Exercise Aging

A straightforward and fact-based bodybuilding guide to developing your muscle mass while your mates are losing theirs.

Amazon bestselling author and fitness expert Michael Smith provides you with a step-by-step blueprint to regain your joy of movement and independence without leaving your house or paying for expensive Pilates classes. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience with Pilates, this book caters to all fitness levels, making it accessible and engaging for everyone.

One-third of our lives - that's 3,000 hours a year - is spent trying to sleep. The time we spend in bed shapes our moods, motivation, alertness, decision-making skills, reaction time, creativity...in short, our ability to perform, whether at work, at home, or at play. But most of us have disturbed, restless nights, relying on over-stimulation from caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. The old eight-hour rule just doesn't work, and it's time for a new approach. Endorsed by leading professionals in sports and business, Sleep shares a new program to be your personal best.

True Yoga is an inspirational guide that shows you how to overcome difficulties and achieve lasting happiness no matter what life brings, through the Eight Limbs of Yoga outlined in the Yoga Sutras. Whether challenged by work, health, relationships, or parenting, you'll find tangible practices to illuminate your every day and spiritual life. Using daily techniques, self-inquiry questions, and inspiring affirmations, yoga therapist Jennie Lee presents a system that opens the path to fulfillment and helps you connect with your own Divinity.

This book is aimed at seniors interested in maintaining their health and well-being through exercise and healthy aging practices. Overall, the book aims to empower seniors with knowledge and practical advice to lead active, healthy lives as they age.

Most people have the notion that once they reach 40 or so, a slow and steady decline of the mind, eyes, ears, joints, arteries, libido, and every other system that affects the quality of life begins to take effect. However, according to Drs. Roizen and Oz, that's a mistake.

The first and only guide to shinrin-yoku for the outdoor adventurer! With techniques tailored for hiking, mountain biking, paddling, climbing, trail-running, and cross-country skiing, this is the definitive guide to applying the healthy and rejuvenating practice of forest bathing to your favorite activities.

Yes, it is true - your younger years are behind you, but you are far from too old to get fit and healthy. In this book, I am taking you on a journey that will educate you about nutrition, exercise, and discipline. I will show you how these things influence your body and update you with the latest information and research in strength training. With the pertinent information at your disposal, you will build routines, diets, and workouts that will focus on achieving immaculate fitness.

Basic Exercises for Seniors is a list of simple at-home exercises that support all seniors! If you are in search for a basic workout session as a senior or need assistance it beginning a daily workout to help a family member, a patient or a loved one, these basic exercises are a perfect beginning! The exercises include: warm-ups, cardiovascular routines, strength-training routines, flexibility & balance routines and a cool-down. All exercises can be performed by seniors within the comfort and safety of home, and along with friends. Let's make exercise fun again!

Don’t let age define your body’s abilities. Discover how to boost balance, improve strength and flexibility, and live your best life with this beginner-friendly and instructional guide to yoga. Growing old comes with a price–and, more often than not, it’s at the cost of your mental and physical health. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do anything about it.

Rediscover vitality, strength, & inner peace in your golden years without even leaving your chair. If you’re tired of feeling stiff & achy & want a gentle way to address your body pains, chair yoga could be the solution. Many seniors struggle with mobility & balance & feel intimidated by most forms of exercise. Chair yoga offers a simple exercise perfect for seniors, bringing benefits like improved mobility, pain relief, better posture, enhanced circulation, & better digestion.

If you’re over age 60 you know traditional diet and old exercise methods don’t work well anymore. The things we did in our 20’s and 30’s won't get fast results this time around. At our age, we need a new plan that will work, and work quickly. As a Certified Personal Trainer, I’m able to help clients over age 60 make dramatic changes in their health in the first 90 days. For the first time, I’m revealing my 10 best practices and secrets here in this Proactive Fitness For Seniors workbook.

Hitting the 40s and 50s is a turning point. What we do from that moment on impacts the way we live the rest of our life. Rediscover Your Athlete Within is a book about challenging and guiding people through those sticky middle years to help them get off the couch and get active. Some may need a little nudge, others a big kick, but everyone can create a shift, reignite their passion, see the possibilities and redefine their future on their own terms. It’s about giving people a new lease on life. Everyone has an athlete within, built upon all the skills developed since birth.

From one of America's most trusted physicians and the bestselling coauthor of the YOU series with Dr. Mehmet Oz - this practical and empowering guide shares the seven secrets to losing weight, restoring peak vitality, and regaining optimal health at any age.

Journalist Jeff Bercovici spent extensive time with professional and Olympic athletes, coaches, and doctors to find how today's sports superstars seemed to be able to defy the limits of physical aging that inevitably sideline their competitors. Through fascinating profiles and first-person anecdotes, Bercovici illuminates the science and strategies extending the careers of elite older athletes, uncovers the latest advances in fields from nutrition to brain science to virtual reality, and offers empowering insights about how the rest of us can find peak performance at any age.

Modern womanhood often means juggling multiple roles - businesswoman, mother, spouse, homemaker, and more - all while being expected to look perfectly composed. In other words, it means being superhuman. The truth is, it can seem impossible to maintain physical health while navigating our busy lives. In Super Woman Rx, Dr. Taz sets out to treat "super woman syndrome" by offering five prescriptive plans based on a woman's unique blueprint, or Power Type. A fun quiz will help you narrow down your type and figure out which strategies will work best for you.

Looking for a safe and effective way to reduce joint pain and gain better mobility, strength, and flexibility? This is where this comprehensive and user-friendly guide on Chair Yoga steps in. The National Institute of Health reports that chair yoga not only reduces pain and increases life satisfaction in older adults with osteoarthritis, but also reduces depression! Inside, you’ll find specific poses that can improve your physical and mental health, regardless of your current level.

More than 78 million American adults are nearing the age when unexpected aches and pains, weight gains, sudden illnesses, and confusing mental changes begin to occur. As children, our questions about how our bodies will change are met with knowledge and patience - anything to make the transition as seamless as possible. But at 50 or 60, there’s no one to help us figure out whether the changes we’re experiencing are a cause for concern or just a normal part of aging. Is This Normal? is a guidebook that focuses on putting this generation at ease by answering their most common questions.

This audiobook will motivate you to get in the best shape of your life, regardless of age. Don’t worry if you’re just starting out, we’ve covered that. If you’ve been active in fitness and strength training before–but it’s been years–we’ll get you back on track.

Finally discover a natural way to treat & recover from adrenal gland exhaustion! This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to treat your tired adrenal glands and recover at home and includes everything else you need to know about adrenal fatigue. You’ll also discover what exactly causes exhausted adrenals and how your day-to-day habits and diet overwork your adrenal glands.