Product Description

Increase your strength to improve your health, your appearance, and your performance—with Strength Training Past 50!

Strength training has numerous advantages for the active adult, including enhanced athletic performance and reduced risk of disease, including decreased symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis.

Strength Training Past 50 has everything you need to start enjoying these benefits or to jump-start your current routine:

-63 exercises for both free weights and machines

-14 workout plans for increasing size, endurance, and strength

-Sport-specific programs for running, cycling, swimming, skiing, tennis, and golf

-Eating plans for increased strength gains

Strength Training Past 50 will keep you active, healthy, and looking great with workouts and programs designed just for you!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #110897 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-13
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .65" h x 7.12" w x 9.94" l, 1.22 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

From Amazon.com
Strength training is an equal-opportunity exercise system; studies show that anyone who tries it can benefit. Muscle loss is inevitable through the years if you're sedentary. But no matter how old you are when you start, strength training has nearly immediate benefits: more muscle mass, more strength, less fat. This book gives older exercisers all the information they need to get started, including advice on testing for strength and how to pick a qualified personal trainer.

Review
""Wayne Westcott's and Thomas Baechle's advice is cutting edge, medically sound, and is the key to staying active and feeling healthy long after you've turned 50. It is just what this doctor ordered,""
Nicholas A. DiNubile, MD
- Orthopaedic Consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and Pennsylvania Ballet
- Author of "FrameWork" and Executive Producer and star of PBS special, Your Body's FrameWork
"Dr. Wayne Westcott has, once again, outdone himself, presenting in an easily understandable style the principles of safe and effective strength training for seniors. The importance of this aspect of fitness training for the older population cannot be overstated. Improving health, strength, and fitness while enhancing function and avoiding unnecessary injuries through strength training are particularly important in this age group. We once again applaud the latest effort by Dr. Westcott, one of the leading authorities on strength and fitness,"
Lyle J. Micheli, MD
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
O'Donnell Family Professor of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Director, Division of Sports Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston

Review

"Wayne Westcott's and Thomas Baechle's advice is cutting edge, medically sound, and is the key to staying active and feeling healthy long after you've turned 50. It is just what this doctor ordered."

Nicholas A. DiNubile, MD
- Orthopaedic Consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and Pennsylvania Ballet
- Author of FrameWork and Executive Producer and star of PBS special, “Your Body's FrameWork”

“Dr. Wayne Westcott has, once again, outdone himself, presenting in an easily understandable style the principles of safe and effective strength training for seniors. The importance of this aspect of fitness training for the older population cannot be overstated. Improving health, strength, and fitness while enhancing function and avoiding unnecessary injuries through strength training are particularly important in this age group. We once again applaud the latest effort by Dr. Westcott, one of the leading authorities on strength and fitness.”

Lyle J. Micheli, MD
Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
O'Donnell Family Professor of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Director, Division of Sports Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston