Fit Over 40 For Dummies
by Betsy Nagelsen McCormack, Mike Yorkey

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Book Review: Pretty good advice, it seems.
Summary: 4 Stars

She is both positive and realistic in her approach. For example, she suggests that rather than planning to exercise three or four days a week, you should plan to do it every day. She reasons that if you miss two days on a seven-day schedule, you're still exercising for 5 days, and that's good. By contrast, if you miss two days on a three-day schedule, you've only exercised once during the week, and that's useless. Huh, who'da thunk it.

If you're over 40, sedentary, and feeling the need to get into better shape, I most definitely recommend this book.

Summary of Fit Over 40 For Dummies

Your complete guide to being fit and fabulous over 40, it shows you step-by-step how to set up a personalized fitness routine and stick to it, no matter what your age, weight, or athletic ability. Packed with practical know-how and inspiring anecdotes it shows you how to:

• Lose weight and inches from your waistline
• Boost your energy levels
• Lower or prevent high blood pressure
• Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
• Improve your muscle tone
• Give your skin a healthy glow
• Have a more vibrant sex life
• Rebound from life-changing events more quickly
• Get fitter than couch potatoes half your age
• Live a longer, healthier life

Combing her own experiences with the latest scientific research, retired women?s tennis pro, Betsy Nagelsen McCormack explores what it takes to be fit over forty. And, step-by-step, she shows you how to:

• Assess your fitness level
• Eat right for maximum fitness
• Choose and buying exercise equipment
• Select the right gym
• Develop a balanced program of aerobics, weight training and stretching
• Integrate exercise into your daily routine
• Prevent and working around common injuries and ailments
• Explore sports, outdoor activities, and more

Stop thinking about how great it would be to feel twenty-five again and do something about it. Fit Over 40 For Dummies helps you get on the road to health and well-being.

Described by Monica Seles as "one of the fittest people I know," Nagelson McCormack is respected in the athletic community for her dogged devotion to keeping fit, and, with the help of veteran health writer Mike Yorkey, she inspires readers to follow suit in an entertaining, informative, and collegial way. As this U.S. Open Senior Women's Doubles Champ educates you about metabolism (once it slows, you'll automatically gain a pound or two a year unless you exercise), the three pillars of fitness (cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and stretching), the fundamentals of good nutrition, choosing the right exercise program, and even tips for checking out a gym, you'll feel as if you're getting the skinny from an informed friend.

Filled with black-and-white photographs of Nagelson McCormack exercising, Fit over 40 is designed for busy people (indeed, she advises readers to initially commit to a workout that's just five minutes long) who want to skip between chapters and absorb vast amounts of information quickly. To liven things up, you'll even find sidebars on soccer star Brandi Chastain's sports bra, a critique of fitness magazines and Web sites, and a list of inspiring fitness movies. --Deborah Geigis Berry

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