Fitness After 40


Book Description

With Fitness After 40, regain the energy and physique of a teenager in no time. Your body is getting older, those stairs are looking steeper, and your bones are cracking louder. The unavoidable fact is that your body is aging. However, that doesn’t have to impact your fitness level. Forget how many candles were on your last birthday cake--if you exercise smarter, you can remain youthful, energetic, and strong. As an academic orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on active aging and mobility, Dr. Vonda Wright has created a unique medical program designed to target the fitness and performance needs of mature athletes. In this invaluable resource, Wright reveals how anyone can use flexibility, aerobic exercise, and strength training to maximize the benefits of their fitness regime. You will learn how to: Understand your body, and approach exercise in a new way Maximize your fitness while minimizing injury Gain flexibility--no matter your age Benefit from aerobic exercise Build strength through resistance training Improve balance Fitness After 40 for all maturing adults includes “20 Minutes to Burn” workouts, a six-week total-body plan, and the latest information on nutrition, injury prevention, joint preservation, and the mind/body connection for all maturing adults.




Fitness Beyond 50


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Prologue: the past, present and future--Introduction--Let's get started--Life's full of choices--Getting going and keeping going--Exercise and the brain--Aerobics: keys to a healthy heart--Strength training--Core exercises and other goodies--Support groups and connections--Overcoming limitations--Healthy eating--The next level--Epilogue: the future belongs to the fit.




Fitness at 40,50,60 and Beyond


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Most of the developed world is experiencing an aging population. In America alone, an estimated 45% of the total population is over the age of 40. When this aging demographic is combined with the current concerns over healthcare cost and availability, it is easy to see why more individuals are expressing an interest in staying fit as they grow older. In Fitness at 40, 50, 60 and Beyond, author Michael Spitzer has distilled decades of medical research, diet guidelines, and exercise routines into a complete program that offers an effective and time efficient way for readers to get in far better shape than they thought possible. The book begins with a detailed look at what happens inside the body with the passage of time. Topics covered include the age related aspects of muscle tissue atrophy, slowed metabolism, weight gain, bone loss, heart and lung function capacity, sexual changes, hormone decline, anxiety, depression and more. After examining these effects of aging on the body, the book then details a program of dietary planning and 3-day-per-week exercise regimens that can produce amazing fitness results in as little as 16 weeks. This 432 page book is illustrated with 260 photographs. Every exercise is clearly described with accompanying photos that demonstrate both proper and improper technique. Diagrams, tables, and charts are also used to explain meal plans, recipes. and other principles. At the end of each chapter, summaries are provided that can be copied and carried for quick, easy reference. Although written to address the specific issues that concern older individuals, the diet and exercise advice provided is useful for people of all ages. In this regard, the book may be considered by some as the "definitive new book for fitness and weight loss"







Total Fitness After 40


Book Description

Finally discover the secrets to fitness that will transform your body and mind, even if you've never worked out a day in your life... How do you feel when you look in the mirror? Are you trapped in a body that leaves you unhappy and disappointed with what you see? Are you strong, in good cardio shape but feel stiffer and less mobile as the years roll on? With the NIH estimating that more than 1 in 3 adults are overweight, you're not alone. But it doesn't have to be this way. Maybe you've resigned yourself to the thought that this is what life will be from now on. Society tells you that midlife is the time when you start to slow down and lose your physical potential, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. The truth is, you have the power to change. According to researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, it's never too late to start reaping the rewards of physical activity -- regardless of your age. While it isn't possible to reverse aging entirely, taking the right approach to your health can have you looking and feeling younger than ever before. You might have heard the phrase, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," but that limiting mentality won't get you anywhere in life. Instead, recognize your own abilities as you discover the secrets to healthful living. In Total Fitness After 40, you will discover: ● The research-based approach to fitness that has been identified as the most effective anti-aging exercise strategy ● Strategies for overcoming negative self-talk -- and how reprogramming your mind will optimize your physical and emotional health ● How to learn to love exercise and embrace your new fitness regimen with excitement rather than dread ● An exercise database with simple, easy to follow instructions and a bonus full weekly fitness plan ● How you can increase your strength level by up to 40% in just 12 months without any prior experience with resistance exercise ● What the FITT principle is and how you can use it to create the ideal workout program for your specific fitness goals and abilities ● Everything you need to know about nutrition, from building a balanced meal plan to calculating your exact caloric needs without using complicated math ● The key to setting yourself up for success with goals that are measurable and realistic -- and the crucial phrasing that will make all the difference And much more. If you've been waiting for a sign that it's time to change your ways and stop making excuses, this is it. You don't need time-consuming exercise classes or expensive personal trainers -- all you need is the right perspective and understanding. Your mentality and motivation are incredibly powerful tools when wielded correctly, and you can kickstart your fitness journey starting today.




Training for Climbing


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Drawing on new research in sports medicine, nutrition, and fitness, this book offers a training program to help any climber achieve superior performance and better mental concentration on the rock, with less risk of injury.




Physique After 50


Book Description

Forget settling for the so-called "golden" years. Instead, join the platinum club! Membership is open to anyone, as long as you're willing to take care of your body and your health as you age and as you experience some of the best years of your life. Physique After 50 argues that physique training doesn’t have to end the moment you turn fifty. Aging is an important part of life, and this is the prime of your life. At the same time, as you age there are real physical and hormonal changes going on in your body. Being fifty is not the same as forty, so of course your exercise needs to account for this. Most younger fitness trainers out there just can’t appreciate what these aging-related changes mean for you and your training. Physique After 50 offers real-world, practical training advice from Coach Scott Abel. Scott himself is in his mid-fifties, and has experienced these aging-related changes firsthand, both with himself and with his one-on-one coaching clients. By using smart training strategies (and by leaving your ego at the door) you can look and feel great during what can be some of the most fulfilling decades of your life. You can feel physically younger even as you embrace the wisdom that comes with age. Physique After 50 book tells you how to do exactly that. Physique After 50 includes: ● How aging affects your fitness and training, and what to do about it. ● Three different workout programs geared specifically for the "Physique After 50" demographic. ● You can choose which of the three programs is right for you depending on whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced trainee. (There is also advice on progressing from one program to the next.) ● Bodypart-specific training “tweaks” to avoid injuries (especially those "overuse" injuries that are often related to age). ● How to balance rest and recovery with training. ● “Forget About It” — what forms of training to ignore or simply stop using entirely as you age. ● What elements of the warmup are more important (and how most people do these things wrong). ● The hormonal realities of aging (for both men and women), and what that means for you and your training. Buy Physique After 50 and join the "Platinum club" today!




Fitter Than Ever at 40 and Beyond


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Author Susan Dawson-Cook, M.S. knows fitness and how the right balance of training, mindful exercise and good nutrition can transform your life. Rewrite your script of making resolutions and quitting them and start living a healthy lifestyle today. Fitter Than Ever offers an easy-to-follow activity and eating plan and is packed with Slim for Life Secrets to keep you on-track and motivated. This book will make your journey of losing weight, exercising and eating healthy fun and empowering. Susan has been employed in the fitness industry for 30 years and is passionate about helping people reach their fitness goals. She teaches and works with clientele at a world-renowned spa and an active adult community in northwest Tucson. She's an AFAA certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor and has an RYT-200 Yoga Alliance certification in Ashtanga yoga. In 2011, Susan starred in a DVD Personal Best Stretch: Move Better Than Ever. She has been a contributing writer for American Fitness and Swimmer Magazine for many years. As a U.S. Masters swimmer, Susan holds many state records in the 45-49 and 50-54 age groups.




Fitness Over Fifty


Book Description

Culled from the advice of a team of experts selected by the National Institute on Aging, a book-and-CD guide shares a range of exercises selected to help older adults maintain their health and independence, in a reference that provides coverage of staying motivated, increasing flexibility, and eating for optimum nutrition. Reprint.




The Whole Body Reset


Book Description

"The first-ever weight-loss plan specifically designed to stop-and reverse-age-related weight gain and muscle loss, while shrinking your belly, extending your life, and creating your healthiest self at mid-life and beyond"--