Fit After 40: - Staying Healthy & Fit For the Aging Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781091164192)

This book is for men approaching 40 and older who wish to begin or continue a lifestyle that improves their health and fitness as they age. It's a compilation of current professional advice with a lifetime of acquired knowledge and experience by the author. He will walk you through each decade explaining the physiological changes, challenges, and what can be done to safely continue an exercise regimen for life. What makes this author unique is he has lived his advice to his present day advanced age. A former nationally ranked Olympic weightlifter, powerlifter, and bodybuilder, he knows what it takes to minimize injury, get stronger, fit, and healthier. He's effectively applied what he knows to his clients. Far from an exercise book, this invaluable, insightful information is an easy read filled with tips and techniques often absent from other health-fitness publications. By the time a man reaches 40, he begins to notice change in his body and features. Perhaps, he's been going to the gym since his teens to maintain a certain fitness level. He might have reached a level of fitness where he's competed in sanctioned meets. They may be in strength sports like crossfit, Olympic weightlifting, bodybuilding, or power lifting. Or, maybe, he's led a more sedentary life which has "slowed" him down. He might need to catch his breath while jogging with his son around the track-. Did your legs feel weak and achy after that short run? In every instance, he doesn't quite know how to manage the variances from what seemed normal throughout his earlier life vs. the way he feels today as he reaches that mystical age of 40. What's more, it's only the beginning. Each decade, thereafter, men can expect more change as they age. Their health, fitness, and longevity will depend on how well they've managed themselves to this point in life and how physical change will be handled moving forward. They need sound, reliable advice from a well-rounded source experienced as an exerciser, competitor, coach, and certified trainer. It's important to have such an astute advisor Why? Most aging men want to live and stay healthy, longer. They need the assurance and confidence that advice given is competent, tried and true without the hype. The author is such a source; he began his journey at 15 years of age. His experience goes beyond the gym; he's was a strength sport competitor, coach, and is multi-certified as a trainer. Further, he's effectively applied what he's learned to himself, first, before this experience has been successfully shared with others. This book will describe the challenges that will assuredly be encountered as the reader passes through each decade of life starting at 40. It's filled with opinion and advice from medical professionals, experts in the industry as well as what the author has lived. Invaluable information is offered to further any man's chances of living a healthy extended life. Plus, when the reader follows the author's advice, risks associated with disease, injury, and aging can be minimized. There're tips and guidelines regarding basic exercise techniques, exercise as we age, disease management, and how we can extend our lives frequently absent from other periodicals.If you're approaching 40 and want to achieve a healthier, robust lifestyle, this is the book for you. You'll know with confidence how much exercise intensity is safe to continue your quest to stay healthy as you age. So, reader, what're you waiting for?

Author: John Bovaird
ISBN-10: 1091164193
ISBN-13: 9781091164192
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2019
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.62d