When it comes to exercise, strength training rarely gets the attention it deserves. The fact is strength training is equally important to aerobics. It's often overshadowed by aerobic exercise, the kind that makes your heart beat faster and your lungs work harder. The cardiovascular benefits of aerobic exercise can add years to your life strength training can make those years fuller and more rewarding. By conditioning your muscles, strength training gives you the power and agility you need to stay fit, active, and independent. It protects your ability to do everyday tasks and many of the things you love to do. Strength and Power Training, a Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School, will introduce you to workouts that you can easily fit into your schedule. With just two sessions per week, you'll fortify your muscles and bones, add tone to your body, and confidence to your life. These are exercises you can tailor to your fitness and goals. The workouts are designed to motivate you and help you build upon your success. The report provides complete workouts for strength and power as well as for stretching and balancing. You'll find 25 instructively-illustrated exercises. Plus you'll get tips for avoiding injuries, charting your progress, buying gear, keeping sessions fun, and much more! So get moving! Order this Special Health Report now!

Strength and Power Training

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Elizabeth Pegg Frates MD

Exercise & Fitness

Harvard Health Publications

One of the best ways to stay fit and healthy as you age is by doing strength and power training exercises. You may know that starting in our thirties, we all begin to lose muscle mass. This loss actually contributes to achy joints, increased risk of injury, and the middle-age spread we all dread. What s more, the older we get, the faster muscle mass disappears. That means that eventually, simple tasks like getting out of a chair and climbing stairs can become more difficult. Strength training can help you build muscle, make you strong, increase your endurance and make everyday activities easier. By combining strength and power training exercises you ll not only get stronger, you ll build speed and improve your reaction time. That s critical as you age, because it can help prevent falls. Plus get 2 Special Bonus Sections at no extra cost: Plyometrics Power Moves and Stretching Exercises.

Strength and Power Training for All Ages: 4 complete workouts to tone up, slim down, and get fit

Michele Stanten

Harvard Health Publishing

About the Author\nMedical Editor Elizabeth Pegg Frates, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School and Fitness Consultant, Michele Stanten, Certified Fitness Instructor, American Council on Exercise\nYou know exercise is good for your heart. You know exercise is good for your muscles. And exercise is good for your bones. Not only that, for strong bones, exercise is essential. In this report, Harvard doctors share seven complete workouts that will foster stronger bones, build defenses against osteoporosis, and give you greater freedom from the risk of a break or fracture.

Exercises for Bone Strength

Strength and Power Training for All Ages

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