Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy—Until You're 80 and Beyond Reviews

• Younger Is as Younger Does

  
  By ACG1WBJ739TEA on 2008-01-05
  Of all the anti-aging books I've seen, this is one of most laid back and entertaining. It's written by two guys. Harry, the doctor, covers the science aspects of aging, while the other guy, Chris, talks about applying the info.
  
  The book is centered around "Harry's Rules." These are seven rules for the reader to follow. They include such things as "Quit eating crap" or "Exercise six days a week for the rest of your life." While they might seem to be basic pieces of information, they are sound advice and have some science behind them.
  
  All-in-all, I found this to be a very informative and amusing book and I'd recommend it to anyone who is looking for a book on aging. The realistic key here is not to go into things thinking you're going to STOP the aging process, rather think of SLOWING DOWN the aging process. Aging readers may also find Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff helpful as 54% of people over the age of 60 get a torn rotator cuff.
  
  

• Not for guys only

  
  By A20ZUNN7AOG5MQ on 2005-03-27
  Exercise hard six days a week every week...until you are dead! No excuses. No guarantees, however, but I would rather die on the cross trainer than live a few years longer as an abused, slobbering lout in a nursing home. Written for guys, but great for the ladies also. Exercise, diet, a connection with something, and commitment are first priorities, although I wish the authors had written more in depth on the importance of sleep. Recommended for public and academic libraries and for the personal libraries of anyone who looks to the future. Should be required reading for coaches! Serious readers may also be interested in RealAge by Michael F. Roizen.
  
  

• Save Your Money

  
  By A10B93HQ4VT049 on 2005-05-11
  The authors have taken the simple, sensible axiom "Regular Exercise and Proper Nutrition" and aerated it to fill 321 pages. Minus the jock talk and self-congratulation, there is absolutely nothing in this book that you haven't seen, better written and better illustrated, in Reader's Digest or the pamphlet rack in your doctor's waiting room. Instead, use your money to invest in a set of weights. Use the time you would have spent reading it to attend an adult fitness class.
  
  

• Excellent primer for entering the last 3rd.

  
  By A3L8XRYMLZZES6 on 2005-01-16
  First of all, this book is funny and well written. The thing that really stood out for me in this book was that it gives you an accurate idea on what to expect from age 50 on. Being in my late 50s, I can see from personal experience that these authors know what they are talking about. Living in Las Vegas I see men with what we call in Las Vegas "buffet bellys" (huge gut) I seen old people so overweight and out of shape that the only pleasure they have left is gorging themselves at buffets. The science in this book makes very good sense. This book should be a "must read" for anyone entering their 50s-60s who is intrested in staying alive, possibly missing some of the scairest of the diseases and being able to have a sex life in their later years. I cant recommend the book enough for that age group of men and women. I meant to give this book 5 stars, but I cant seem to change the ratings
  
  

• Crowley & Lodge take their time, but they finally get there

  
  By A3CZWVO53MLZI9 on 2005-04-12
  "Younger Next Year" takes years to get to the essential points. My guess is that both Crowley and Lodge are so much younger than last year that they now have time on their hands.
  
  Crowley and Lodge, I am sure, had fun writing this book (they said they did), but the first two thirds of the book was not fun to read. I felt like I was listening to two excited kids who forgot what they wanted to say. Crowley and Lodge get off tangent often and are extremely verbose.
  
  Written in a conversational style, the first two thirds of this book are devoted to the well worn topics of exercise and diet. Those who are already modestly familiar with physical fitness will not find anything new here...exercise, exercise, and exercise. And those who are modestly familiar with eating habits will not find anything new here...eat the right stuff, eat the right stuff, and eat the right stuff.
  
  The surprise, however, comes in the last third of the book which is devoted to emotional lifestyle issues - relationships, commitment to a purpose, and attitude. Crowley and Lodge correctly ascribe being younger next year not only to the usual, well written prescription of exercise and diet, but also, and importantly to one's emotional (and they hint at spiritual) state.
  
  It is this last third that makes the book a good purchase, and a welcomed addition to the literary arsenal for those wondering how to live "the last third" in the most satisfying way.
  
  
  
  
• Just do it!
  By A15Q7ABIU9O9YZ on 2005-04-03
  Maya Angelou said of Oprah's Book Club, 'I don't like all of the books she recommends (Winfrey) but at least she gets people out to read.'
  
  Sage advice. If it takes the glibness and sarcasm of Chris to get you off the couch, feeling sorry for yourself, riddled with extra pounds while you wheeze your excuses for not exercising, out the door and on the track, Good Lord man, that's OK.
  
  We don't all respond to the platitudes of wise Medical Practitioners citing stories of cholesterol and the C-6 C-10 Mambo. Hell. I'm still trying to figure out the good cholesterol and the baddies. But I do know this. If I do what they say (I've worked out all my life but have been doing it THEIR way for 3 months) I end up feeling awfully good.
  
  Let me repeat that. I don't know if I'm holding back the tide, if I'm Horatio at the bridge or if I'm fooling my body into exchanging decay for more aerobic muscle. I just know that I feel good.
  
  I also appreciate the effort they direct towards our relationships. It's not mush. For men, we forget the axiom of 'dancing with the girl that brought us.' Have fun. Work on your relationship while you work on yourself. Like Chris says. Be a guy. Suck it up. Do it.
  
  I think it's a lifesaver. I bought two more copies for my brothers. Like Ms. Angelou says . . . well, you know what I mean. A great anthem to go into your 50's and 60's with. 5 stars. Larry Scantlebury
  
  
• Life Can Be Better
  By A13TOHWG28ZFIM on 2005-01-19
  I read this book, because I saw a review of it on Total Health on TV. I saw the authors discuss the book, and I thought that what they said couldn't be true. Its just wishful thinking. Well, I started to read the book and couldn't put it down. I think the main point of the book is exercise, consistent, for enough time and at a sufficient level to keep going. Vigorous exercise, not just pleasant exercise. I am a geek. I admit that, but I've been feeling tireder every year, and although I am not yet 50, and I am not a guy. I've decided to take the adviced to heart. Hiking the mountains in Bolivia doesn't sound bad to me. Biking through Italy sounds even better. Life doesn't end at 50, it can be exciting, and wonderful. I want that for myself. I want to keep mentally alert so I can enjoy the things I love, like reading, study, and exercise is part of that as well. The hardest part for me is the social one. I am not a social person at all, but as I heard someone say I'd rather live till I die, rather than die before I live.
  
  
• Science or Anecdotal Junk?
  By A1IPFAO18Q06NA on 2005-02-26
  This book repackages a number of well known recommendations - exercise - eat right - and don't drink too much, into a highly readable and pursuasive format. It also contains some newer information regarding the role of exercise and the production of Cytokine 6, the master chemical for inflammation and decay, which in turn triggers the production of Cytokine 10, the master chemical for repair and regrowth of the body. C-6 and C-10 are described by author Lodge as "just shorthand for chemical cascades involving hundreds of proteins in a dance of such complexity that we are just beginning to understand the details". (p.71).
  
  The mechanism for the triggering of the production of C-10 leads the authors to recommend vigourous exercise for 45 minutes a day, six days a week, in order to overcome the biological decay that comes with the inactivity associated with aging. There is nothing wrong with this advice. In the healthy it can do no harm and such excercise will no doubt enhance feelings of well being and assist in getting a good night's sleep. But does it have the biological effect claimed by the authors?
  
  Lodge states that the details in the book are drawn from hundereds of articles, papers and reference books (p312). However there are absolutely no references to peer reviewed scientific literature in support of any of his theories, so there is no means by which to verify whether he is on sound scientific ground or just another pop-culture health writer dabbling in common sense anecdotal evidence and junk science.
  
  This is not a book for those who wish to be guided by scientific knowledge - additional research will be required. Having said that, since reading this book I have increased the frequency of my execise regime to that recommended by the authors. (just in case they have the science correct).
  
  
• No scientific basis referenced
  By AW7CJ7KB9G9N0 on 2005-06-22
  Although this book claims to derive its content from scientific studies, there are actually no scientific references provided. Worst, a Medline search about the authors reveals no published peer-reviewed research under their names. Their theory, thus, has not undergone the scrutiny of the scientific process and this book should simply be considered as expressing the personal opinions of the authors.
  
  
• Enjoyable, readable, informative
  By A26WOS0QSDPQ2I on 2006-07-06
  I saw this book in a local bookstore last winter, flipped through it, thought it looked interesting, and came on to Amazon to see what the reviews were saying. They were okay, not great, I had other things to read, so I decided to pass on this one. I ran across it at my local library a month ago, and decided to check it out. I'm glad I did. The book is written in a simple, conversational and very readable style and I learned a few things. Frankly, when I'm plowing through information on diet, nutrition and exercise, I prefer something friendly and easy to read.
  
  Several reviewers complained that the book is basic, common sense information padded with a lot of "fluff." Well, sure. Why not? Americans obviously need basic, common sense information. Look at the way books giving inflated promises and ridiculous diet plans tend to fly off the shelves and garner rave reviews ... and those are nothing but fluff, nonsense and padding.
  
  The "fluff" in this book entertained me (for the most part). Some of the manly-man bits about running down gazelles and eating them raw got a little old, but the basic message is one that most Americans need to take to heart: use it, or lose it. I watched both of my grandfathers become senile and old beyond their years. Both of them died in their seventies, miserable, angry and sick, and much of what ailed them could've been cured by diet and exercise. Instead, they chose to sit on the couch, watch TV, and complain about everything.
  
  I'm 39 years old. I'm already noticing that when I pull a muscle or twist a joint, it takes much longer to heal than it did. My body has stopped growing, healing has slowed down, and now it's up to me to resist the pull of the tide. I can spend the next 40 or 50 years slowing down and puffing up, or I can be flat-bellied, trim, muscular and full of health for a long time. This book gives some good, basic, no-nonsense advice to achieving that end.
  
  One negative reviewer griped that sure, he knows exercise is good for him, but that the authors don't touch on motivation and how to get yourself to stop eating pizza, get off the couch, and go for a run. Well, they do talk about that: "Suck it up and do your job." As a long-time sedentary person myself, I'm realizing that it's really the only thing I can do. There isn't a magic formula I can chant to make my morning bike ride more fun - it just takes doing it, whether I enjoy it or not, and eventually ... I'll begin to enjoy it. I took up snowboarding about four years ago at the age of 35. I hated it the first season, tolerated it the second season, enjoyed it the third, loved it the fourth, and now I can hardly wait to get onto the slopes. It does get easier, but you've got to force yourself out there at first. If you can't force yourself, then get a friend to help you. Make a bet. Sign up for a class. Do something. But at the very bottom of it all, you're still going to have to get off the overstuffed recliner and "just do it." I know, it sucks, but ultimately it's going to be worth it!
  
  
• An excellent book for major lifestyle issues.
  By A2OTCODAO6VSQQ on 2007-05-19
  As a practicing physician, I strongly agree with the main points made in this book, namely, the need for frequent, aerobic excercise and the importance of eating the right foods. The strong points of this book are its humorous, easy-to-read style, and the emphasis on the fact that exercise and what we eat will not just make us feel better and look younger, but will really help us to live longer. The authors provide ample factual material to bolster their case, and then outline in detail what you have to do to get on board, in terms of the types and amount of excercise, and details about the right foods. I have read several books on health and aging, and this one is probably the best. I don't agree with the underlying world view of the authors, which is decidedly evolutionary, but the basic tenets of the book are certainly valid. The book should inspire you to take better care of your body and to live a longer, healthier, and happier life. There is plently of helpful information in this book to help anyone who is serious about doing this. We only have one body, so why not take care of it?
  
  
• Essential for anyone over 50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
  By A3QFTRQLZIZFV8 on 2004-11-24
  If you are over 50 - and particularly, like me, over 60 - this is the book you need if you want not only to live, but to live well after 80. It has practical advice, sound medical backup and an engaging motivational tone and style. And, unlike all other health books I have read, it is superbly well written and a joy to read. I couldn't recommend it more highly!!!
  
  
• Refreshing!
  By A1QE2WGCCH9V4A on 2005-02-16
  While the Publishers' review that this was unoriginal information (eat right, exercise, etc.) is maybe correct overall--the extra info presented re evolutionary biology is extraordinary.
  
  The presentation and the rationale for exercise and eating right is very motivating. Don't just tell me what to do, teach me why I should do it.
  
  This book is a watershed. The only objection I have is that it's written to men. But everything applies to women too, so I don't know why the authors didn't address women also.
  
  Great book for us 58-yo women too!
  
  
• I am in my 30s and I loved this book
  By A31Y5RW96T2UE5 on 2006-12-14
  My dad gave me this book a few months ago. He gave it to all of his kids. I took and I kinda laughed, thinking, 'Oh man, why on earth would give me this book...live like you are 50 when you are 80? Yeah, thats gonna be helpful for me now. My dad is in terrific shape and he enjoyed reading the book and I decided to check it out.
  
  Yes, the book is geared toward the older population but I was able to take A LOT from it and start using it now. Chris Crowley tackles the book from an older man that is using the tools to look and feel younger and to be healthier. Dr. Lodge discusses why if we do certain things, it will dramatically improve our health and in essence, slow down the aging process and make our latter years healthier and more enjoyable. There were several areas of discussion that I found very useful:
  
  Exercise Now--I am able to continually make excuses about not exercising but they make a great point. Look at exercise as a job that you have to do 6 days a week. Not 3 days a week and not even 5 days a week. You have to do this at least 6 days every week. Its not always easy but it is great advice.
  
  Stop the aging process--Your body wants to stay as young as it can and it has been recently with fast food, television, cars, etc. that people don't do things and don't go out and get exercise or walk around or just staying active. The human body has had to work hard for thousands and thousands of years...it is only the past 100 years where our body is not having to work and our bodies hate that. They want to be moving...they want to get worked out but we often inhibit that need by being lazy.
  
  Older people--I have seen the differences. My dad is 73 and he is a complete machine. He plays tennis 2 days a week, he works out 3 other days and he does exercies for the other 2 days. You compare him to the majority of other people his age and to people 10 years younger and he looks better than 98% of them. That is because he is working out, eating well and enjoying life. My mother is getting on that bandwagon as well and is looking good.
  
  How it affects me today--It has gotten me working toward improving my overall health. I am working out more and I am understand better a lot of what was taught in the book. I see what I want to look like in 20, 30 and 40 years and what I need to do to reach that.
  
  Tone of the book--It initially irritated me in how they switch back and forth between chapters but I ended up looking forward to each new point of view (medical and common man) at the start of each chapter. It is effective. You get the science (Chris Crowley) and you get the common person (Dr. Lodge) talking about what he is doing to improve his health and his life. Crowley displays enthusiasm in what he is doing to improve his life and Dr. Lodge is able to bring the sciences down to a level that I could understand. I enjoyed the book and I see this as a book that can benefit those 50+ but can also be very beneficial for those well under 50.
  
  
• A Changed Life
  By A2L3O2JX8NKCRC on 2007-04-02
  This book changed all of my life - no exaggeration. Making my health my #1 priority has brought me more energy, a better outlook in life, true love and money. Not bad for a year. And nobody's paying me to say this. This is my first review of anything online and I can tell you that you will not regret buying this book. It's a great combination of readability and in-depth information. Follow their philosophies and specific recommendations and your life will get better.
  
  
• It's about time....in more ways than one!
  By A2DBWTD7OE0H6F on 2005-05-07
  Time is running out, but most of us aren't out running...or bicycling, or skiing, or lifting weights, or dozens of other things we can do to extend the quality years of our lives. Aging should be the same as with food...about getting better, not getting old and rotten. The authors provide a diagram (a blueprint can't be made to fit everybody) for improving the quality of your coming years, and for improving the possible quantity of those years as well. Written with men in mind, it is true for both men and women. As is sometimes said, "A must-read"!
  
  
• What did you do with my husband?
  By A5E3QVLIO9B50 on 2007-05-14
  I have been trying for years to get my husband interested in exercise and eating better. I gave him this book just before he went on a trip and he actually read it. He is now a changed person - he rides his bike regularly and purchased a heart monitor. This weekend he bought a set of weights and starting this week he is going to my personal trainer for three sessions to get a schedule he can follow at home. I saw him the other day rereading sections of the book. Nothing has worked to motivate him until he read this book! Thanks so much to the authors.
  
  
• Many scientific articles on-line
  By A1TU431UN7XRFZ on 2005-11-10
  Several people have criticized this book because it doesn't list referances or medical reviews of the statements it makes about C-6 and C-10. I did a Google search and found hundreds of articles that support what they say in this book about exercise. Yes, they fail to list these studies, but they are on-line from top researchers. Do more reading, if you want more proof.
  I was disappointed that they did not mention Jack LaLanne, who is now 91 and the Godfather of Fitness. He has taught since 1931 that exercise is the key to a long healthy life. He takes no medicine and has no heart disease or mental decline.
  This book is worth reading just for what they explain is the cause of artery disease. They make it very easy to understand.
  
  
• Not Much New Here
  By A3QS5UYAGHF4IU on 2006-06-20
  After you wade through all the verbiage you realize that, essentially, the key to becoming "younger next year" is to exercise a lot and eat less. But you already knew that. So, the authors spend a whole lot of words telling you something you already knew. And what annoys me about books like this is that to be successful, you've gotta be as driven and disciplined as the lawyer and the doctor who wrote the book. And, of course, if you were, you wouldn't need a book like this in the first place. You'd be exercising and watching your eating. The authors make the fundamental mistake of assuming that obeisity or being in poor shape is the result of people being ignorant about how the body or nutrition works. Most people, I believe, already know that stuff. I would have gotten a lot more out of this book if they had told me how to get will-power; how to become more disciplined. How do I resist the siren call of the ice cream in the freezer, which taunts me until I finally inhale a fair portion of it? How do I stop eating pizza once I've started? How do I overcome the inertia that keeps me from exercising if it's raining or snowing outside or if I'm just plain exhausted? If there's any benefit to this book, it is that it serves as a refresher course on stuff you already knew. To be fair, the authors impart some facts on how the aging body differs from the younger body -- some of it I learned for the first time. Also, some of their anecdotes are humorous and, occasionally, even inspiring. The authors seem like good guys who want to be helpful, but their book is just a rehash of most books in the diet/fitness genre. I'll betcha that most people who read this book will do what the authors tell them for several weeks, then they'll go back to the behavior which put them in bad shape in the first place.
  
  
• 300 pages of infomercial for exercise and stuff you ALREADY know
  By A18MEO51KI240X on 2007-09-07
  For some reason a doctor and a patient decided they had some amazing news to write about. Hardly. (They are enjoying their royalties, though, I am sure) I laugh when I read some of the other reviews like "The Fountain of Youth!". Puh-leeeze! You know this book already without buying it and reading it's 300+ pages. Here it is in nutshell: exercise six days a week (make sure it is aerobic exercise four days), do strength training with weights two days a week, spend less than you make (start by not buying this silly book), eat right, care about yourself, think happy thoughts and commit to doing all this for the rest of your life. Lotsa luck!
  
  
• ENJOY YOURSELF, IT'S EARLIER THAN YOU THINK !
  By A3M174IC0VXOS2 on 2005-01-28
  
  
  
  One has to only pick up a newspaper or magazine to read about yet another luxury retirement center being built. And, they do mean upscale. Recently there was one featured that had a concierge, gourmet cuisine, a valet and, as one resident stated, "They even change the light bulbs for you!"
  
  Well, with such a posh existence awaiting it's incumbent upon us to live longer, stronger and healthier lives. Your resource for such a goal, according to authors Crowley and Lodge, is "Younger Next Year."
  
  If you have as much fun listening as the voice performers evidently did reading, you'll be quite pleased. Both Don Leslie and Rick Adamson performed with contagious enthusiasm and all around bonhomie.
  
  Author Crowley is a former litigator who retired some 15 years ago to enjoy life and his wife (not necessarily in that order). Lodge is an internist whose specialty is healthcare and preventive medicine. Thus, "Younger Next Year" is a blend of scientific information and what really amounts to common sense. We're instructed to exercise, eat what's good for us, socialize, and be actively interested in something.
  
  My one caveat is that this book is addressed to men - what about advice for the distaff side of the family?
  
  - Gail Cooke
  
  
• No Girls Allowed
  By AO287BKBVC9TL on 2005-07-28
  Somehow I thought this was a book for all of us. It turns out it's a guys book through and through. My opinion of myself doesn't hinge on looking at my face in the mirror when I shave..... I'm usually scanning for eyebrows in the wrong places.
  
  But... having acknowledged that this if for the XY types, and I don't qualify, I will say there is good information though the book is far too long. It could be condensed to about 3 sentences: Exercise six days out of seven. Cool it on bad health habits. Find ways to spend significant time with people and projects that matter.
  
  One thing I really am curious about. Early on in the book, one of the authors instructs guys that it really is important to re-cultivate a good relationship with their wives. There's some sentence about "what you've put her through for the past 30 years." Later on, this same author talks about winding down his dating career when he was about 55. What gives?
  
  
• Enthusiasm as much as scientific fact
  By A3JAOQM5VPW0GP on 2005-11-27
  One of the best things about this book is the level of enthusiasm it brings to the whole subject of exercise as a part of delaying the deterioration of aging. Yes, the science part could be stated in a book of far fewer pages, but that would omit the positive engergy and excitement Chris Crowley brings to the subject. Some reviewers criticized the book as too "guy" oriented but I disagree. The information is relevent for both men and women and even provides some useful insight into male attitudes about aging.
  
  Highly recommend.
  
  
• Very motivational which is always a good thing
  By A26ZAM8KFU0GY9 on 2006-12-29
  I was given a book at one of my recent seminars, Younger Next Year, a Guide to Living Like Fifty until you are Eighty and Beyond, by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Loch, M.D. Of course, I am not yet 50 so why should I be thinking about when I am 80? The book does make valid points that the earlier you start, the easier it is to take the clock lower.
  
  Most of the book re-enforces what I already know: eat right and exercise. In addition to that, the book talks about the need for purpose, interaction, and contact with other people. As people get older and consider retirement, etc., they often lose their circle of friends and lose their purpose and that is what causes premature aging.
  
  The book is written in an interesting way. The two authors, one in his seventies, talks about his life experiences and how he has been responded to by the younger doctor author who explains his theories of medicine and why things work the way they do.
  
  I have not read anything else that talks the way this book does about why exercise is so good for us. The thesis is that evolution takes ten of thousands of years and so we have not yet had time to evolve. It was only a few hundred years ago when there was famine and exercise was a huge part of daily lives, just to survive. Our bodies have not had time to adapt and as a result, we often go into "famine" mode where our bodies metabolism slows down and we start storing fat. The book points out that technology has allowed us to eat very poorly and certain innate cravings which are healthy when things are scarce like sugars and fats are tremendously unhealthy because we can end up with hugely concentrated sources of them. They are well within our reach and means.
  
  Technology also allows us to exercise and walk less with simply less motion. This goes every where from cars to elevators to electric can openers. I have always been a big advocate of being careful of watching what I include in automation. (You will notice that I conveniently don't bring up anything about the negatives about computer technology, which of course is different.)
  
  
• A Great Book!
  By A2JADW91VQBVJP on 2007-01-10
  A "guy at the gym" told me that this book changed his life- and so I bought it to find out why. The authors recommend that men over 50 engage in serious exercise six days a week- but promise that doing so will stop and even reverse the physical deterioriation that starts to set in ever so gradually as men age. The authors base their recommendations on some recent scientific research and their own observation. The writing style is concise and encouraging- even inspirational- and their recommendations are very straight-forward and uncomplicated. I started following their program six months ago, and have to say that I think I look and feel better. I'm recommending it to other men my age, and I'm also recommending that personal trainers who work with older guys need to read it, too, to get a better understanding of their customer's concerns and needs.
  
  
• Change Your Life
  By A2P6MHNZOP8D8V on 2005-07-25
  I read the book when it first came out. To put it simply, Younger Next Year has changed my life. I am a 43 year old male who considered himself "active" but certainly not fit. Boy was I wrong. I have modified my diet, exercise 6 days a week, and can run farther today than I could when I was 18.
  
  My wife and 2 sons are also "Living Lodge." We love this book som much we have given away over 20 copies for Christmas and birthdays. If you want to feel great and improve the quality of your life, buy this book and take it to heart.
  
  
• Some warnings
  By A2TTXBC2J2GJAC on 2007-06-05
  In many ways, this book is important, and I recommend reading it. It contains some valuable insights I've not seen treated before, such as Lodge's physiological hypotheses concerning the balance between bodily decay and repair, which he posits as a lifelong ballet that determines who lives, who dies, and when. Crowley's contributions, however, are deeply troubling. As a macho 70-year-old, obviously proud of his athletic prowess, he continually recommends athletic activities that are unlikely to appeal to most women or to more than about 15% of the male population that enjoys and excels at sports, or that wants to develop some "abs and pecs of death." He gives some other very bad advice as well, which you can read about on my website, [...]
  
  
• Better to be young when you are old Ponce de Leon vasser
  By AHD101501WCN1 on 2005-01-17
  Most human beings when they hit middle age begin looking for ' Ponce de Leon vasser'. This is the magical stuff that tones the bones and lightens the brains, and makes a fifty year old feel twenty one again'. Unfortunately the formula for Ponce de Leon vasser was lost in Florida in 1519 and no one not even the makers of Coca Cola have figured out how to produce this magical substance. Now it may be that the stem- cell researchers and the various gene- finders and manipulators will in a few decades find a way to keep us a constant twenty in body and forty in mind- but that is not immediately on the horizon.
  So Dr.Lodge and his patient Chris Crowley have cooked up a way for us to, ( if we cannot reverse the process entirely)make us feel a bit younger as we get older. Their regimen sounds good. Exercise six- days a week in the special ways they recommend, eating for nutrition and not in gluttony as compensation for frustration, being connected with other people in a meaningful way( A lot of this is easier said than done for many.But that's another matter) Having some passionate interest because with the mind too if we don't use it we lose it. This book gives largely sound advice for improving our lives as we are aging. I would just make one caveat.
  I have been in the world a bit too long to readily accept facile prescriptions . I have seen too many as it were healthy people suddenly hit by severe illness. We all know tragic stories of how this happens to very young people too. So while I think the advice and regimen given here is largely sound I would add that we all should be also praying for God's help. Because God's help needed at all ages of life is especially needed in old age. And at this I think of the the Jewish prayer " Do not cast me out in my old age" Much depends on us, and this book tells us a lot of what that is , but much also depends on help from Above.
  
  
• Listen to their warnings
  By A6M1MWQ1FTQ4A on 2005-09-30
  Loved the book. I got it on audio and listen to it while I exercise sometimes.
  
  Following their guidelines, I got to a good level of exercise and felt wonderful.
  
  They say, in the weight lifting section that 'You're a guy and you'll want to be competitive and lift more, faster - DON'T DO IT!' Believe them. I lifted too much and did it awkwardly and damaged a disk.
  
  Other than that weight lifting caution, I highly recommend the book and the program.
  
  
• It Worked for Me
  By AS934UI9OP5TP on 2005-10-08
  This is a book that helped me direct my life. After recovering from prostate surgery, I was looking for answers. I found some in this book.
  Although many readers may not consider their guidelines profound, I have tried to adopt their advice about exercising much more and eating better. Exercising six days may be a little much, and not ever eating crap is not quite my style. However, I did run two one-half marathons this summer, and my previous longest was 10 miles - back in 1980.
  I am younger this year than last.
  I also recommend its bibliography.
  
  

• Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy—Until You're 80 and Beyond
• Younger Next Year Journal: Start Now and Live the Promise Day-by-Day
• FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics
• Precision Heart Rate Training
• The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS