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Title: Strong Women Stay Young (Revised Edition) by Ph.D. Sarah Wernick, Miriam Nelson ISBN: 0-553-38077-X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for women with a family history of osteporosis.
Comment: After "baby sitting" my mother during a recent hospital stay by my father, I realized I had to do something. My mother is now in her 70's and was diagnosed with osteoporosis several years ago. She has be going downhill ever since with the classic widow's hump. A woman who was 5'7" that now barely comes up to my shoulder and I am 5'6". After doing some research on osteoporosis I realized that strength training was a key component to preventing osteoporosis. I borrowed "Strong Women Stay Young" from a friend and the book aroused my interest enough that I bought my own copy along with my weights. (You should have seen the man's face at the sporting goods store when I requested 20 lb leg weights.) I started out at age 47 with 3 lbs on the triceps lifts, 4 lbs on the biceps lifts, and 5 lbs. on each leg. I will admit I could barely complete both sets of reps on the triceps at 3 lbs. Now, 17 weeks later, I am lifting 9 1/2 lbs on the tri! ! ceps, 10 1/2 lbs on the biceps, and 16 lbs on each leg. And still progressing at a slow rate as each weight becomes easier. I love the way my muscles feel. . . toned and tight but not bulked up. I plan to continue my lifting for the remainder of my life in order to keep from ending up with problems like my mom. I have also started my 16 year old daughter on the program. She is fit, healthy, and active in sports, but I feel that the program will benefit her long after the school sports have been left behind. I would like to start my mom on the program, but she doesn't think she can do it because she is so weak. Maybe one day. Buying Strong Women Stay Young and my weights and committing to the program was one of the best decisions of my life, which I hope will be a long and healthy one.
Rating: 3
Summary: Solid exercises, but . . .
Comment: The exercises in this book are solid and well-presented, but the writing is irritating! Maybe it's because the book was originally written two-decades ago, but I feel like I'm reading my mother or grandmother's self-help book!
There are way too many testimonials from vapid women who care far too deeply about other people noticing how they look ("people want to know my secret!" one woman gushes), or are pleased that because of weight training they went down to a size 6 (should any woman over 30 be a size 6?) or whatever. Stop telling me how good I'll look in a tank top or shorts, stop telling me to be careful and put all my equipment away (yes, Mommy), and start speaking to readers like contemporary adults rather than 1950s housewives, please!
Still, I like the exercises themselves quite a bit. I may just photocopy out the pages that give the details of same and get rid of the rest of the book!
Rating: 5
Summary: This Works
Comment: I started Nelson's program last July and now, almost one year later, i am still following the program with great results. I am 42 and have not followed a regular exercise program for more than a few months since high school. I am always skeptical of the latest fad, but this is not a fad! This book is a must read for anyone older than 40. Learning that you systematically lose muscle mass from age 40 on should be inspiration enough to start strength training. Another bonus from following the program: my young daughter tells people that her mommy is strong. Isn't that the image you want to portray for your kids? I am fully persuaded, too, by Nelson's argument that once you start strength training that it is an upward spiral. That is, aerobic activities become fun again (because you have strong muscles to use, not flabby ones to strain).
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