Weight training is one of the fastest, most effective ways to lose fat, improve muscle tone, and strengthen bones. It also helps guard against osteoporosis, diabetes, and heart disease. Weights for 50+ shows how easy it is for anyone — at any age — to get started with weights. It teaches exercises that are suited to varying ages and degrees of strength, including super-easy, easy, intermediate, and advanced.
The program in Weights for 50+ focuses on the use of small free weights (starting at just 3 lbs.), and includes stretches and release moves — everything readers need to design a personalized weekly exercise plan. Weights for 50+ also describes proper training methods and explains how to achieve specific goals by varying the workout and carefully monitoring the number of repetitions. Last but not least, the author shows how to have fun and enjoy a workout for staying young.
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alexandra philoctete –
Un livre à recommander à toute personne qui arrive dans la cinquantaine.
Un beau cadeau à offrir à vos parents et amis durant le temps des Fêtes.
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Tierney –
Very informative. I plan to use many of the exercises to create a exercise routine. The information about health and exercises specific to health conditions are great.
Manon –
Make sure you don’t choose too heavy a weight. The exercises should suit the individual. They are not a competition, not even with oneself.
Rach –
Brilliant book (which I got for my kindle). Easy to follow exercises. Enjoying getting fit again. Use this 2 to 3 times a week. Also good for me as my knees are not too great (find the exercises don’t hurt them).
Kaye Federspiel –
The book makes you feel like you have to be so careful with an aging body that I think all the reminders about chronic diseases would scare me to start a program. Some info was good, I know the author needs to warn against injury but may be the age would be not 50, but 70 to 80 years.
b….47 –
I really like this book. I like that it is written for older adults that want to keep their muscle strength. This book truly understands what it is like to get old and makes you feel that your not alone in your body changes. Makes you want to start working out with weights and bands. It addresses ages from 50 to 101 yrs. old.
It gives pictures of each exercise done, which is a great plus. The exercises are also geared for elderly people, which makes you feel comfortable in starting them without fear of over-doing it at first.
If your looking for a book to help your in setting up an exercise plan with weights and bands to strengthen your aging muscles, I HIGHLY recommend this book.
JMRH –
well packaged and delivered in a timely manner, good guide to follow
janet sager –
This is a great book to learn how to exercise for older adults. I bought this book because i’m older and didn’t want to hurt myself using dumbbells. I wanted to exercise at home instead of going to a gym. This book has great pictures and explains how to do each exercise. It has some very easy exercises while sitting in chairs, and also has more advanced exercises with dumbbells. Great book.
Henry –
This book gives me a wide range of easy exercises for every area of the body that I am using to keep myself physically refreshed and adequately strong for my 50+ age. It is well illustrated and well written. I am very pleased to have bought it. Another book which I have found to be excellent, and that I use in conjunction with this one is
“Age Defying Fitness: Making the Most of Your Body for the Rest of Your Life.” I research books very carefully before buying them and these are among the very best, in my opinion.
R. Callicotte –
Bought this for my wife. She likes it. She says it is basically for someone new to exercise who is over 50 years of age. To quote her, she said, “I was hoping to see something with heavier weight and perhaps kettle bells.” She does think the graphics make it easy to follow the instructions.
Susan –
Very good information in this book. When you get to the routines for different areas of the body, it goes right to the point on what you should do. What I like most in this book is the all the pictures and short how to do them.
Jesse-Blue –
The best!
L. Dubas –
This was a gift for my boyfriends mother. She recently started lifting weights to help her osteoporosis. She had a trainer that she loved but he was let go when two health clubs merged. Her new trainer told her the other trainer was teaching her wrong and suggested she do different things. She told me there is an osteoporosis section in the book and it said if you have osteoporosis you should not push weight directly over your head or do any exercise that makes your body twist. This new trainer was having her do both. So it sounds as if this was a great Christmas gift for her and she is learning a lot. She said there are sections in the book specifically for other health problems as well.