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Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond (精装)
by Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge, M.D.
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Health & fitness |
| Market price: ¥ 278.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A health-and- fitness must-read written with men in mind, but good for both men and women. A good gift to friends and family. |
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The New York Times (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
One long, exuberant New Year's resolution. |
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Newsweek (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
Younger Next Year is a wisecracking but scientifically serious guide to health... |
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Kirkus Reports (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
One of our highest recommendations so far on growing old gracefully… Dr. Lodge, a prominent M.D., focuses on developments in cellular and evolutionary biology. Crowley, his guinea pig, is a firm believer in Dr. Lodge's science and very good at convincing the reader that, if you're a fifty-year-old man, you'd be an idiot not to start following the rules as soon as possible… Should be read avidly by anyone growing older as well as forward-thinking youngsters. |
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
Believing they have a unique approach for improving men's lives, Crowley, a former litigator, and Lodge, a board-certified internist, collaborated to write this "evolutionary" health program. The authors base their plan on the idea that instead of looking forward to decades of pain as the body slowly deteriorates, it's possible to live as if you were 50, maybe even younger, for the rest of your life. Yet with the exception of "Harry's First Rule" - exercise at least six days a week - there isn't much that's new or groundbreaking in their agenda. Most recommendations fall under the "common sense" umbrella, though these suggestions may be news to many men, who aren't as steeped in the world of health and fitness as most women are (they may find the chapters dealing with nutrition and biology particularly informative). The authors' method of proffering their philosophy is rather trite, however, and their cavalier demeanor belies the significance of what they have to say. More than one-third of the book is devoted to how and why they came up with this program based on their own lives, with special attention to 70-year-old Crowley's impressive abilities (he says he can ski better now than he could 20 years ago). All told, this manual for healthy living offers sound, if unoriginal, advice with some hackneyed padding. |
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Patti (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
It is a very good book for anyone concerned about aging. We get more aware of our age at the time of retirement. Switching from a daily-work routine to a totally new idea of all-time-holidays is often not as pleasurable as we expected thirty or more years before. At that difficult time, it is very helpful to focus on the Four Pillars of Longevity as suggested by the authors of the book:
1. Six-times-a-week exercising.
2. Eating for nutrition, not for any other reason. Focusing on fruits and vegetables.
3. Avoiding boredom, developing your hobbies.
4. Connecting with many other people - creating a solid circle of friends.
The book provides some good medical background for these readers that like to understand why certain things are happening. |
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Claude Ramer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
Younger Next Year deals with what we all know: we need to eat better and to exercise more. However, this book alerts us that we need more exercise than we may think if we want to remain active into our 80's and beyond. This is not another book listing the workouts we need to be doing every day - it describes what the body needs and the stimuli to which it reacts, without burdening the reader with a list of workouts. |
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Joyce Shaffer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This is the ONLY book in my entire life that I had to restrain myself from standing up on a public bus and shouting out: "Everyone! Get off the bus, buy this book, read every page and LIVE it."
Delicious wit, critical facts & Harry's Rules which are essential to improving the health of everyone...not just men 50 and older.
Get off your bus. Buy it. Read it. LIVE it. |
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Yanda (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
Good addition to your bookshelf. If you own this one, I wouldn't suggest purchasing the one for Women by the same authors. Most of the information is identical. This book is not just for men. It's an excellent resource for all, especially for those who know what to do and just aren't doing it. I'd recommend you pick up a copy, read it, and make some changes. My doctor was kind enough to recommend it to me and a few changes later, I'm very grateful to him. |
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Steven Rickard (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I saw this book in a local bookstore last winter, flipped through it, thought it looked interesting, and came on to Amazon to see what the reviews were saying. They were okay, not great, I had other things to read, so I decided to pass on this one. I ran across it at my local library a month ago, and decided to check it out. I'm glad I did. The book is written in a simple, conversational and very readable style and I learned a few things. Frankly, when I'm plowing through information on diet, nutrition and exercise, I prefer something friendly and easy to read.
Several reviewers complained that the book is basic, common sense information padded with a lot of "fluff." Well, sure. Why not? Americans obviously need basic, common sense information. Look at the way books giving inflated promises and ridiculous diet plans tend to fly off the shelves and garner rave reviews… and those are nothing but fluff, nonsense and padding.
The "fluff" in this book entertained me (for the most part). Some of the manly-man bits about running down gazelles and eating them raw got a little old, but the basic message is one that most Americans need to take to heart: use it, or lose it. I watched both of my grandfathers become senile and old beyond their years. Both of them died in their seventies, miserable, angry and sick, and much of what ailed them could've been cured by diet and exercise. Instead, they chose to sit on the couch, watch TV, and complain about everything.
I'm 39 years old. I'm already noticing that when I pull a muscle or twist a joint, it takes much longer to heal than it did. My body has stopped growing, healing has slowed down, and now it's up to me to resist the pull of the tide. I can spend the next 40 or 50 years slowing down and puffing up, or I can be flat-bellied, trim, muscular and full of health for a long time. This book gives some good, basic, no-nonsense advice to achieving that end.
One negative reviewer griped that sure, he knows exercise is good for him, but that the authors don't touch on motivation and how to get yourself to stop eating pizza, get off the couch, and go for a run. Well, they do talk about that: "Suck it up and do your job." As a long-time sedentary person myself, I'm realizing that it's really the only thing I can do. There isn't a magic formula I can chant to make my morning bike ride more fun - it just takes doing it, whether I enjoy it or not, and eventually… I'll begin to enjoy it. I took up snowboarding about four years ago at the age of 35. I hated it the first season, tolerated it the second season, enjoyed it the third, loved it the fourth, and now I can hardly wait to get onto the slopes. It does get easier, but you've got to force yourself out there at first. If you can't force yourself, then get a friend to help you. Make a bet. Sign up for a class. Do something. But at the very bottom of it all, you're still going to have to get off the overstuffed recliner and "just do it." I know, it sucks, but ultimately it's going to be worth it! |
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Walter Foulke (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This is a very well written book which is more than another "how to" manual. Crowley's wry sense of humor and innate sense of style makes this very readable and fun for those approaching, or even deep into their golden years. Best of all his common sense approach to health and happiness in retirement has an irresistible quality, even to those of us living in the Philadelphia in the dead of winter. After you have read a few chapters you will start exercising and making good health a priority. I have had no hesitation in enthusiastically recommending this book to all my friends. |
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