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Senior Surfers stay fit |
| With fitness after 50 as a theme, who better to spotlight than Hawaii’s senior surfers who trailblazed the way for today’s professionals to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two are in the International Surfing Hall of Fame; several are board shapers and teachers. One runs the most prestigious pro surfing event in the world. One is a state senator and one is a woman. |
Fit after 50 |
| Two East Honolulu women stay in shape by running, paddling, swimming and competing. |
Fitness advice for seniors |
| Being healthy as we age is more than just eating right. It’s exercising regularly and getting medical checkups. Local health and fitness professionals offer guidelines to living the good life after 50. |
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Ultra-Longevity: The Seven-Step Program for a Younger, Healthier
You
Mark Liponis MD
Hardcover, $25.99, Gen Nutrition
Dr. Mark Liponis of Canyon Ranch offers a powerful prescription for
good health built on the science of staying healthy: ultra-prevention.
Presenting a crucial alternative to modern medicines specialized,
“fix-the-broken-parts” approach to fighting illness, ultra-prevention
is an integrated and holistic medical approach focused on maintaining
good health and preventing disease.
Cycling Past 50: For Fitness and Performance through the Years
Joe Friel
Paperback, $17.95, Cycling
Written for bikers of all types — road riders, mountain bikers,
track racers — who want to continue to participate and excel
in their favorite activity as they age, “Cycling Past 50”
presents basic and advanced training programs, racing strategies,
and much more.
Strength Training Past 50: Your Guide to Fitness and Performance
Wayne L. Westcott & Thomas R. Baechle
Paperback, $16.95, Weight Training
Strength training has numerous advantages for the active adult, including
enhanced athletic performance: reduced risk of disease: and decreased
symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis. “Strength
Training Past 50” will keep you active, healthy, and looking
great with workouts and programs designed just for you.
Yoga Over 50: The Way to Vitality, Health and Energy in the Prime
of Life
Mary Stewart
Paperback, $16.00, Yoga-Fitness
Low impact and noncompetitive, yoga offers renewed energy and health
—and relief from a wide range of physical and emotional ailments.
This book provides simple yoga exercises that bring the benefits of
this ancient discipline to any person who has to take the body’s
changing needs into account.
Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human
Aging in Our Lifetime
Aubrey de Grey Ph.D. & Michael Rae
Hardcover, $26.95, Biology
A long life in a healthy, vigorous, youthful body has always been
one of humanity’s greatest dreams. Recent progress in genetic
manipulations and calorie-restricted diets in laboratory animals holds
forth the promise that someday science will enable us to exert total
control over our own biological aging. In “Ending Aging,”
Dr de Grey and Michael Rae, describe the details of this biotechnology.
The Longevity Diet: Discover Calorie Restiction — The only
Proven Way to Slow the Aging Process and Maintain Peak Vitality
At last, here’s a book that synthesizes the increasingly popular
CR (Calorie Restriction) diet for the layperson — to eat highly
nutritious foods in smaller quantities to extend the healthy years.
Two longtime CR practitioners introduce readers to CR, how to practice
it, and the skinny on super foods.
Chasing Life: New Discoveries in the Search for Immortality to Help
You Age less Today
Sanjay Gupta M.D.
Hardcover, $24.99, Gen Nutrition
Blending amazing futuristic science, compelling stories on the quest
for life extension, and cutting-edge practical advice on halting the
aging process, this life-changing book by Dr. Sanjay Gupta revolutionizes
the way you think about aging — and reveals the secrets to helping
you live a longer, healthier life for many years to come.
Healthy at 100: How You Can At Any Age, Dramatically Increase Your
Life Span and Your Health Span
John Robbins
Paperback, $14.95, Gen Nutrition
In this revolutionary book, best-selling author John Robbins reveals
the scientifically proven secrets of the world’s healthiest
and longest-lived peoples, and explains how to live an extended and
fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom,
vitality, and happiness.
BORDERS
These titles are all currently available at the six Borders Express and Borders Books, Music, Movies & Cafe outlets on Oahu—Ward Centre, Waikele Center, Mililani Town Center, Pearlridge Center Uptown, Waikiki Shopping Plaza and Windward Mall. Call the store nearest you for more information.