Strong Women Stay Young (Revised Edition) - Softcover

Nelson, Miriam; Sarah Wernick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055338077X ISBN 13: 9780553380774

Publisher: Bantam, 2000

Synopsis

Turn back the clock in just two at-home sessions per week!

This scientifically proven strength-training program:

Replaces fat with muscle
Reverses bone loss
Improves energy and balanceRevised--new streamlined program!

The scientifically proven strength-training program that turns back the clock for women aged 35 and up--from the famed research labs of Tufts University

Miriam E. Nelson's research created worldwide news when the results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. After a year of strength training twice a week, women's bodies were 15 to 20 years more youthful. They had less fat and more muscle; bone loss was prevented or reversed; their strength and energy increased dramatically; and they showed surprising gains in balance and flexibility. No other program--whether diet, medication, or aerobic exercise--has ever achieved comparable results.

Strong Women Stay Young shows how any woman can achieve the same benefits at home, in a program tailored to her individual needs. A bestseller in its first edition, it has now been revised to be even easier to use. It features eight streamlined exercises with fully illustrated instructions; new supplemental moves for the back, abs, and more; a complete program to do at the gym; plus an all-new chapter for men. Significant improvements are seen after just four weeks.

Filled with inspiring quotes from women aged 35 to 92 who transformed their lives with this program, Strong Women Stay Young provides the information and motivation to make a real difference in women's lifelong health.
Now revised, this new edition will include:

A streamlined program for new readers
New state-of-the-art scientific information
New options and more than a dozen supplemental exercises for expanding and individualizing the program
Some information for men interested in this dynamic program

All the original reader-friendly aspects remain.  STRONG WOMEN STAY YOUNG is fully illustrated, and the step-by-step instructions are accessible and clear. Inspiring stories of women of all ages who transformed their lives with strength training are sprinkled throughout. Strong women do stay young--and reverse bone loss, increase energy, improve
balance and flexibility--and this is the book to tell them how. -->

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Review:

The sad truth of all exercise programs is that you have to follow them to get results. This one is no different, but its well-designed, progressive strength-training promises the fountain of youth in two 40-minute sessions a week. An extravagant claim? Yes. But many women, especially those between age 40 and 80, can achieve certain measures of youth: denser bones, better balance and flexibility, more strength and energy than women years younger. The guidelines in Strong Women Stay Young are backed with solid--though small--studies and thorough explanations of how aging changes your body. Authors Miriam E. Nelson and Sarah Wernick include clear charts, instructions, and exercise illustrations featuring women who carry extra pounds and years gracefully.

From the Publisher:

"An essential tool for women of all ages."
--C. Everett Koop, M.D.

"Miriam Nelson's work shatters all the crippling myths we have inherited about the inevitability of weakness, deterioration, and osteoporosis as we age. Her research makes it clear that you can begin to get strong even if you wait until you are 90--and without taking hormones! Strong Women Stay Young is an inspiring and motivational program."
--Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"A vitally important book, based on solid scientific research, which for the first time offers hope to the woman who wants to live a long, vigorously active and healthy life to the fullest. It shows clearly that many of the changes associated with aging can not only be delayed, but even reversed."
--Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., author of The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being

"Strong Women Stay Young speaks the language of choice to women. The message is exquisitely clear...you're only as old as you let yourself be!"
--Margaret Richard, host of Body Electric, PBS television

"Dr. Nelson has provided women an outstanding opportunity to grow stronger, healthier, and younger."
--William J. Evans, Ph.D., Director, Noll Laboratory of Human Performance, Pennsylvania State University, and author of Biomarkers

"A terrific book! Finally, a science-based program to help women of all ages live strong and vital lives."
--Robert N. Butler, M.D., Director, International Longevity Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 055338077X
• ISBN 13: 9780553380774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288