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Younger Next Year for Women

Hardback , 352 pages
ISBN: 9780761140733 (0761140735)
Published by Workman Publishing
$24.95(US) $34.95(CAN)

Table Of Contents

    Acknowledgments: ix
    Foreword by Gail Sheehy: xiii
    Introduction: xxvii
    PART ONE: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR BODY
  1. The Next Forty Years: 3
  2. Lunch with Captain Midnight: 19
  3. The New Science of Aging: 29
  4. Swimming Against the Tide: 51
  5. The Biology of Growth and Decay: Things That Go Bump in the Night: 70
  6. Life Is an Endurance Event: Train for It: 89
  7. The Biology of Exercise: 108
  8. The Heart of the Matter: Aerobics: 127
  9. The Kedging Trick: 147
  10. A World of Pain: Strength Training: 168
  11. The Biology of Strength Training: 182
  12. “So, How Do I Look?”: 202
  13. Chasing the Iron Bunny: 218
  14. Don’t You Lose a Goddamn Pound!: 225
  15. The Biology of Nutrition: Thinner Next Year: 244
  16. The Drink: 261
  17. Menopause: The Natural Transition: 268
    PART TWO: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE
  18. “Teddy Doesn’t Care!”: 287
  19. The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion: 294
  20. Connect and Commit: 329
  21. Relentless Optimism: 348
    APPENDIX
    Harry’s Rules: 361
    Author Notes: 363
    The Younger Next Year One-Size-Fits-All Exercise Program: 381

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