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Exercise for a Longer Life: A Guide for Men Over 40 Kindle Edition

by Jonathan P. Brazee (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
No Pain Means No . . . Pain and Yet a Longer Life?

An overwhelming body of science has changed the way we think about exercise and health. The key to a longer life is exercise, but exercise in moderation. Moderate resistance training can increase a man's lifespan by an average of seven years, and moderate cardio can increase it by close to six years. While a sedentary lifestyle shortens both life spans and quality of life, extreme training can actually shorten lifespan as well, especially for endurance athletes. It is not just lifespan that improves with moderate exercise. Overall health, sex, and mental functions all benefit with the proper exercise regimen.

This guide targets the over-40 man who wants to get back into shape. Luckily, even those in the 80's and 90's can see positive results from exercise, particularly resistance training, so it is never too late. However, as we age, we are more susceptible to injury, so care must be taken to design an exercise regimen that maximizes benefits and minimizes wear and tear and injury.

The first part of the book summarizes the results of hundreds of studies that examined the effect of exercise and strength on longevity. The science of exercise has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. What we were taught when we were young is now considered faulty and even harmful. This section of the guide pertains to everyone, men and women, of all ages.

The second part of the guide examines some of the considerations an older man needs to take into account when starting his exercise program. Jumping right into the gym without an appropriate plan will probably do more harm than good.

The third part of the guide gives some sample workout routines and lists the references.

What this guide is not is an extensive exercise encyclopedia. It does not offer hundreds of different workouts with photos of exercise after exercise. It is not a motivational self-help that tries to get you off the couch and into the gym. You have to be the one to make the decision to get into shape. What it does, however, is provide you the reasons you should make that decision, then once made, it provides you with the foundation to create your own individual regimen.

While the science may be of interest to everyone, this book was not written for the gym rat or long-distance runner in mind. The science also pertains to women, but this book does not examine the specific differences that women need to understand before starting their own program of fitness.

The author is not a certified trainer. However, earning his doctorate taught him research, and this book is based on the myriad of studies that have examined the relationship between exercise and longevity. The studies used are all referenced in the endnotes and bibliography.

The book is not solely based on research, though. The author has been a lifelong athlete in a number of sports, but after losing part of his shoulder as a result of his duty in Iraq, he had to change his own lifestyle to take this into account. With input from military rehabilitation programs and based on current research, he has been successful in tailoring a regimen suited to his situation.

Once more, this is not the end all of exercise books. No book really can do that, and this guide doesn't attempt it. However, it does provide some invaluable information that can be of great benefit to someone who wants to get back into shape and enjoy a long, healthy, and happy life.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00LGQHZNC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Digital Services
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Jonathan P. Brazee

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I am a retired Marine infantry colonel and now a full-time writer living in Colorado Springs with my wife Kiwi and twin five-year-old girls, Danika Dawn and Darika Marie. I am a two-time Nebula Award Finalist, a two-time Dragon Award Finalist, and a USA Today Bestselling writer.

I published my first work back in 1978, a so-so short story titled "Secession." Since then, I have been published in newspapers, magazines, and in book format in fiction, political science, business, military, sports, race relations, and personal relations fields. I returned to writing fiction in 2009, and I currently have over 100 titles published, 80 being novels. My novelette, "Weaponized Math," was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award, "Fire Ant" was a finalist for the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novella, "Integration" was a finalist for the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel, and "Sentenced to War" was a finalist for the 2021 Dragon Award in the same category.

My undergraduate degree was earned at the U. S. Naval Academy (Class of 1979), and I have attended graduate school at U. S. International University and the University of California, San Diego, earning a masters and doctorate. I am a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the US. Naval Academy Alumni Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America where I'm serving as the Nebula Award Commissioner.

I have rather eclectic tastes. I have won awards in photography, cooking, writing, and several sports, earning national championships in rugby and equestrian events. When I'm not writing, I'm reading, cooking, going to the gym, taking my girls fishing, or traveling. I attend quite a few cons over the course of a year, and love meeting other people who love books.

I write because I love it. I only hope that others might read my work and get a bit of enjoyment or useful information out of my efforts.

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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Avoiding injury
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017
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    Five stars be case I always injure my 60some body and stop. I am certain the guidelines will help. The discussion of
    Aging and muscle mass wasn't taught in medical school.
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  • Seals
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2014
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    This book gives me full comprehension of what to do.

    Good job
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  • Seamus Martin
    4.0 out of 5 stars I actually learned a great deal from this book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2015
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    As an out-of-shape man in my forties who has never had a regular exercise programme and has tried and failed on a number of occasions working out in a gym, the last time having to abandon training due to doing too much too soon and getting injured, I actually learned a great deal from this book. It has also inspired me to take action, this time with a lot more insight into what to do, what not to do, when, how often and why.

    A number of quibbles, though, and that is why I am giving four stars and not five:

    Book Production
    This appears to be a self-published book - nothing wrong with that. I am a self-published author myself. But it contains some annoying slips which a professional publishing company probably would have caught.

    1) The table of contents is hard to read as everything is underlined.
    2) There are at least three occasions where a section heading is left orphaned at the foot of a page and the main body appears on the following page.
    3) Similarly with some tables in the appendices. If the author has just put one table per page, this awkward splitting up of tables of information could have been avoided.

    Jargon
    The author, a former United States Marine Corps Colonel, is obviously an expert on his subject - the theory as well as the practice. However, he uses a lot of big scientific and medical words, particularly early on in the book, without explaining them most of the time for the benefit of his intended readership - out of shape men over 40 just like me who don't exercise. So much of this jargon was very new to me and over my head.

    At the very least he should have included a glossary. Better still would have been to explain the terms as he went along. It seemed that the terminology was such second nature to him that he forgot that newbies in contrast could be pretty clueless. He even left the crucial term "resistance training" largely unexplained.

    Similarly with the names of various types of exercises mentioned throughout the book. I hadn't heard of many of these before and so had no idea what he was talking about. Diagrams would have been helpful. Some but by no means all of the exercise types mentioned turned out to be shown as pictures at the back of the book, but this was not flagged up when they were first mentioned earlier on.

    The same problem arose with the name of muscles - no diagrams. In most cases I hadn't a clue if a particular muscle being referred to by the author was in the arm, leg, chest or elsewhere.

    I think it would be very helpful to include such basic information including pictures or diagrams in the next edition and to run the manuscript by some clueless couch potatoes before the final draft is published.

    But on the whole, this is a very helpful book which has inspired me to do some dumbbell training two to three times per week.Thanks to the author I now know that building up my muscles will increase my need for calories and if I don't consume more, my body will burn off fat as fuel instead over a prolonged period, not just the few hours' benefit gained from cardiovascular training such as jogging. I have also learned not to overdo free weights and machine training and to do it at most every second day so as to give the little muscle tears resulting from such training time to repair.

    All in all, I definitely recommend this book, particularly at this price.
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  • P_Wilts
    4.0 out of 5 stars Useful little book - thoroughly recommended.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2017
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    I agree with the other reviewers - this is a concise yet informative review of the current perceived wisdom on exercise for those in their 40's. It is short but good value book and i would thoroughly recommend it. I have already bought 2 more copies for friends and family.
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  • john delaney
    4.0 out of 5 stars Encouragement with Reality Contact
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2014
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    I learnt nothing new here, not surprising given that I have read so much on the subject. However I found the booklet a good review of what is currently known as well as a "reality contact" both as to how valuable exercies is and what volumes an older Body can tolerate.
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