Sod Sitting, Get Moving!

Getting Active in Your 60s, 70s and Beyond

AvMuir Gray,Diana Moran

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Sod Sitting, Get Moving! is the must-have guide to keeping fit and healthy in your sixties, seventies and beyond.Specifically designed for older adults the exercises, stretches and strengthening movements will help keep you fit, strong and supple for the years ahead. You will feel better, look better and younger and reduce your risk of disability and dementia.As we get older too many of us spend our time sitting and not exercising. This is a call to arms – a bonfire of the slippers! Walk more, get moving, get exercising, get fitter, and feel better! This handy book shows you how.With easy exercise ideas created by Green Goddess and health and fitness expert Diana Moran, with text from Sir Muir Gray, author of the bestselling Sod Seventy!, this is the perfect present for yourself, or for anybody turning sixty, seventy or eighty!

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-03-09
Mått:218 x 140 x 22 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Sod
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustratör:Mostyn, David
ISBN:9781472943767

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Motion & träning inom Hälsa och familj

Mer om författaren

Famous for being the BBC's Green Goddess fitness expert in the 80s, 35 years laters, Diana Moran still works as a health and fitness guru, broadcaster and writer. In her late 70s, Diana practices what she preaches, remaining fit and healthy by staying active from year to year.Sir Muir Gray is author of Sod Seventy! Sod Sixty! (with Dr Claire Parker) and Sod it! Eat Well! with Anita Bean. Muir was the first Chief Knowledge Officer for the NHS and set up NHS Choices. He was the founding Director of the NHS National Screening Programmes, establishing programmes for cancer and aortic aneurysm screening specifically for older people. He is a Consultant in Public Health at Oxford University Hospitals and a professor at the University.

Recensioner i media

Now I've got this book's splendid exercise routine to follow without ever going near a gym ... can't wait to start!

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Age UKSixty plus? Time to get moving by Muir GrayIntroduction by Diana Moran1 Getting older: your choices2 'Sod sitting, get moving!' exercise planPart 1: Get moving, wake up and stretchPart 2: Upper body, shoulders and backPart 3: Arms, chest and wristsPart 4: Core strength, tums and bumsPart 5: Thighs, legs and feetPart 6: Bones and osteoporosisPart 7: Strength, balance and the prevention of fallsPart 8: Resistance band exercises Part 9: Chair exercisesPart 10: Stretching3 What now?Your essential 5-a-day exercise planList of exercisesAbout the authorsAcknowledgementsIndex