Aging Fitness

Is your body becoming more rigid and tense as you get older? Do you find yourself in pain or injuring yourself while engaging in the activities you used to enjoy? Do you find it difficult to pick up your grandchildren because of your limited range of motion? All of us can benefit from stretching, regardless of our age. It becomes even more critical as we approach our golden years. If you want to improve your posture, reduce stress, and alleviate aches and pains, you should incorporate a regular stretching routine.

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.

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.

The best guide to get started with ketogenic diets from a healthcare professional! Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Heard about Ketogenic Diets but when you ask someone about it they think you are crazy? I know! I've been there right along with you. I didn't believe until I saw it and experienced it myself: the weight loss, the boost in HGH, and the energy levels. Are you serious about getting healthier? Do you want to get the results and are willing to do the work and make your dreams a reality. Then this book is for you!

Do you wish there was a simple way to lose weight, feel healthier, and increase your energy, without the hassle of counting calories or planning meals? There is! It’s the ancient practice of “fasting”. The term “fasting” may sound intimidating, but effective fasting simply makes minor changes to your eating pattern, for major health and spiritual benefits.

Tools and anecdotes to reframe aging from the bestselling author of Work as a Spiritual Practice and Aging as a Spiritual Practice. Aging is not just a process, but a journey: a decades-long adventure of new opportunities and surprises. And while loss, tragedy, and decline are inevitably part...

A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women’s exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power. For American women today, working out is as accepted as it...

"Functional Home Exercises for Seniors" offers a science-based, low-impact approach to help you improve your mobility, strengthen your core, and reduce pain with easy-to-follow instructions.

Discover a healthier, more flexible YOU in just a few weeks, even if traditional exercise has been a challenge! Are you feeling restricted by age or mobility concerns? Have you been looking for a safe, effective way to improve your strength, flexibility, and tranquility without leaving your chair? Or perhaps you're seeking to boost your overall health, but the thought of traditional yoga or strenuous exercise makes you feel uncomfortable?

En La dieta de la longevidad Valter Longo, el «gurú de la longevidad», recoge uno de los más importantes descubrimientos científicos en el campo de la alimentación: la clave para prevenir y curar las enfermedades más comunes del siglo XXI.

If you struggle with stiff joints, poor balance, or weakness, this doctor-designed chair yoga guide can help you move confidently and safely—starting at the right level for your body. Written by a Doctor of Physical Therapy with over 23 years of clinical experience, this book is designed specifically for seniors facing joint pain, arthritis, back issues, mobility loss, and joint replacements. Whether you're recovering, feeling discouraged, or afraid to move, this program meets you where you are—safely and effectively.

Tired of not having the mobility you used to? Aging is tough, but it doesn’t have to be! Did you know that one to two percent of muscle mass shrinks every year after the age of 50? What if you were told that all your problems can be fixed by only exercising for nine minutes? If you want to learn how you can enjoy life without the disadvantages that come with age, then you really need to listen to this book. Imagine a life where your grandchildren tire before you do, and you get out of bed on a cold winter morning with no aches or pains.

Reclaim your vitality and manage menopausal weight – without feeling deprived or exhausted, even if you've struggled for years! The Essentials of Intermittent Fasting for Women 50 & Beyond is your comprehensive guide to ditching the confusion and embracing a lifestyle that promises weight loss, hormonal support, and healthy aging through the power of fasting.

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.

By combining a 5,-year history rooted in time-tested, ancient traditions with cutting-edge science, Dr. Chiti Parikh, executive director of the Integrative Health and Wellbeing Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a clinical professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, provides the steps...

In The Comfort Trap: The Ill Effects of Chronic Ease, Jeff Krasno explores a profound yet overlooked paradox of modern life: our relentless pursuit of ease is undermining our health and resilience. In a world where convenience is prioritized, our bodies and minds face a mismatch...

Does it feel as if you’re fighting your body to lose even one pound—or just to maintain your current weight? Respected health and wellness expert and bestselling author Jillian Michaels has been there, too. So she consulted top experts in the field of metabolism and discovered that she’d...

From a former contributing editor at Runner’s World, a narrative-driven prescriptive book on reckoning with the end of an athletic journey—and what comes next. On January 18, 2020, Dimity McDowell unknowingly went on her last run. The deceleration of her running career began three years...

Getting older can be brutal—women gain weight, lose their sex drive, experience hot flashes, suffer memory loss, become short-tempered, find it difficult to sleep, and on and on. It’s not so easy for men, either—they start to lose energy and stamina as they age, too (and they have to live...

Breath moves in wavelike motions. When breath flows freely within the body, we live in a natural state of harmony, making choices that enhance well-being and generate energy.Each individual breath travels through us in a unique way depending on its flow, texture, speed, and patterning. Like a...