Dynamic Aging
Description
As seen on the Today Show, Dynamic Aging isn't that same old senior fitness, senior stretching, senior strength book you've seen again and again. This book is about using simple exercises to feel better and get back to living vitally no matter your age.
Don't blame your age if you're feeling creaky. It could just be the way you're using (or not using) your body. ―Washington Post on Dynamic Aging as a Book for the Ages
Movement is a powerful tool and changing how you move can change how you feel, no matter your age. Dynamic Aging is an exercise guide geared to an over 50 audience that includes:
- 30+ illustrated exercises
- Moves for pain-free feet and strong hips
- better balance and getting over the fear of falling
- how to improve sitting, standing, and walking posture
- go from stiff shoulders to arms that can reach, carry, and lift
- how to stay fit to drive
- tips for moving more in daily life
Alongside Bowman's exercise and alignment instructions are stories and advice of four women over seventy-five who began this program over a decade ago. Along the way they found recommended surgeries unnecessary, regained strength and mobility, and ended up moving more than they did when they were 10 years younger.
From hiking in the mountains to climbing ladders and walking on cobblestones with ease, each of these women embodies the book's message: No matter where you're starting, if you change how you move, you can change how you feel.
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Bestselling author, speaker, and a leader of the Movement movement, biomechanist Katy Bowman, M.S. is changing the way we move and think about our need for movement. Her eleven books, including the groundbreaking Move Your DNA, have sold more than 300,000 copies in English and been translated into 17 languages worldwide.
Bowman teaches movement globally and speaks about sedentarism and movement ecology to academic and scientific audiences such as the Ancestral Health Summit and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Her work has been featured in media as diverse as the Today Show, CBC Radio One, the Seattle Times, NPR, the Joe Rogan Experience, and Good Housekeeping.One of Maria Shriver's ?Architects of Change? and an America Walks ?Woman of the Walking Movement,? Bowman consults on educational and living space design to encourage movement-rich habitats. She has worked with Patagonia, Nike, and Google as well as a wide range of non-profits and other communities to create greater access to her ?move more, move more body parts, move more for what you need? message.
Her movement education company, Nutritious Movement, is based in Washington State, where she lives with her family.
Content
Introductions
Chapter 1: Your Feet Are Your Foundation
Chapter 2: Balance,Stability, and Getting Over the Fear of Falling
Chapter 3: Super-Strong Hips and Single-Legged Balance
Chapter 4: Walking
Chapter 5: Reaching, Carrying, Lifting, and Other Functional Movements
Chapter 6: Fit to Drive
Chapter 7: Movement Is Part of Life
Get Moving
All-Day Alignment Checks
Tips for Moving More in Daily Life
Whole-Body Mobility Flow
Exercise Glossary
Appendix: Exercise Equipment and Additional Sources of Information
References
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
