Senior Fitness

The senior years don't have to be filled with aches and pains. At age seventy, Ruth Heidrich has the bone mass density of a woman in her early thirties and a resting heart rate of forty-four. Since being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of forty-seven, she has won more than nine hundred athletic trophies and medals and has been cancer-free for more than twenty years. In Senior Fitness, the "other" Dr. Ruth shows how to maintain and even increase physical and sexual fitness at any age--and dramatically reduce the risk of prostate cancer, varicose veins, osteoporosis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's, and a host of other ailments and diseases. Full of detailed medical information, this inspiring handbook is the ideal resource for all those seeking to make life after fifty full of fun and dynamism.

This work details a test that is suitable for measuring the fitness levels of older adults. It includes performance standards and tables for evaluating individuals according to their age and gender.

2nd Edition - Updated and easier to use! Senior Fitness - Metric Edition is written by a senior especially for senior men and women, ages 50 to 80 years, who want to get healthy, stay healthy and enjoy life. - Learn how to exercise properly. - Learn how to improve your balance and reduce your risk of falling. - Learn how to eat to stay healthy and live longer. - Learn how to lose weight safely and keep it off. - Learn how to avoid gaining weight as you get older. This book has 45 Tables & 14 Figures and a Bibliography. Many of the tables are new & unique. (Metric units) Senior Fitness is a great reference and a practical lifelong guide packed with useful and often unique information. Senior Fitness - Metric Edition is another sensible book you can trust from NoPaperPress.

Senior Fitness is written by a senior especially for senior men and women, ages 51 to 80, who want to get fit, stay healthy and enjoy life. Learn how to safely get fit, lose weight, eat healthy and look your best. Learn how to exercise properly; learn how to improve your balance and reduce your risk of falling; learn how to eat to stay healthy and live longer; learn how to lose weight safely and keep it off, and lean how to avoid gaining weight as you get older. Senior Fitness is a great reference and a practical lifelong guide packed with useful and often unique information. This is another sensible, easy-to-use eBook you can trust from NoPaperPress. (Imperial & metric units, PhD author) TABLE OF CONTENTS - What to Expect as You Age - Senior Health Issues - Heart Disease Risk Factors - Stroke & Warning Signs - Diabetes - Counter Measures - Benefits of Being Fit FITNESS ASSESSMENT - Aerobic (Cardio) Assessment - Walking Test - Strength Assessment - Flexibility Assessment - Balance Assessment - Body-Weight Assessment - Nutrition Assessment EXERCISE FOR SENIORS - Calories Burned vs Activity - Types of Exercise - Select the Right Activity - Exercising in Hot Weather - Exercising in Cold Weather IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE - Balance Disorders - Reducing Your Risk of Falling - Balance Training Exercises CARDIO EXERCISE - How Hard? - Target-Heart Rate Method - Target-Training Zone Method - Intensity-Level Guideline - When Not to Trust Your Pulse - Cardio: How Long & Often? - Typical Cardio Workout - Pulse Measurement - Walking Program - Get a Pedometer - Jogging Program STRENGTH TRAINING - Strength Programs - Dumbbell Exercises - Additional Dumbbell Exercises - More Exercises - Missed Workouts - Exercise Risks & Problems - Avoiding Injury - Keep an Exercise Log - Workout to Feel Good NUTRITION FOR SENIORS - Our Terrible Eating Habits - Nutrients & Micronutrients - Proteins are Building Blocks - You Need Carbs - Glycemic Index - Cholesterol & Triglycerides - Good & Bad Fats - Vitamins & Minerals - Healthy Eating Guidelines - Basic Food Groups - Organic Food – Yes or No? - Is Organic Worth the Cost? - Is Vegetarianism for You? - Types of Vegetarians - Vegetarian Lifestyle - Vitamin & Mineral Supplements - Food Container Labels - Calorie Value of Foods - You need Fiber - Drink Lots of Water - Go Easy on Salt - Restrict Sugar - Limit Alcohol & Caffeine - About Sports Drinks - Common Sense Nutrition WEIGHT CONTROL - Causes of Overweight & Obesity - Weight Change & Energy - Slimming Math Made Easy - Weight Loss Prediction Tables - Weight Loss Prediction Example - Why Weight Loss Decreases Over Time - Weight Loss Due to Water Variations - The Dreaded Weight Loss Plateau - Weight Loss Principles - Which Weight Loss Diet? - Planning Weight Loss Eating Patterns - Set Meals & Calorie Control - 900, 1200, 1500, 1800 kcal Diets - Keep a Log of What you Eat - Weight Maintenance - Keeping It Off - Weight Maintenance Example - Planning Maintenance Eating Patterns - Use Mini Diets to Maintain Weight - Summarize Your Nutritional Needs This eBook has 45 Tables and 14 Figures. Many of the tables are new and unique. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stop Playing It by Ear As I type this, we're on the first week of 2019 and I imagine that all gyms around the world are probably as packed as they will be for the year. Unfortunately, many of us won't last more than a few weeks and these gyms will empty out as quickly as they filled up. You see, most fitness information available either online or on print is catered towards a younger population that doesn't know what chronic back pain feels like. Therefore, most senior citizens have to "play it by ear" when it comes to exercise routines and, consequently, end up with unreasonable expectations and improper planning. This leads to loss of motivation and certain desertion. This is why I brought it upon myself to write Senior Fitness. With this book, I hope to provide to you with workouts for any level of physical fitness. You will be able to gauge your physical ability with a physical test, follow tailored workout routines, and customize these workouts to your needs. So, it doesn't matter if you haven't held a dumbbell in decades or if you're eating a Big Mac as you read this, you will find value in this book. If you're ready to get back into shape, then click the 'add to cart' button and get your copy of this book today.

The exercise programming guidelines provided in this book focus on functional fitness training and safety and demonstrate how physical activities supervised by activities personnel can strongly benefit participants’quality of life. Exercise Programming for Older Adults guarantees that exercise programming attains a balance between the three major physical components--aerobic, strength, and flexibility training--and that each component is properly administered. The techniques and applications described are geared toward those with prevalent conditions of aging such as arthritis, osteoporosis, joint replacement, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This essential handbook arms the reader with a multidisciplinary approach to exercise management for elderly populations. The chapter authors are experts from the fields of fitness instruction, nursing, physical therapy, medicine, research, and exercise physiology. As they address the theory and practice of providing sound exercise programming, specific exercises are described and illustrated, with emphasis on functional fitness outcomes, safety precautions, fall prevention, and practical adaptations for low-fit and physically limited participants. Chapter discussions include: aerobic exercise strength training flexibility training the administration of mild posture and breathing exercises for debilitated individuals with poor prognoses positioning and transfer techniques essential for optimal activities management of neurologically impaired patients warm water exercise programs designed for persons with low tolerance of conventional training methods Exercise Programming for Older Adults serves as a vital resource for activity coordinators in long-term care settings and for group fitness instructors and personal trainers who serve older adult and frail elderly clientele. Readers will discover alternative techniques and applications for maximizing the physical and mental therapeutic benefits of exercise and developing the functional fitness of even the most physically challenged participants.

Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, emphasizes balance and features over 150 photos illustrating the design and implementation of a safe and effective exercise program to improve range of motion, strength, and aerobic endurance for frail elders and older adults with special needs.