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Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy Until You're 80 and Beyond
Smart women don't grow older. They grow younger. A book of hope, Younger Next Year for Women shows you how to become functionally younger for the next five to ten years, and continue to live thereafter with new-found vitality. How to avoid 70 percent of the normal problems of aging and eliminate 50 percent of illness and injury. And how to live brilliantly for the three de...more
Paperback, 383 pages
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by Workman Publishing
(first published 2005)
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every woman who wants to live a long, healthy life
I LOVE this book! Although it's geared to 'older' women, I believe it is good advice for women of all ages. In order to take charge of our bodies, the authors stress throughout the book the importance of good, hard exercise six days a week for at least 45 minutes. They also believe that we should take charge of our lives by caring, connection with others, and commitment. In other words, get involved and live life! I believe these are habits that can be practiced and developed at any age, and the...more
Written by two friends, one a doctor and the other, a patient in his 70's, this is an interesting read. Their main focus is EXERCISE with some other minor points thrown in. The doctor explains the science of aging and decay and his friend goes into the the beneficial effect of exercise on that process. Well written with a good mix of humor and facts.
Two things bothered me a little: (1) They are very pro "joining a gym" and feel that you cannot succeed without doing so, and...more
Two things bothered me a little: (1) They are very pro "joining a gym" and feel that you cannot succeed without doing so, and...more
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AGING STARTS AT 30!! Everyone who is 30 or more should read this book or the original one, Younger Next Year. It really probably doesn't matter which one, the science and the recommendations are basically all the same. The for Women one just has a little more about women's health issues "more women die of heart disease each year than of all cancers combined ... two thirds of strokes happen in women." But the good news is that you DON'T have to age in the way we think about it, or as ...more
This book was loaned to me to read by my family doctor. He said he'd bought multiple copies and was lending them to all his older female patients...the first book he'd read about aging that he felt was worth sharing. I can't say I agree with him. The style of the book was very off-putting for me. I hate the "rah-rah" approach to almost everything except a soccer game. I avoid self-help books and programs on PBS like the plague. I'm annoyed by these people who claim to have "...more
I got this book from the library because Neil Gaiman said that Younger Next Year was recommended to him when he started a program to improve his health. He dropped a bunch of weight from his body and a bunch of years from his overall appearance in a relatively short time, so I thought I'd check this book out.
There were few good things in it and I will share them with you right here to save you from having to read this book:
1) Work out for at least 40 minutes a day, six da...more
There were few good things in it and I will share them with you right here to save you from having to read this book:
1) Work out for at least 40 minutes a day, six da...more
I didn't like this book at all. It's basically 12 CD's of alternating narrators (a doctor and a patient)telling you to exercise 6 days a week for the rest of your life...over and over and over and over and over. Can you say ad nauseum? Also, did I mention that it's two MALE narrators? I don't care how enlightened and/or educated that they think they are, they are NOT WOMEN. Maybe it's sexist of me to think that they can't comment on a woman's experience of aging in any meaningful (to me)way, but...more
Younger Next Year for Women is written by a doctor (Henry Lodge) and his patient (Chris Crowley). I found this book to be an easy read, very informative and I recommend it to anyone who is worried that the second half of our lives might not be as fun and rich as the first half (and guys - there is a version for men if you want to avoid topics like hot flashes). From this book I learned that the gradual decay that our society associates with aging - osteoporosis, stiffness, arthritis, dementia, e...more
I'm not a fan of self help books, but a friend came to visit one day that I hadn't seen in several months (you know who you are) the transformation physically was spectacular, as well as a revived soulfulness that was fascinating. So I decided to give it a read. I am hooked! This is a wonderful life saving challenge for anyone from 40 or so on up. I have always been a fan of physical exercise and eating well, but this put the puzzle pieces together and gave me a mission and the motivation (a...more
If you had told me I would ever give five stars to a HEALTH book, I'd have told you you were crazy. Who knew a book about getting and staying fit and active could be so funny, so compelling, so motivating, and so readable! The two authors are a fit man in his seventies with a great sense of humor and a non-nonsense approach to things. His voice alternates with that of Dr. Lodge, an internist/gerontologist who provides easy-to-understand biology and physiology to go along with it.
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One day when I was in my twenties and my mother was in her forties a man from our Havura sat down next to me and waved toward my mother, who was surrounded by friends she was chatting with. "Quite a good looking woman, your mother," he said. She was, I supposed. Depressingly more attractive than her twenty something daughter. I probably took after my father or perhaps my grandmother on my father's side, I thought.
That moment stayed with me and as my mother got older and con...more
That moment stayed with me and as my mother got older and con...more
Good:
I am now exercising at least six days per week as a result of this book.
I have a real incentive to be more social.
Alternating chapters of personal narrative and science explanations makes the read less dull.
Not so good:
Scanning paragraphs at a time because they repeat their themes so often, and with the same words.
The tone is fear-inducing sometimes. Do this, or THAT will happen. You won't be able to walk, you w...more
I am now exercising at least six days per week as a result of this book.
I have a real incentive to be more social.
Alternating chapters of personal narrative and science explanations makes the read less dull.
Not so good:
Scanning paragraphs at a time because they repeat their themes so often, and with the same words.
The tone is fear-inducing sometimes. Do this, or THAT will happen. You won't be able to walk, you w...more
This is a very interesting book about how we don't have to turn into old, decrepit ladies. The authors advocate exercise 6 days a week, and during the summer...or should I say bike riding weather...I can do that. But come winter, this will be a challenge. What I found most interesting was that our bodies naturally produce something called C-6, which causes inflammation; and exercise produces C-10, which fights that. So not exercising is sure to cause pain. If we want to feel good until we'r...more
This book is very inspirational and so appropriate especially for this stage of my life...54! It is mostly not anything i don't already know, but the way they put it together is very motivational! I now am more than ever commited to making sure I exercise regularly and keep my brain growing. It's just great to know that , like Jack Lalanne, I can be fit and healthy until I die...I just have to commit to exercise religously, eat right and always be involved in something. The book can be a bit...more
I found this book elitist. How many people can buy the best equipment and take the time to stay as fit as these authors proposes. They say if you do not exercise vigorously for an hour every single day of your life, you might as well pack it in. You will deteriorate and have an unhealthly older age. I belive in moderation and agree that regular exercise and diet are important to a more healthful gracful aging process, but I do not think you need the expensive toys and the obsessiveness that the...more
This gets a 3, rather than higher, due to the lack of any references to any scientific evidence. and there's no index ffs!
This book gets its credence from "the science" and the authors claim it is accurate but simplified. Fair enough but, without any references, for me with no background in biological sciences I have no way to distinguish this from the pseudo science in the many books i have read in the past that the authors speak against.
That said I have no rea...more
This book gets its credence from "the science" and the authors claim it is accurate but simplified. Fair enough but, without any references, for me with no background in biological sciences I have no way to distinguish this from the pseudo science in the many books i have read in the past that the authors speak against.
That said I have no rea...more
This could be a turnaround book for you if you're feeling your age. This is inspiring, educational, and a great overall read. A friend from Weight Watcher's recommended it when I wasn't in a very good place with my weight. I walked over to the bookstore and purchased it and started reading it while on the treadmill. I finished it a few days later and liked it so much,I got 3 other friends to read it and they're working out and motivated as well. Great read for motivation and understanding our bo...more
Excellent guide to living life to the fullest by taking care of your metal and physical health. Written by a doctor and his patient. The doctor gives you all the medical reasons to keep yourself young in language that won't bore you while Chris Crowly pumps you up and out of your seat. Excellent guiding to keeping your physical and mental age much younger than your actual years. I bought over 20 copies of this book when it came out and gave them away for Christmas to my friends and co-workers. I...more
Two authors, one is a folksy good old boy in his 60's or 70's the other is a doctor (I like the doctor chapters the best).
This book is written to the 50+ crowd but it applies to anyone over 35. Actually under 35 too. His basic premise is that you will age, but you don't have to decay. How do you stop decay? 60 minutes of hard sweaty exercise a day. He also talks a lot about lifestyle and how to keep yourself young through social interaction. There is one for men too and I think it wo...more
This book is written to the 50+ crowd but it applies to anyone over 35. Actually under 35 too. His basic premise is that you will age, but you don't have to decay. How do you stop decay? 60 minutes of hard sweaty exercise a day. He also talks a lot about lifestyle and how to keep yourself young through social interaction. There is one for men too and I think it wo...more
Besides being hilarious, this book will now be required reading for all my patients. In very accessible language, Dr. Lodge, a world-renowned geriatrician from Columbia University, describes our understanding of the science of aging -- and how to fight it. Here are the key words: growth and decay. And decay is optional. I'm joining a gym. Chris Crowley, a lawyer friend of Dr. Lodge, explains his progression from quickly-becoming-feeble old man to zooming-around-excited and planning-to-live...more
I may have intuitively known some of the things in this book, but I clearly did not take it far enough. Every woman over the age of 50, every woman is who retired, every woman who can find the time (at least 2 hours a day) for that matter, should read this book. I am working on Rules 1, 5 and 7 at the moment. So far I am only up to long, slow exercise consisting of walking 5 miles per day 5 days per week with 30 minutes of Pilates as a warm-up each day. As suggested, I am trying to treat exe...more
i really liked their philosophy for living in the last 3rd of life. it goes with everything else ive read about how to maintain the best health. it just seems to be alot of work.. once you have problems people spend the rest of their life dealing with them which makes it seem like not so much time spending less time now to prevent them. i did find harry's darwinian theories of where we came from a little out there but his advice on how to take care of our current bodies seems to be right on...more
This is a worthwhile read, even though the message is not really new: exercise a lot and don't eat garbage. But there is something inspirational about this book, maybe if only because the viewpoint is not, " follow these tips and you'll live longer, " but, " like it or not, you're going to live longer this century, so you better take care of your body." It was also an interesting technique to combine chapters of scientific information with practical information in lay langu...more
This book is probably really a 3.5, but I'm rounding it up because It does a rely good job of achieving it's main goal - to get you thinking about how you want to live the next 30-60 years of your life. I also like the explanations of why our bodies respond food/exercise the way they do based on our hunter/gather past and how we can use this knowledge to better understand our bodies now. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone 50+ but think younger people can get a lot out of it too.
This book makes a really convincing case for exercising 6 days a week. For those of us who are retired 6 days are at least possible. But the book uses a combination of stories and data to explain why physical activity is essential if we don't want to go into a long miserable decay in our 80s and 90s. The author is arguing that daily exercise, sensible eating, and staying socially engaged are simply what it takes to avoid the rest home.
Although there isn't a lot of new news in this book I really enjoyed it. The two authors have a good way of playing off each other and motivating the reader which is the whole idea. I ignored the Darwin section in favor of my belief in creation but the rest of the book was very interesting and has many good reminders for how to live as we all are having more birthdays!!! I am going to try to be ...younger next year.
For me, this book felt a lot like going to church and hearing a long and highly entertaining sermon. I already believed pretty much everything that Crowley and his partner are preaching, but ever so often one needs to be inspired anew. Crowley' irreverent tone amused me, though I did feel that some of the book was awfully wordy and repetitive. But I sped-read through those sections. What Younger Next Year unquestionably did for me was to reignite my commitment to exercising six days a week f...more
Like the male version, this is an eye opening look at what we need to stay mobile and productive to almost the end of our days. The premise is simple, all it takes is a little effort. There are no complicated rules to follow, diets to be maintained, or specific exercise to be followed. Everyone over 40 should read this and those younger would be ahead of the game if they went ahead and read it now.
The theme of this book is "grow or decay." I think we all know this - but this book explains it. I found it empowering. All of us can control most of the problems that come with aging - if we exercise. Of course, there are other things too - and they are well covered - but the focus of this book it to convince our bodies not to decay and we can only do this by exercising.
This motivating book tells you everything you already know about staying young and healthy: exercise (a lot), "don't eat crap" and stay connected with family and friends. The two authors tag team between cheerleading and providing factual studies. A good way to kick-start the journey toward a more healthy lifestyle. Check with me next year to see how I'm doing . . .
Every so often you stumble upon a self-help book that actually does its job. This is an excellent book for those of us 40 and beyond. It explains, in simple scientific (and often humorous) terms, how exercise is essential for this next phase of our lives, as well as keeping ourselves busy and connecting with others (we don't want to become the grumpy old lady next door, do we?). Now, these are subjects we all "know".... but somehow this book manages to drill them in. In fact, since...more
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