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Excellent overview for healthy living...I bought it for my Dad

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I bought this for my 73 year old father. He really enjoyed it and it has helped him make some needed dietary and exercise changes in his life. I have recommended this to other friends and family. It is clearly written with a striaght-forward style. It is great for someone who hasn't had a lot of nutrition and exercise guidance over the years. My father understand mechanics, and the descripotions of the heart's function was perfect for him. I highly recommend this for the men in your life. I purcashed 3 books and the CD as gifts.

Great Book!

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I love this book. It provides motivation and acts as a reference. Chris Crowley is funny, sincere, and pushy (in a good way), while Henry Lodge provides insight into the mechanisms of how our bodies work; and you don't have to be 50 years old to read it. Actually, you shouldn't wait until you're 50. The longer you delay in understanding how your body works and making these life changes, the more critical it is when you finally do.

Excellent book that changed my life.

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This book is written by a doctor and lawyer but is one of the best books I have seen written on the anti-aging subject. Not too technical yet just enough facts to know where their basis lies. Buy the hardback book because the paperback book came apart before you get to the end. I had to replace it twice. It was interesting enough that even after I had read the paperback and had to return it because of the loose pages, I still bought the hardback so I could re-read and use as a reference.

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I enjoyed this book very much. I've always been an exercise enthusiast, and my traditional thoughts were that if I were exercising 3 to 4 times a week, I was doing great! Now, I'm committed to exercising at least 6 days a week! I will run, ride, swim, or do resistance training at least 6 days a week from now on! The book really rationalized the purpose for exercise for me and it will for you too!

No Exercise "Fence Sitting" Allowed

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The difference with this book is that the authors recommend exercise with evangelical fervor AND give hold-your-hand, even comedic, instructions and wisdom. But their homespun approach does not hide the fact that they are dead serious. The book does refer to some studies, but basically the authors humorously and seriously deal with the physical "decay" of aging. And, yes, they discuss sex. No research studies are footnoted. I just assume they think the reader would not be interested; besides, who can tell if the research was correctly done? Nevertheless, why don't the authors just say, "Science aside, these are our best opinions based on our philosophies and experiences of life--as it should be"? (Or something similar.) You can't tell from the book's title that the latter chapters deal with the emotional-social side of aging, which they straight-forwardly face. To me this is the best section of the book. Even though one author is a doctor he makes dietary recommendations that not all health advocates would agree with--even the respected contrarian (to some) viewpoints of, let's say, The Weston A. Price Foundation. (Check it out; it's a dot org.) The authors don't seem to realize that some older (50-plus) persons can do few of the exercises they push. Some of their recommended exercises can be more easily followed if, for example, their readers get biannual knee injections of synovial fluid (paid for by Medicare for those 65-plus) or take a glucosamine-chondroitin combo tablet to lessen the pain of arthritis. (The latter supplement can take up to six months to be effective or not at all, and often gives a constant upset stomach/gas and too-frequent soft stools--did me, so I quit it, but some friends swear by it.) Exercise, alone, does not always lessen the pain from this condition. Nevertheless, "...this book has one core message--either you grow [in strength, i.e., exercise] or you decay" (p. 216). And I can add (p. 112): "We are not tired at the end of the day because we get too much exercise. We are tired because we do not get enough." We may also be tired from not getting enough quality sleep, which they don't address--check out a CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) machine; the new ones are super quiet. To some extent, I do not appreciate the rah!-rah! approach of the authors. Maybe that style, in part, is to compensate for the fact that they lauded the book as being based on solid scientific research, but present no data. According to the authors, exercising together can also strengthen the tie that binds you to your partner, will turn your relationship around, and rah!-rah! on they go. To use an altered hackneyed phrase: "Those who exercise together, stay together." But keeping in good physical shape doesn't depend on a marriage or some other tie, whether it binds or not. Relationships that no longer work (even after counseling) are detrimental to either partners' overall health. No science from me here, either; just common sense--sort of like parts of their book. To sum the book up too simply: 1. To keep, regain or get good health, you should exercise (fast walk, for example) for 45-minutes six times a week for the rest of your life. 2. To be happy you should be socially-emotionally connected; preferably intimately. That does sound a little too humdrum. The book is more interesting and certainly worth a read. A FINAL NOTE: I HOPE YOUR BOOK HOLDS TOGETHER BETTER THAN MINE. EVEN WITH GENTLE HANDLING THE PAGES STARTED FALLING OUT--APPARENTLY A GLUE-SPINE PROBLEM.