The Strength-Training Bible for Seniors: The Ultimate Fitness Guide for the Rest of Your Life

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Karl Knopf

The Strength-Training Bible for Seniors

The Ultimate Fitness Guide for the Rest of Your Life

Karl Knopf

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ULYSSES PRESS
10 January 2025

Family & health; Sports & outdoor recreation

Science shows us that an active lifestyle helps us flourish and is one of the keys to a long life. Strength training

whether in your core, arms, legs, or back

is an essential component of a fitness routine regardless of your age.

The Strength-Training Bible for Seniors combines four books to cover all your workout needs: stretching, core strength, weight training, and kettlebell workouts to help you build muscle, tone your body, be flexible, and be your best. The Strength-Training Bible for Seniors presents functional exercises carefully adapted and tested to provide comprehensive and customisable total-body workouts for people 50 years and older. Step-by-step photos and explanatory captions make it easy for anyone from the fitness novice to the lifetime athlete to train smart and stay fit for life.

These progressive programs provide everything you need to:

Get stronger Build muscle Avoid injury Improve posture Develop low-back health Foster core stability and flexibility Increase hand-eye coordination Boost mind-body awareness Enhance sports performance

The exercises and workout programmes in The Strength-Training Bible for Seniors will help you build and maintain strong muscles in the abs, obliques, back, arms, legs, shoulders, and butt. What are you waiting for?

By: Karl Knopf
Imprint: ULYSSES PRESS
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 549g
ISBN: 9781646047475
ISBN 10: 1646047478
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 10 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dr. Karl Knopf has been involved in the health and fitness of older adults and the disabled for more than 40 years. During this time he has worked in almost every aspect of the industry, from personal training and therapy to consultation. While at Foothill College, Karl was the coordinator of the Adaptive Fitness Technician Program and Lifelong Learning Institute. He taught disabled students and undergraduates about corrective exercise. In addition to teaching, Karl developed the ""Fitness Educators of Older Adults Association"" to guide trainers of older adults. Currently, Karl is a director at the International Sports Science Association and is on the advisory board of PBS's Sit and Be Fit show. In his spare time he has spoken at conferences, authored many articles, and written numerous books on topics ranging from water workouts to fitness therapy. He was a frequent guest on both radio and print media on issues pertaining to senior fitness and the disabled.