- Age-Defying Fitness
- Making the Most of Your Body for the Rest of Your Life
- Written by Marilyn Moffat
- Written by Carole B. Lewis
- Adult
- Paperback: $19.95
- ISBN: 978-1-56145-333-7
- Total Pages: 288
- Size: 7 x 9
- Language: English
- Rights: World, except Japan & Korea
- Status: active
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- Color Info: black & white illustrations and photographs
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- Health
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Age-Defying Fitness
There is no doubt that our bodies change with age, as the baby-boomer generation is now learning firsthand. But many of the problems attributed to inevitable age-related changes are in fact not inevitable and are often lifestyle-induced and reversible.
In this new book, Moffat and Lewis show how to overcome the aches, stiffness, and unsteadiness in your muscles and joints. Using their simple, self-administered tests, you will assess your level of physical performance in these five critical domains: posture, balance, strength, flexibility, and endurance. The authors help you develop a personal profile according to the results of these tests. Easy-to-follow strengthening and stretching exercises, based on the latest clinical research, accompany a Thera-Band ® resistive exercise band for use in some exercises.
More than a simple how-to book, Age-Defying Fitness encourages you to take responsibility for your physical well-being, and offers an easy everyday approach to achieving better health.
To purchase a Thera-band individually, please contact The Hygenic Corporation at their toll-free number: 1 (800) 321-2135.
Author & Illustrator
Marilyn Moffat, PT, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in the field of physical therapy, is professor of physical therapy at New York University and has also been in private practice for almost forty years. She lives in New York.
Carole B. Lewis, PT, PhD, is founder and owner of a large physical therapy practice in Washington, DC. She serves on the medical faculty of George Washington University. Lewis has published numerous textbooks and articles in the field of aging. She lives in Maryland.
Reviews
“...excellent, easy-to-understand guidance for baby boomers looking to assess their level of physical fitness... A great resource for determining one's fitness level and custom-tailoring a program: highly recommended...” ―Library Journal
“If you are an aging baby-boomer, chances are good you will fail this book's quick quiz assessing your overall physical health. Read on and you may soon earn a passing grade.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“In their recently published book, Age-Defying Fitness, two prominent physical therapists, Marilyn Moffat of New York University and Carole Lewis of Washington, provide the ingredients to help you make the most of your body for the rest of your life.” ―Jane Brody, The New York Times