Younger Next Year: The Exercise Program: Use the Power of Exercise to Reverse Aging and Stay Strong, Fit, and Sexy - Softcover

Fabrocini, Bill; Crowley, Chris; S. Lodge, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761186123 ISBN 13: 9780761186120

Publisher: Workman Adult, 2015

Synopsis

The definitive exercise book that the one-million-plus readers of the Younger Next Year® series have been waiting for―and the exercise book that takes the intimidation out of starting a workout routine. Based on the science that shows how we can turn back our biological clocks by a combination of aerobics and strength fitness, it’s a guide that will show every reader how to live with newfound vibrancy, strength, endurance, confidence, and joy―and it goes deep enough to be your exercise companion for life, even if you eventually take it to Masters levels.Younger Next Year: The Exercise Program combines the best information from the New York Times bestselling Younger Next Year with the cutting-edge knowledge and workouts from Thinner This Year. Here is the revolutionary 10-minute warm-up (critical for maintaining ankle, shoulder, and hip mobility). The five amazing things aerobic exercise will do for your body, and finding the method that works for you. How to get fit better and quicker with intervals. The importance of “whole-body” strength training and “rebooting the core.” Plus, the Twenty-Five Sacred Exercises that will be the foundation for your strength-training routine for life.

About this title

About the Author

Chris Crowley, a former litigator (Davis Polk & Wardwell), is the coauthor, with Henry S. Lodge, of the Younger Next Year books, and the coauthor, with Jen Sacheck, PhD, of Thinner This Year. Though in his eighties, he fully lives the life, skiing black diamonds and routinely doing thirty-mile bike rides. He and his wife live in Connecticut and New York City. Henry S. Lodge, MD, FACP, listed variously as “One of the Best Doctors in New York/America/the World,” headed a twenty-doctor practice in Manhattan and was the Robert Burch Family Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.

From the Back Cover

A training program for the rest of your life

Science proves that we can turn back our biological clocks through exercise. This is the guide that not only shows you how to start an exercise regimen, but also provides the motivation and know-how to keep it going for life.

Just as important: Here is the guide that shows the right way to exercise. How much aerobics to do. How to calculate heart rate effectively. How hard to hit those intervals. The magic of dynamic warm-ups versus old-style stretching, and the key to pain-free joints for life. How to do crunches to preserve your back.

Plus: The 25 Sacred Exercises, the foundation for a whole-body strength-training regimen by Bill Fabrocini, P.T., illustrated and with step-by-step directions for doing each exercise correctly.

Edition details

• Publisher: Workman Adult
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761186123
• ISBN 13: 9780761186120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176