Strong women stay young

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Title:

Strong women stay young

Author:

Nelson, Miriam E.

ISBN:

9780553103472

Personal Author:

Nelson, Miriam E.

Publication Information:

New York : Bantam Books, 1997.

Physical Description:

xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

What Strength Training Will Do for You -- Yes, You Can Turn Back the Clock! -- Empowering Your Muscles -- Boning Up on Your Skeleton -- Keeping Your Balance -- Getting in Gear -- Preparing for Positive Change -- Equipped for Action -- The Strong Women Stay Young Program -- Strength-Training Basics for Safe Workouts -- Eight Exercises That Will Make You Strong -- Creating an Individualized Program -- Staying on Track -- A Lifetime of Fitness -- More Strengthening Exercises -- Doing the Program at a Gym -- Men Need Strength Training Too!

Abstract:

Miriam E. Nelson's research created news worldwide when the results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. After a year of strength training twice a week, women's bodies were 15 to 20 years more youthful. Without drugs, they regained bone, helping to prevent osteoporosis. They became stronger - in most cases even stronger than when they were young. Their balance and flexibility improved. They were leaner and trimmer, without changing what they ate. What's more, the women were so energized, they became 27 percent more active. No other program - whether diet, medication, or aerobic exercise - has ever achieved comparable results.

Strong Women Stay Young shows women how to get the same remarkable benefits at home or in the office, working out just twice a week. Individualized instructions get couch potatoes started - and help exercise buffs break through plateaus. Significant improvements are seen after just four weeks. This major new book features eight simple, safe exercises done standing or seated - no sweat, no special clothes; fully illustrated step-by-step instructions that any woman can customize to her needs; important new information on muscle, bone, balance, and fitness - explaining why this program works; progress logs for the critical first 12 weeks and a complete strength-training program to do at the gym. This scientifically tested program is proven safe and effective for beginning, intermediate, and advanced exercisers. All it takes is two short sessions a week to improve how you feel, what you can do, and how you look - for the rest of your life!

Subject Term:

Exercise for women.

Physical fitness for women.

Added Author:

Wernick, Sarah.

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Summary

The most potent new weight loss tool discovered by the medical community is strength training. Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Joan Lunden learned this from their personal trainers -- but they didn't share the details of their strength training programs with the public. "Strong Women Stay Slim" is the first book to combine the extraordinary health benefits of strength training with a medically proven weight-loss plan.

With Dr. Nelson's strength training program, women boost their metabolism and shed fat forever, while building muscle and bone. Scientific research has shown that metabolism (a key to permanent weight loss) can be increased 15% by strength training. In fact, a Tufts University study comparing women who followed identical diet plans found that the strength-training group lost 44% more fat than the diet-only group.

"Strong Women Stay Slim" has everything a woman needs to shape up and feel great:
-- Strength training exercises especially designed for weight loss
-- Healthy hunger-free food plan, with menus and recipes by award-winning cookbook writer Steven Raichlen
-- Motivational secrets from sports psychology that boost self-esteem
-- Inspiring stories from women who became trim and fit
-- Up-to-the-minute scientific information about weight, appetite, nutrition, and fitness
-- Fully illustrated step-by-step instructions, plus a ten-week workbook