Turn On, Tune In, Get Fit: The Midlife Woman's Easy Guide to Exercising and Eating for a Healthier Future

By Kathleen Engel

Think life after 40 means your ''good years'' are over? No way! Turn On, Tune In, Get Fit: The Midlife Woman's Easy Guide to Exercising and Eating for a Healthier Future is a must-have basic resource for women in midlife who want to get fitter and healthier. Written by Kathleen Engel, a fitness writer and personal trainer certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Turn On, Tune In, Get Fit provides:

- A gentle ''intervention'' to help you get motivated and keep moving forward
- A simple, easy-to-understand weight training regimen you can perform at home
- Doable recommendations for improving your cardiovascular health
- Sensible nutrition suggestions that are tasty and healthy
- ''Stick with it'' advice, including additional exercises you can add to your routine

• Language: English
• Publisher: Price World Publishing
• Release date: Dec 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781936910052

Book preview

Part i.

Welcome to Midlife!

Section i.

Why Change Now?

1: visualize YOU in 10 years

First, how old are you? Get that number in your head.

Next, really think about these questions:

Are you smiling?

How is your energy?

How do you walk? Stooped, or upright, with a spring in your step?

Who is in your life? Who cares for you? Who do YOU care for? How old are these people and what are their concerns? Are you able to help them? Will they be around (and healthy enough) to help YOU?

How are your teeth and gums?

How are your joints—your hands, your knees, your hips, your feet?

How are the medical conditions you already have—better or worse than they are today?

How are you financially? Do you need or want to work? How do you pay for your medical care?

How is your vision? Your hearing?

How are your memory and cognitive abilities? Are you slipping or sharp as a