50 Athletes over 50: Teach Us to Live a Strong, Healthy Life - Softcover

McGrath, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982290713 ISBN 13: 9780982290712

Publisher: Contour Leadership, 2010

Synopsis

DISCOVER HOW ATHLETES OVER 50 LEAD EXTRAORDINARY LIVES! What does it take to continue to participate in athletic activities and sustained exercise later in life? How does it differ from managing these activities when you are in your 20’s or 30’s? Do you wonder if, or when, you have to give up your physical activities? You will be intrigued and inspired by the answers to these questions from Don McGrath’s book about 50 interviews of athletic people over 50 years old. True stories from his spectacular interviewees will inspire you like no others. Many of McGrath’s subjects never imagined that they would be role models for exercise and good health. Still, by applying a common set of characteristics, they have broken remarkable mental and physical barriers to succeed. Peek into the lives of Linda Quirk who ran seven marathons on seven continents at age 55, and in 2010 plans to run across four of the world’s largest deserts; Sandy Scott, 69, who broke a vertebrae at age 65 and four years later won a state cycling 20k championship; or 75-year-old veteran tap dance Gene GeBauer. With U.S. health concerns at the forefront, the athlete’s way of life helps us to understand how to take responsibility for our well being. Lessons learned from these interviews can help us avoid doctors’ offices, stave off diseases, and have more joy and contentment. In his final summary, McGrath examines the behaviors and attitudes necessary for all of us to have health and satisfaction through an active life. If you want to know the secrets of those who are still going strong in athletic activities in their later years, then this is the book for you.

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DISCOVERHOW ATHLETES OVER 50 LEAD EXTRAORDINARY LIVES!
What does it take to continue to participate inathletic activities and sustained exercise later in life?  How does it differ from managing these activitieswhen you are in your twenties or thirties?Do you wonder if, or when, you have to give up your physicalactivities?  You will be intrigued andinspired by the answers to these questions found in Don McGrath's interviews of50 athletic people over 50 years old.
True stories from these spectacular athletes willinspire you like no others.  Many ofMcGrath's subjects never imagined that they would be role models for exerciseand good health.  Still, by applying acommon set of characteristics, they have broken remarkable mental and physicalbarriers to succeed.  Peek into the livesof Linda Quirk, who ran seven marathons on seven continents at age 55, and in2010 plans to run across four of the world's largest deserts; Sandy Scott, 69,who broke a vertebrae at age 65 and four years later won a state cycling 20Kchampionship; or 75-year-old veteran tap dance Gene GeBauer.
With U.S. health concerns at the forefront, theathlete's way of life helps us to understand how to take responsibility for ourwell-being.  Lessons learned from theseinterviews can help us avoid doctors' offices, stave off diseases, and havemore joy and contentment.  
In his final summary, McGrath examines the behaviorsand attitudes necessary for all of us to have health and satisfaction throughan active life.  If you want to know thesecrets of those who are still going strong in athletic activities as they age,then this is the book for you.

About the Author

Don McGrath began his writing career unexpectedly, when his wife Sylvia quit her job and moved out of the house for six months to go to culinary school. She did come back....but before she did, Don had started writing his first book 50 Athletes Over 50 Teach us to live a Strong, Healthy Life, which he published in 2010. At the time, Don was 46 and wanted to find out how to stay fit and healthy for as long as possible.

In the process of completing his first book, he learned many things. He met some incredible and inspiring people that you can read about between the covers of the book, many of which he stays in contact with to this day. He also learned that he loves to write.

From this experience, Don went on to create the masterrockclimber.com blog in one his other passions, rock climbing. This led to his collaboration with Jeff Elison on Vertical Mind: Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing.

In 2017, Don left his career as an engineering leader in Fortune 500 companies to pursue his writing and speaking. His new book, The Climb: 7 Keys to Navigating Organizational Change combines his passions for rock climbing and leadership, and is due out in late 2017.

Don currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with his wife Sylvia and their dog Goose.

Edition details

• Publisher: Contour Leadership
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0982290713
• ISBN 13: 9780982290712
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 238