Younger Next Year for Women
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Now, a women’s edition. A New York Times bestseller with 115,000 copies in print in hardcover, Younger Next Year is the breakthrough program for men to turn back their biological clocks and live healthier, more active lives into their 80s and beyond. Experts believed, the press raved: “An extraordinary book. It is easy to read and the science is right.” —K. Craig Kent, M.D., chief of vascular surgery, New York–Presbyterian Hospital “Brain-rattling, irresistible, hilarious . . . it could change your life.”—Washington Post But the fact is that women have even more to gain from Younger Next Year. Just as the average woman lives longer (three decades past menopause) than the average man, the average woman has more anxiety about aging. Younger Next Year for Women is a book of hope. Though keeping the same lively, alternating voices—Chris Crowley’s rough-and-ready passion for the cause, Harry Lodge’s cool, convincing science—the book is recast to bring its revolutionary findings about staving off 70% of the normal decay associated with aging specifically to women. It covers menopause and postmenopause at length, cardiac disease, osteoporosis, sexuality, even finances. It adapts its simple, lifesaving motivational rules—Exercise Six Days a Week, Don’t Eat Crap, Connect to Other People—to contemporary women’s lifestyles. And brings to its message a refreshing bluntness that says yes, you have come a long way, and you’ve got a longer way to go. Now enjoy it for all it’s worth. Publishers Weekly Crowley and Lodge rework their bestselling Younger Next Year (which targeted men) to address health and aging concerns for women. Former attorney Crowley's chatty voice alternates with internist-gerontologist Lodge's straightforward medical perspective. The authors promise that major lifestyle changes, including a six-days-a-week exercise regime, and a positive view of aging will make the "next third" of life-the stage after menopause-the most fulfilling. Because women live longer, are highly motivated for change and fear aging less than men do, the authors contend, they will reap great benefits from the program. Crowley and Lodge put their own spin on commonsense health essentials, with Lodge adding information on the latest antiaging breakthroughs. A variety of activities (biking, skiing, sailing, yoga) will likely make the intensive exercise plan more enjoyable. Although there is little new material, women may find the 71-year-old Crowley's cheerleading appealing-the old buddy tone of the previous edition is exchanged for that of a male "girlfriend"-and a great motivator not only for making lifestyle changes but for equating health with how one feels, not how one looks. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Acknowledgments: ixForeword by Gail Sheehy: xiiiIntroduction: xxviiPART ONE: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR BODYThe Next Forty Years: 3Lunch with Captain Midnight: 19The New Science of Aging: 29Swimming Against the Tide: 51The Biology of Growth and Decay: Things That Go Bump in the Night: 70Life Is an Endurance Event: Train for It: 89The Biology of Exercise: 108The Heart of the Matter: Aerobics: 127The Kedging Trick: 147A World of Pain: Strength Training: 168The Biology of Strength Training: 182“So, How Do I Look?”: 202Chasing the Iron Bunny: 218Don’t You Lose a Goddamn Pound!: 225The Biology of Nutrition: Thinner Next Year: 244The Drink: 261Menopause: The Natural Transition: 268PART TWO: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE“Teddy Doesn’t Care!”: 287The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion: 294Connect and Commit: 329Relentless Optimism: 348APPENDIXHarry’s Rules: 361Author Notes: 363The Younger Next Year One-Size-Fits-All Exercise Program: 381
