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Feel young and fit in your fifties and beyond—with a simple, illustrated workout that strengthens bones and muscles. Weight training is one of the fastest, most effective ways to lose fat, improve muscle tone, and strengthen bones. It also helps guard against osteoporosis, diabetes, and heart disease. Weights for 50+ shows how easy it is for anyone—at any age—to get started with weights. It teaches exercises suited to varying ages and degrees of strength, including super-easy, easy, intermediate, and advanced. The program in Weights for 50+ focuses on the use of small free weights (starting at just 3 lbs.), and includes stretches and release moves—everything you need to design a personalized weekly exercise plan. Weights for 50+ also describes proper training methods and explains how to achieve specific goals by varying the workout and carefully monitoring the number of repetitions. Last but definitely not least, it shows how to have fun and enjoy a workout for staying young!

Amplify your stretches and exercises and prevent and rehabilitate injuries with these foam roller workouts from the bestselling health and fitness author.Once used exclusively in physical therapy settings, the foam roller has made its way into yoga and pilates studios, gyms and homes. With this simple device, you can:Improve core strengthIncrease flexibilityRelease tensionAlleviate painRehabilitate injuriesFoam Roller Workbook offers fifty effective exercises paired with clear captions and step-by-step photos that will help you roll your way to better posture, balance and relaxation. In addition, special programs will enhance your sporting life, whether you hit the track, the court, or the slopes.

Step into the non-impact, total-body benefits of water exercise with workouts for general fitness, sports conditioning, cross-training, and more. Once used primarily for rehabilitation, water exercise has been proven to build strength, improve cardiovascular fitness and burn calories all without the strain and trauma of land-based activities. This flexible training tool can help you:- Improve muscular strength- Increase flexibility- Enhance cardiovascular fitness- Alleviate pain- Rehabilitate injuriesWith step-by-step instructions and clear photos, Make the Pool Your Gym shows how to create the effective and efficient workout best suited to your needs. Whether you're a non-swimmer, an elite athlete or someone with a chronic condition, you can make a splash in your fitness level without even getting your hair wet.

Stay young with effective, efficient core strength training that will enhance your spine’s stability and re-educate correct muscle activation patterns.From swinging a golf club to carrying a bag of groceries, the core is everything. Balance, agility and youthful stature are just a few of the benefits of a toned and powerful midsection. Core Strength for fifty+ has everything you need to:Improve postureEnhance sports performanceGuarantee low back healthAvoid injuryWith workouts ranging from basic mat work routines to unstable training with foam rollers and stability balls, Core Strength for 50+ provides more than 75 exercises that build and maintain strong muscles in the abs, obliques, lower back and butt.

Over seventy safe, simple exercises you can do virtually anywhere for better strength, balance, and functional fitness—no heavy weights required! Resistance bands were first used in physical therapy settings to introduce low-intensity strength training for rehabilitating patients. Today they’re an increasingly popular fitness tool that comes in all levels of resistance and is perfect for targeting and working every major muscle group. Using this simple, lightweight, easily portable device, you can: • Increase Muscle and Bone Strength • Improve Balance • Reduce Lower Back Pain • Rehabilitate InjuriesResistance Band Workbook offers more than seventy safe, effective exercises paired with clear captions and step-by-step photos that can be done practically anywhere, anytime. In addition, special programs will enhance your daily life, whether you’re looking to revamp your physique, elevate your sports performance, or just improve your functional fitness.

ROLL AWAY ACHES & PAINS Therapy balls may be small, but when used properly-they are powerful. With 70 highly effective, self-massage movements, this book shows you how to maximize the healing potential of therapy balls to:*Release tension*Alleviate pain*Rehabilitate injuries*Improve core strength*Increase flexibility Therapy Ball Workbook's clearly explained exercises are paired with step-by-step photos that will help you reduce pain, enhance range of motion, and induce relaxation. It also details the best methods to release painful trigger points and break up soft-tissue adhesions that contribute to chronic pain.

A comprehensive at-home rehab and maintenance program with stretching, strengthening, and massaging therapies—from the author of Healthy Shoulder Handbook. The cause of your frozen shoulder may be a mystery, but the way to fix it is no secret. Heal Your Frozen Shoulder guides you through the entire rehabilitation process, from understanding the problem to regaining full movement. It even tells you how to avoid this debilitating condition in the future. Featuring over 200 step-by-step photos, this book presents a complete program to get your shoulder back to its best possible condition, including: Effective movements Progressive stretches Gentle strengthening techniques Long-term lifestyle adjustments Author Dr. Karl Knopf, who specializes in the needs of aging patients, emphasizes proven treatments and proper form to guarantee help with your shoulder pain regardless of your fitness level.

Master the incredible versatility of the foam roller with this full-color, step-by-step guide to end pain, regain range of motion, and prevent injury.With this helpful full-color guide, you can learn how to use your foam roller to remediate muscle strain caused by everything from sitting long hours at your desk to overdoing it at the gym. In addition, special programs will enhance your sporting life, whether you hit the track, the court or the slopes.Designed to improve your posture, balance and muscle tone, each exercise is carefully explained and includes step-by-step color photos to guarantee you do it right and gain the maximum benefits, including:Increase FlexibilityRelease TensionAlleviate Chronic PainRehabilitate InjuryImprove Core StrengthBreak Up Knots

The first Ulysses Press edition of this book (2012) has shipped 26,000 copies to date.