, and the Toronto Star. She is also a former personal trainer, has a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and was the lead trainer and a professional competitor in the Pillow Fight League.