100 Year Lifestyle Workout: The High Energy Fitness Program For Living At Your Peak Throughout Your Lifetime

by D. C. Plasker Eric

Overview

The essential new fitness plan for Baby Boomers who want to remain fit and healthy into retirement

Dr. Eric Plasker's breakthrough wellness plan and his book The 100 Year Lifestyle have served hundreds of thousands as a hub of reliable advice on realizing a long life, well lived. Now he takes the next step by setting forth a comprehensive fitness program for longevity—a workout for Baby Boomers who may not be as young as they used to be, but who are determined to get in shape and stay that way for life.

The 100 Year LifestyleWorkout is all about how to Get Your “ESS” in Shape™—that is, your Endurance, Strength, and Structure. Pinpointing the health problems that occur when your ESS is out of balance, Plasker shows how to exercise your body in each of these three areas. He provides specific ESS workout sequences for beginning, intermediate, and advanced exercisers, including step-by-step photographs. He covers the top fitness mistakes people make as they age, and provides lifestyle fitness strategies for lasting results as you age—from nutrition to getting back on track after a lapse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762752737
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/22/2009
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Eric Plasker, D.C., inspires his patients and the public alike to realize "a long life, well-lived." A graduate of Life Chiropractic College and former owner of two highly successful family practices, Dr. Plasker is an internationally recognized speaker, media personality and wellness expert. Featured on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, TBS, Movie and a Makeover, the Discovery Channel's Forever Young and Connecting with Kids television network, he's shared the stage with such luminaries as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Andrew Weil, and Dr. Barbara De Angelis to name a few. His health and wellness books, audio CDs, DVDs, and related materials have been translated into multiple languages and distributed in more than fourteen countries. Dr. Plasker's wellness messages reach millions of people around the world. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Chapter 1 Love Your Age. Adjust Your Lifestyle 1

Chapter 2 Avoid the Top Sixteen Fitness Mistake People Make as They Age 25

Chapter 3 Measure Your Success: Simple Strategies for Tracking Fitness and Nutrition 41

Chapter 4 Eat Right: Nutrition and Meal Plans to Reach Your Goals 56

Chapter 5 Get Your ESS in Shape: ESS Sequences for the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Exerciser 68

Chapter 6 Go Core Crazy: Strengthen Your Center of Gravity 123

Chapter 7 Put Your Best Foot Forward: The Foundation for Your Body's Structure 157

Chapter 8 Group Fitness to Great Fitness 164

Chapter 9 Travel Fitness: Keep Your ESS in Shape on the Road 171

Chapter 10 Fitness Strategies Just for Women 179

Chapter 11 Fitness in Your Fifties, Sixties, and Beyond 188

Chapter 12 Setting Up a Home Gym: Living the Lifestyle at Home 197

Conclusion: Be a Lifestyle Leader 204

Acknowledgments 205

Index 208

About the Author 214

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Plasker’s 100 Year Lifestyle principles kept my ESS in shape for 11 NFL seasons and still keeps me in the best shape of my life today.  You will love it.”

—Roger Craig, NFL   

"Since 1936, I have always advocated maintaining regular physical exercise programs tailored to each individual's specific needs. As a trained chiropractor and physical culturist I reviewed The 100 Year Lifestyle Workout and applaud this plan as one way to get in the best shape of your life, regardless of your age." —Jack LaLanne Fitness Legend, Stay Fit Seniors Ambassador

"The National Academy of Sports Medicine applauds The 100 Year Lifestyle Workout and its balanced approach to training. By including key elements of cardiovascular, strength, flexibility, core, balance, and reactive training, Dr. Plasker's approach to fitness can benefit everyone, regardless of their age or fitness level. Improving quantity of life is one thing, but quality of life is another. Through the health, nutrition, and fitness ideas offered in the 100 Year Lifestyle, individuals—and society as a whole—have the potential to achieve both." —Dr. Michael A. Clark, DPT, MS, PT, CES, PES, Chief Executive Officer, National Academy of Sports Medicine

"Dr. Plasker has earned a 'Gold Medal' with this book. These principles helped me to win 2 Olympic medals and are being used by many Olympians from many different nations. The100 Year Lifestyle Workout will transform your life." —Dr. Terry Schroeder, two-time Olympic silver medal winner and Olympic coach

“Dr. Plasker’s innovative 100-Year Lifestyle Fitness Assessment. .. will help you add years to your life and quality of life to your years.”—Scott Goudeseune, President, American Council on Exercise

 “The 100 Year Lifestyle is more than a workout, it is a life changing model of living. We use many of Dr. Plasker’s principles to exercise more than 5 million people a week, and it works!”

Phillip Mills and Jackie Mills, MD

CEO of Les Mills

Author of Globesity, Creator of BodyPump

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