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Staying Fit After Forty: A Plan for Healthy & Active Living

by Don S. Otis

A practical fitness guide for life after 40

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A practical fitness guide for life after 40

Organized around the changing fitness concerns of adulthood, this guide brings together advice on exercise, nutrition, weight control, motivation, cross-training, and avoiding overtraining. It also addresses common injuries, time constraints, and ways to remain active after retirement, framing health habits as an ongoing part of later-life wellbeing. Don Otis compiles contributions from professionals in exercise, medicine, nutrition, counseling, and personal training, giving the book a broad wellness focus rather than limiting it to workout routines. Published in 2001, its health and nutrition guidance reflects the material presented in that edition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults over 40 seeking an overview of exercise, nutrition, and motivation
  • People wanting practical strategies for maintaining activity after retirement
  • Readers interested in injury prevention and cross-training guidance

Themes

Active agingExercise habitsNutrition and weight controlInjury preventionMotivation

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Book overview

According to former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, inactivity among Americans is reaching crisis proportions. Sixty percent are not active on a regular basis, and one in four are not active at all. Yet medical science has proven that keeping fit is the key to staying young, and as you get older, regular exercise and good eating habits-or their absence-will be crucial to determining the quality and enjoyment of your life.

In this book you will learn:

-17 benefits to staying active after 40
-8 tips for those who don't have time to stay in shape
-Common injuries and how to avoid them
-Practical ways to remaining healthy and active after retirement
-11 ways to stay motivated
-How to eat right for weight control
-7 reasons why crosstraining is important for those over 40
-11 indicators that you may be training too hard
- Vitamins and minerals: what you need and why you need them

Features critical advice for your forties, fifties, and beyond from nine experts
in the fields of exercise, health, nutrition, and counseling:

- compiler, author, and triathlete Don Otis
- author and physician Andrew Seddon, M.D.
- world recognized nutritionist Judy Lindberg-McFarland
- author and Barley Green(R) founder Mary Ruth Swope, Ph.D.
- counselor and health psychologist Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.
- sports agent Maryanna Young
- pastor and Ironman triathlete Jeff Mitchum
- vice president of Focus on the Family and runner Tom Mason
- personal trainer/fitness educator Laurie Ellsworth
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