Strength training for seniors [LP] exercises to rewind the aging process and increase your balance, stability, and stamina

"Certified personal trainer Paige Waehner provides a detailed twelve-week strength program to help you safely and gradually build power, balance, and resistance with simple, easy-to-follow exercises"--Page 4 of cover.

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Main Author: Waehner, Paige (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2025]
Edition:Large print edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The importance of strength training for older adults
  • Basics of resistance training
  • Why you should lift weights
  • Getting and staying motivated to exercise
  • What you need to know to get started
  • Exercise guidelines for seniors
  • How the program works
  • Let's get started: the warm-up and flexibility workout
  • Total body strength: weeks 1 and 2
  • Total body strength 2: weeks 3 and 4
  • Total body strength 3: weeks 5 and 6
  • Split strength training: weeks 7 and 8
  • Split strength training 2: weeks 9 and 10
  • Total body compound strength training: weeks 11 and 12
  • What happens next?.