Women's Strength and Bone Building Handbook

Author: Joan Basi
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: A guide that is easy to follow and learn, reducing your risk of osteoporosis. Strengthen bones; prevent falls and fractures; improve muscle strength, posture, and balance. A fitness program designed specifically for women of all ages, safe and effective, helps prevent osteoporosis and makes your muscles stronger, your body more slender, and your posture and balance better. Each exercise is introduced in an easy-to-learn, step-by-step manner; explains how to adjust the exercise process according to your personal condition. This book aims to help healthy women adopt a healthy lifestyle, improve bone strength, and reduce the risk of osteoporosis or "glass bones" (fragile bones). It particularly emphasizes that exercise helps improve bone strength to reduce the likelihood of fractures. The exercises introduced in this book are not intended to help you lose weight (which may be of no benefit to your bones), but to improve your muscle strength and give you a streamlined physique. These exercises will make you feel more confident because after increasing your physical strength, many physical tasks and activities will become easier than before.