Going The Distance : The Right Way to Exercise For People Over 40 - Hardcover

Ronald M. Lawrence; Sandra Rosenzweig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874774144 ISBN 13: 9780874774146

Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher; St. Martin's Press, 1987

Synopsis

Recommends fourteen aerobic sports and exercises; offers tips on equipment, clothing, nutrition, warmups, and safety precautions; and discusses health considerations for those over forty

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While others engage in "thrusting and twisting like frenzied disco dancers," Lawrence and Rosenzweig's (he specializes in sports medicine; she is a medical writer) proteges will be cycling, swimming, skiing and kayaking, absorbed in "the exhilaration of moving." This encouraging guide to midlife exercise tartly rejects Jane Fonda-type calisthenics as drudging and of inferior aerobic quality. Readers can learn how to weather the elements and ailments (arthritis, asthma, diabetes), as well as how to select beneficial indoor and outdoor sports, and test and buy the appropriate equipment. There are lucid five-minute exercise lessons with schedules that regulate the beginner's progress and first-aid tips. But this otherwise sensible and informative guide is spiked with feeble wit and profiles of born-again athletes, and provides a simplistic explanation of the mechanisms by which aerobic exercise is allegedly a boon to heart, complexion and taut nerves, etc. Illustrations not seen by PW. (March
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Can people over 40 make their physical fitness programs fun? The authors think so and have presented a good summary of basic exercise principles together with coverage of exercises for aerobic fitness. Although they don't always substantiate their claims for the value of exercise, and there is some medical jargon, it is a good book for the intended audience. For indoors they recommend exercise bikes, rowing machines, jump rope, etc. Outdoor activities include walking, swimming, cycling, cross country skiing, and kayaking. They consider running an outdated fad. The format includes a "pitch" for each activity, plus equipment, first aid, a five-minute lesson, and intermediate and master performance levels. Kenneth Tillman, Health & Physical Education Dept., Trenton State Coll., N.J.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher; St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874774144
• ISBN 13: 9780874774146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242