Title:
Strength training for seniors : increase your balance, stability, and stamina to rewind the aging process / Paige Waehner.
ISBN:
9781510758957
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
x, 145 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
"A 12-week plan" -- Cover.
Contents:
Basics of resistance training -- Why you should life weights -- Getting and staying motivated to exercise -- What you need to know to get started -- Exercise guidelines for seniors -- How the program works -- Let's get started: the warm-up and flexibility workout -- Total body strength: weeks 1 and 2 -- Total body strength 2: weeks 3 and 4 -- Total body strength 3: weeks 5 and 6 -- Split strength training: weeks 7 and 8 -- Split strength training 2: weeks 9 and 10 -- Total body compound strength training: weeks 11 and 12 -- What happens next?
Summary:
"Building and retaining physical strength is integral to living a fuller, longer life. Lifting weights can reduce the symptoms of everything from osteoarthritis and back pain to depression and diabetes. In Strength Training for Seniors, certified personal trainer Paige Waehner provides a detailed twelve-week strength program to help you safely and gradually build power, balance, and resistance with simple, easy-to-follow exercises"-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
on1193558852
Availability:
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