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Aging backwards, reverse the aging process and look 10 years younger in 30 minutes a day, Miranda Esmonde-White

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-281) and index

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Aging backwards

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Miranda Esmonde-White

reverse the aging process and look 10 years younger in 30 minutes a day

"In recent years the field of aging research has exploded with new clinical findings. Many widely accepted ideas about aging--including those about the inevitability of our declining metabolism, our dying brain cells, and our deteriorating muscles and bones--have been debunked. Today we know that the physical signs of aging are far more a product of lifestyle choices than of calendar years. Aging Backwards offers an exciting and comprehensive plan for actively slowing down and even reversing the aging process through gentle exercise that develops strong, flexible muscles. Why focus on strengthening muscles? Because as Miranda Esmonde-White, PBS fitness personality and creator of the Essentrics technique, explains, our muscle cells are the keys to our longevity. The powerhouses of our cells, the mitochondria, keep us looking and feeling young--and muscle cells contain more mitochondria than any other part of our body. If we can keep our mitochondrian fires burning, our muscles--not to mention our bones, hearts, lungs, and skin--can all experience the vitality of youth. And the best news of all is that it takes just thirty minutes a day of gentle exercise to keep muscles strong. With eight basic age-reversing workouts that build core strength, lengthen and tone muscle, increase flexibility, and speed weight loss, Aging Backwards offers the information and tools to live longer, healthier, and happier lives"--, Amazon.com

Introduction: The myth of aging -- Part I: How and why we age. What is aging? ; The building blocks of life and our inner fountain of youth ; "Why do I suddenly feel so old?" : how your body responds to the big 4-0 ; Meet your muscles, ligaments, joints, and fascia -- Part II: How we stay young and healthy. Stretch it out : flexibility is the fountain of youth ; Maximize muscle power : boosting strength and endurance ; Get moving : the connection between fitness and disease prevention ; Prevent and heal after injury -- Part III: The eight age-reversing workouts. How to do the workouts ; Straighten your posture ; Speed your weight loss ; Soothe your joints ; Increase your energy ; Relieve your pain ; Enhance your balance ; Improve your mobility ; Protect your bones -- Afterword: The power of life