Younger Next Year for Women by Crowley, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Dedication Acknowledgments Foreword Contents Welcome to the Revolution Introduction Part One: Take Charge of Your Body

Chapter One: The Next Forty Years

You Do Have to Age, but You Don’t Have to Rot A Report from the Front The Truth Getting a New Start

Chapter Two: Lunch with Captain Midnight

Jessica Alone Homesteading The Drafting Model

Chapter Three: The New Science of Aging

“Normal Aging” Isn’t Normal Change on the Cellular Level Decay Is Optional Springtime on the Savannah The Brain Chemistry of Growth The Language of Nature Stepping Out of the Crucible

Chapter Four: Swimming Against the Tide

Exercise, Mood and Depression Make It Your New Job Jump-Start Your Life Tap into a Passion The Best People Hate Exercise

Chapter Five: The Biology of Growth and Decay: Things That Go Bump in the Night

Exercise Is Healthy Stress The Messengers of Change Play the Music Face the Facts It’s All About Circulation Calling Off the Double Whammy

Chapter Six: Life Is an Endurance Event: Train for It

The Man Who Couldn’t Walk to the Mailbox The Master Athlete Chris in the Middle So, What Kind of Aerobic Exercise? Take Up One of the Healing Sports Lying, Self-Abuse and Related Problems A Word to the Weak and Uncoordinated

Chapter Seven: The Biology of Exercise

Pathways to Higher Energy The Metabolisms of Hunting and Gathering Distance, Not Speed Pushing the Herd Make It Happen Showing Up Getting Started There Are No Limits

Chapter Eight: The Heart of the Matter: Aerobics

Long-Term Goals The Utter Necessity of Getting a Heart Monitor A One-Hour Hike in the Mountains Fight or Flight: Dodging Traffic “Powder Rules Apply”

Chapter Nine: The Kedging Trick

The Company of Women The Serotta Solution Pulling to Paradise The General Rule of Gear A Bad Trip Going to Stowe: Real Women at Play

Chapter Ten: A World of Pain: Strength Training

The Payoff “Your Body Cannot Be a Walkin’ Contradiction!” Some Training Tips The Nursing Home Miracle and Other Payoff Stories

Chapter Eleven: The Biology of Strength Training

A Single Step The Brain-Body Connection Slow-Twitch, Fast-Twitch Doing It Right The Balancing Act Shattered Bones, Shattered Lives Find a Strength Sport

Chapter Twelve: “So, How Do I Look?”

Your Own Precious Skin The Fountain of Youth Changing Ideas of Beauty Sounding Funny

Chapter Thirteen: Chasing the Iron Bunny Chapter Fourteen: Don’t You Lose a Goddamn Pound!

The God That Lied Yes, Virginia, Calories Do Count One Very Small Raspberry for “Food Liberty” It Is Possible to Eat Fish Lose Twenty Pounds Exercise and Weight

Chapter Fifteen: The Biology of Nutrition: Thinner Next Year

Exercise Against Decay The White Foods Fat for Fuel Fat for Growth Fat for Storage What Can You Eat?

Chapter Sixteen: The Drink Chapter Seventeen: Menopause: The Natural Transition

A Short Detour for the Healthy Skeptic So, What Do We Know? The Lifestyle Treatment Pills, Supplements and Other Treatments

Part Two: Take Charge of Your Life

Chapter Eighteen: “Teddy Doesn’t Care!” Chapter Nineteen: The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion

Fear and Anger, Love and Play Parenting and Living in Packs The Storyteller The Dance of Life Connect to Live Sex and the Limbic Life Grab Hold

Chapter Twenty: Connect and Commit

Limbic Giants Don’t Retire at All Using the Other Side of Your Brain Make a Job Out of Your Social Life Just Say “Yes” Shy Girl Be the Organizer

Chapter Twenty-One: Relentless Optimism

Appendix

Harry’s Rules Author Notes The Younger Next Year One-Size-Fits-All Exercise Program

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