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09/29/2016 12:01 AMOlympic Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn wants women to stop thinking about losing weight fast, and instead focus on loving their bodies for what they are, and what they can do. She will bring that message with her when she visits R. J. Julia Booksellers at 768 Boston Post Road, Madison on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m.
Vonn is a small-town Minnesota girl turned world-champion skier, an accomplishment that came with hard work. In Strong Is the New Beautiful, Vonn lays out her training routines and her overall philosophy that helped her become the best female skier in the world. The advice is tailored for women of all shapes and sizes.
Vonn backs up her fitness program with advice on what to eat and how to work out. She says her goal is to help bolster readers’ self-confidence and help them build a better body image, with the tips and tricks she’s learned as a pro.
Vonn bounced back from injury not by doing every single thing a trainer said, but instead, by thinking about the fitness plan that would work for her, and eating the right foods that would make her feel and get healthy. In Strong Is the New Beautiful, she interweaves her training and diet regimen with stories of her life growing up in the heartland, her love of skiing, the challenges she’s faced—including injuries, illness, and depression—and her secrets to wellness, fitness, and recovery.
Vonn, an Olympic gold medal-winning alpine ski racer, is a member of the U.S. Ski Team. The most successful American skier in history, she holds four overall World Cup titles and is one of only six women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing. She was also an NBC news correspondent during the 2014 Winter Olympics, and is the founder of the Lindsey Vonn Foundation. She is currently training for the 2018 Winter Olympics, for which she has been named an International Games Ambassador. She lives in Vail, Colorado.
For more information, or to sign up, visit www.rjjulia.com/event, and go to Oct. 6, or call R. J. Julia at 203-245-3959.