Stretching for 50+: A Customized Program for Increasing Flexibility, Avoiding Injury, and Enjoying an Active Lifestyle

by Karl Knopf

An easy-to-start program for maintaining a mobile, active, and healthy lifestyle after 50 and beyond

Just ten minutes a day of these modified stretches is guaranteed to help you improve your mobility without pain or injury. Stretching for 50+ is filled with safe, easy routines for any age. Learn warm-ups and cool-downs, use tools like a strap, therapy balls and foam rollers, and discover plenty of other fitness tips to keep you moving.

Customized Programs for Your

• Golf
• Jogging
• Biking
• Skiing
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Gardening
• Hiking

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Self Help, Fitness

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 5, 2005

Reviews

[Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really excellent book with great photos and instructions. Easy to do. Feel better after doing. Lots of stretches to choose from.

[Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book to put together a program of stretching. Mostly instructions - not a lot of general info.

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well organized; while I didn’t learn much new information, I thought this was a good reference. It shows photographs on black and white and provides information about the specific area targeted. I might check this out again as another review when I need a little motivation to shake up my stretching routines.

[Carol Bakker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is basic information about stretching. Of the three functions that help the body — cardio, resistance, and stretching — stretching is my weakest link.

This book was valuable enough for me to buy my own copy. The instructions and photographs are clear, and the cautions (do not do this if you have bad knees) are helpful.

[Maureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyed a few new and several old familiar stretches; always great to stretch out the body after age of 50, 60, 70+ - like the way she has organized by various body sections.

[Robin Bucy]

Really made for older people. I'm 57, and fell that these stretches are for people who are less mobile than myself.

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very easy to follow.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makes a good case for doing a stretching routine and provides instructions for head to toe stretches arranged into programs.

[Barb Hildebrandt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy well-explained stretch exercises.