Review: A Great Starting Point
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2013
This little book is an excellent overview of the considerations that should be taken into account when exercising in your golden years. The potential benefits are enormous, but you have to be smart about it. The author goes over such areas as stretching, strengthening, conditioning and balancing. I particularly liked his emphasis on balance as this is one of the first aspects of health that people lose as they age. The only thing you need to be aware of though is that this book doesn't actually outline a golden years exercise program for you to follow (although the author mentions his at the end of the book). Rather he gives suggestions on what might be beneficial (example, yoga) and what you might want to try. Therefore I would say this book is an excellent starting point in order to get a broad overview of exercise in your golden years. Taken this way I do recommend it highly.