This A4 work book is a step-by-step guide of chair-based and standing exercises to improve strength and balance. Each exercise is clearly illustrated and described, one per page, within a spiral-bound stand. The pages can be easily displayed and flipped over during a workout. You can either buy the booklet (click here), or you can…
Miriam E. Nelson & Sarah Wernick MD. Gives some basic information on the skeletal structure, how bones work and what they need, and also includes advice for men on how to adapt the plan for themselves.
Paperback, 318p, Perigee Books 2001. Glossary, index.
ISBN:0749921382
Or you can buy from Amazon, click here.
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Improving your balance is extremely important to prevent falls. The American Geriatrics Society believe you can improve your balance dramatically in just two minutes per day. Click on the image opposite to download the exercises
Deanna Wilson
What science tells us about ageing well
You can purchase this and other lifeguides from AgeUK, click here.
Cynthia Quarta.
Fair Winds Press. ISBN – 1-931412-60-X
Easy 15 minute routines for beginners. Available from good bookshops from Amazon.
Easy to read book with illustrated exercises by Betty Perkins-Carpenter.
ISBN 0-9621031-5-2.
Available from good bookshops or click here.
2nd Edition. This book is for those dedicated to improving their strength and fitness. Wayne Westcott and Thomas Baechle.
Available from Human Kinetics.
This book, written in 1998 by Susie Dinan and Dr Craig Sharp gives advice on fitness and exercise in later years.
Piatkus Books. ISBN 0-7499-1577-3
Available in good book shops and from Amazon.
Julie Sobczak. (chapters by Susie Dinan and Piers Simey)
Available from Amazon.
by Dawn Skelton. This illustrated A4 work book contains descriptions of exercises to help maintain strength and balance. The book has a hard cover, comes with a stand, and is spiral bound at the top enabling each page to be flipped over during a workout. Each exercise is also clearly illustrated and described. It used…
