Bonnie Prudden's After fifty fitness guide
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345318072 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"It is pain that ages us, not years." A book that can really change your life? Yes! Bonnie Prudden does more than inspire. Improve the quality of your life through work, play and good relationships, boundless joy andabove allexercise every day.. "Most people think of a walker as a bridge from bed to crutches. They are the last to walk to school no matter what the weather," Prudden explains. She shows you, step-by-step how to maintain, repair, tune up, and take charge of your body, your mind, and your spirit. "Anyone can look and feel younger by getting rid of their muscle pain," says Bonnie Prudden. In AFTER FIFTY FITNESS GUIDE, Bonnie specifically tailors her proven trigger point Myotherapy pain relief and corrective exercise techniques to the needs of senior Americans. Bonnie Pruden's After Fifty Fitness Guide, filled with photographs, charts, and drawing, will help you discover ways to keep fit, supple, and strong with over 100 completely illustrated exercises, from warm-ups, stretches, and strenuous exercises for the already fit, to "Bed Ballet" for the convalescent and stretches and bends that can be done in a chair or with a walker. Their bodies can be reclaimed and with the help of t
Bonnie Prudden's After 50 Fitness Guide nebbie I began reading this book today when I received it. Even though I'm over 50, I look forward to the exercises, etc. I remember Bonnie Prudden from when I was in college. She's a good fitness coach.. A Customer said Complete, safe, imaginative, fun exercise for people over 50. Bonnie Prudden calls people over 50 "the last fit Americans." By this she means that older people built their bodies to be strong and functional, by playing outdoors as children, walking to school, etc. Even if their fitness has declined, it can be regained. Ms. Prudden debunks myths about older people ("you can't teach an old dog new tricks," "all old people end up in nursing homes," etc.) and presents a clear, simple fitness test to use in taking stock of one's life and current fitness level. She presents her time-tested exercise program, re. Five Stars My wife likes the book very much.
She debunks myths, such as "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" and thatsex ends at 50 or 60, but her tedious diet advises listing and weighing each morsel, and her theory of myotherapy (trigger-point therapy) for lower back pain is a combination of common sense and shiatsu. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly "It's pain that ages usnot years," argues Prudden (Pain Erasure, etc.), fitness adviser to the Eisenhower administration, in this book that is brimming with almost 200 helpful exercises (illustrated with photographs and cross-referenced in charts for ailments and professions) to relieve pain and build everything from muscle to self-image. The text is disorganized, full of simpl
By the time she decided to apply her considerable energy toward improving fitness training for her own and the rest of the nation's children, she had already proven herself as a Broadway dancer, first woman to receive the National Ski Patrol badge and a world-class rock climber. Bonnie Prudden was instrumental in the formation of the Presi