Stop Aging - Start Training - Is this Book for You? You Bet it Is!

Stop Aging - Start Training is written for Baby Boomers (or anyone who has begun to notice that their body is aging) interested in living a longer, stronger, and happier life. While directed at both genders, women in particular will benefit from this book as they are more susceptible to osteoporosis and are typically more concerned about fat accumulation (in addition to being more prone to it). As readers will find, both of these issues are directly controllable through strength training.

A very unique feature of this book is that it is like an invisible hand guiding you from your couch to your exercise station – whether that means on the living room floor, a mat in the garage, on a Swiss ball or at the gym. This book will take you from being sedentary to becoming active to living more youthfully. All in four short weeks!

Feeling skeptical? Feel like you’ve been left out of the exercise/diet book loop? The following seven points help make Stop Aging – Start Training a more effective, user-friendly tool for you to implement into your own lifestyle:

1. Greater variety of exercises than offered by other such books.
2. Detailed exercise descriptions and photos, helping you to easily master the techniques.
3. Detailed program options so that, regardless of your current fitness level, you can begin comfortably at your appropriate level of intensity.
4. Thorough discussions about which portion of muscles are being targeted by each exercise, rather than mere mentions of general muscle groups. This helps you to target specific areas more easily.
5. Complete coverage of exercise sequencing, the optimal sequential order in which exercises should be performed (an often-overlooked critical element).
6. In-depth coverage of abs and lower back flexibility and core strength development. This is essential, since the core is the center for balance and strength.
7. Extensive references from scientific journals.

This book stresses the belief that the human body should have come with an Owner’s Manual. And this is it!

Stop Aging - Start Training consists of two sections. The first is conceptual and theoretical, laying the groundwork for success in attaining health and fitness goals. The second section is practical, providing a full menu of exercises for each major muscle group, accompanied by detailed instructions and photographs.

A key element of this book is that no matter where you fall on the fitness scale, it will work for you. Why? Because it offers program options for three main levels of fitness: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. The first section starts with a basic whole-body workout plan designed for first-timers. (Throughout the book are italicized words. Except for titles and subtitles, they are words that are defined in the glossary at the back of the book.)

As a side note to what you may learn through the media, I feel the need to mention one thing. Every day, the media introduces new research which presents an idea that may be completely contradictory to research presented in the recent past. Many times, the research quoted by media is merely at the stage where the idea is simply a hunch. Hungry for new stories, however, the media jumps on yet-to-be proven theories. The key is to avoid believing every single research that comes out of scientific circles. Find out if such ideas are supported by numerous other studies.