Strength Training Past 50 :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
Increase your strength to improve your health, your appearance, and your performance--with Strength Training Past 50!

Strength training has numerous advantages for the active adult, including enhanced athletic performance and reduced risk of disease, including decreased symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis.

Strength Training Past 50 has everything you need to start enjoying these benefits or to jump-start your current routine:

63 exercises for both free weights and machines
14 workout plans for increasing size, endurance, and strength
Sport-specific programs for running, cycling, swimming, skiing, tennis, and golf
Eating plans for increased strength gains

Strength Training Past 50 will keep you active, healthy, and looking great with workouts and programs designed just for you!
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Customer Reviews

Great response

2008-11-18
The response was immediate and the item was in the condition as advertised. I would purchase from the source again.

title a little deceiving. Typical Westcott.

2008-07-21
I was looking for a book with information on training older adults. This book isn't about that... It is a book on general weight training with general programs and general guidelines. It's a typical Westcott book with a few pages of general guidelines and principles and a few program examples. The majority of the book is pictures of exercises which are absolutely useless if you own any other book on weight training and have a basic understanding of resistance training. If you know anything about weight training and exercise, don't buy this book.

Review of gift

2008-05-11
I sent this book to a lady as a gift. She has not commented one way or another on it. I have to suppose that it got thrown on a book shelf and probably won't be read. LOL

not as expected

2008-04-07
This book is not for someone who has no access to machines. A lot of the book is devoted to the use of gym equipment. I was hoping for more instruction when there are no machines..or trainers....a basic book for beginners. This is not that book.

It's an important pick for any considering strength training efforts past 50

2007-12-04
Strength training has many advantages, from decreasing symptoms of arthritis and diabetes to increasing endurance and weight loss, but most strength training titles focus on the under-40 crowd. STRENGTH TRAINING PAST 50 offers a range of workouts and programs designed for the over-50 set, offering a range of routines illustrated by black and white photos of over-50 exercisers. It's an important pick for any considering strength training efforts past 50, and is recommended for any library catering to health and fitness patrons of all ages.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Strength Training Past 50

2007-12-03
Increase your strength to improve your health, your appearance, and your performance--with Strength Training Past 50!

Strength Training Past 50 has everything you need to start enjoying these benefits or to jump-start your current routine:

63 exercises for both free weights and machines
14 workout plans for increasing size, endurance, and strength
Sport-specific programs for running, cycling, swimming, skiing, tennis, and golf
Eating plans for increased strength gains

Strength Training Past 50 will keep you active, healthy, and looking great with workouts and programs designed just for you!

Not specific to those over 50 2007-08-19
This book is a good guide to beginning strength training for anyone. The book contains dozens of basic descriptions of machine and free weight exercises, listing muscle groups worked. However, I give this book only 2 stars because except for the title and a few charts, the book has little specific information for over 50 exercisers. Those looking for ways to tailor exercise routines for arthritis, or trying to decide which exercises stress joints the least will need to look elsewhere.

Review of Strength Training Past 50 2007-07-13
The book is exactly what I wanted. The instructions are very detailed with pictures. One can read, and then implement the exercise personally.

Okay 2007-06-13
Not at all what I expected. I was hoping for more things that we could use at home, rather than having to go to a gymn to use equipment there.

Nothing out of the ordinary 2007-05-06
I was looking for different strength training ideas for my older clients but this book didn't show me anything that I didn't already know. Very basic exercises. I needed new ideas for clients that don't move so easily and have a hard time navigating a bench/ball and the floor.