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

• Y O U N G at heart

  
  By A1OPGREHH2FBZ6 on 2007-10-05
  
  This is a good addition to the authors' previous book. It isn't the usual blah, blah, blah, but scientific information which amount to common sense. I am grateful to the authors for keeping me and my wife young at heart. I was happy to buy for my wife this book as "her own" copy, after we both extensively studied the original "Younger Next Year". Another great book that I highly recommend is "Can We Live 150 Year". In fact these two titles should be sold in one package as they complement each other
  
  
  

• Puts a Fire in your tailpipe to get up and go

  
  By AV33FCIDH59N8 on 2007-01-03
  I read Dr. Lodges and Chris Crowley's book and it changed me forever. I first saw these two authors on CBN and then ordered the book, "Younger Next Year for Women". What I like about this book in terms of its style and reading is that it is balanced between Dr. Lodge's biology and DNA subject matter and Chris Crowley's shoot from the hip style. Yes, they do advocate exercise, but nothing so mundane as you find in typical exercise or motivation books. Nothing in any other exercise book ever woke me up like this book. More than just another exercise or fitness book, this book explains why and how we age, why we get fat, why and how we program our body and cells to die instead of grow. This book explains how our modern life style has confused the programming of our body and caused us to get fat, grow old, get stiff, get diseased and finally die. These things don't just happen to us - we cause them to happen! That's right, we program our DNA and cells to age and die by our life style and activity, or lack thereof, which tells our body what to do with the next generation of cells. It also goes into what our bodies were designed for and how to work in harmony with that perfect design to obtain optimum performance. Once I learned this, I suddenly became aware that I had been setting my body up to die, day by day, one dead cell after another. I changed in the instant I read the first couple of chapters. This book is a real eye opener and instead of motivating you to do push ups or do this or that, this book integrates the whole life system of human evolution and biology and social attitude based on the design and makeup of the human genetic machine. It puts you on the right track to do what your body and cells were made to do and to do it well for a long and healthy life. I read this book cover to cover and it motivated me to begin an exercise and "life" program which completely changed my health for the better. I now do six days a week of cardio and exercise, have more energy, more drive, more motivation each day than I've ever had in my life and for the first time in my life, I'm pain free with more flexibility, endurance, and resiliancy than ever before. I've lost 15 lbs and dropped to a size 2 and can meet my daily work challenges with so much energy, I'm amazed. I have no longer programmed my body and cells to die but to live, and live fully and live each day with zeal and motivation. In changing my diet I also discovered I had food allergies which I never knew I had before. This book took me into a new direction and opened a whole other area of thought about my health, diet and exercise and spurned me in a new direction of wellness and wellness research. I've told many people about it and am buying several copies for friends and family. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to awaken their minds and bodies and be alive again. And especially for anyone in that age zone where health becomes a daily issue of concern.
  
  

• The best is yet to come!!!

  
  By A756TGKIB55AX on 2006-07-26
  I can't even count the number of self-help books I have read. I have a degree in holistic science. I "know" all the things we are supposed to do. But having come thru a particularly tough phase in life, including the loss of a committed relationship, two cross country relocations and two job changes all within the last 5-6 years, I hit the age of 60 wondering, where did all the time go? what do I do now? is it true, as I always believed, that it is "never too late"? While I was pondering those questions, the age of 61 rolled around, and all of a sudden I felt everything from the last few years finally took its toll. I tried adding up the positives: I finally live in my most favorite place; I am consistently thought to look younger than I am; I work for a wonderful organization that serves a great cause; I have had amazingly good health and I am the only one I know past 60 who has no aches nor pains; I ran a half-marathon this spring; I have great friends; I have a meaningful spiritual life. Yet I still felt like I had run out of luck, and the downhill slide was before me.
  
  I am literally driving my car around with three crates of books I need to get rid of, but somehow I got captured once again by a book club that offers those 5-6 books for 99 cents. One of the clinchers was the title of this book. I thought, how crazy can I be - falling for a title like that?!
  
  Earlier this week my book package came, and last night I read almost this whole book (I recommend reading Part II well before you finish Part I, it is totally inspirational). The two-generational perspective of Chris and Harry is unique; Chris' wit and his own story often fool the reader into thinking it's the voice of the younger one. Harry has the scientific backup and puts the nuts and bolts into Chris' idealism. This is truly one of the best books I have ever read, or perhaps it was just what I needed at the time of life I have reached - whether you want to use Gail Sheehy's term "Second Adulthood" or the Third Act or however you want to think of what used to be called the "golden years."
  
  I saw retirement kill my father in his early 80s, so I had already decided that I didn't want to go that route. My financial condition assures that! One reviewer herein commented that the book did not address mental fitness - it certainly does. Chris makes much of getting involved in new relationships, in taking on new causes and interests and activities - I love his, just say "yes" when you have an opportunity to become involved in something but feel like sitting home and watching TV. I couldn't believe I reached a point in life where I was turning into a couch potato.
  
  Having been a regular runner and a fair tennis player, I felt my half-marathon last spring was my last hurrah. I have been going home after work and taking naps, something I have never done in my life. I have wept at the thought of never receiving another hug or a kiss, as there are no prospects of connectedness for me (I am probably wearing my negativity on my face, driving anyone away who still has a zest for life). I lost a great love, having found him after I was 50, so I have become convinced, after 60, the odds are totally against me. And even what enthusiasm I may have had for life has been drowned in a horror that no matter what good may come my way, OLD WOMAN is stamped on every succeeding day.
  
  Today I have a new lease on life from this book. That crazy sign-up for yet another book club must have been Providence. I can't get back my youth but I am taking back my life. I took a brisk walk before breakfast this morning, did a few minutes of yoga, and went online to Amazon to see if I could get this book - every woman I know, my friends from their 40s to their 70s, is getting this book for the next birthday or holiday gift.
  
  Get it, read it, live it, give it. I finally feel like I am going to have a great life again, and I'll be such a magnet of goodness and joy and warmth, like Chris - maybe there will even be love again. For now I am going to hug my cat a little more and spend more time with friends and less time with the TV. The science in this book is sound, and the inspiration is unmatched. Thanks to Harry and Chris for snapping me out of the gloom and doom and - their word - decay. I am 61 years young!!!!
  
  

• A fun read, but nothing special.

  
  By AQ5WON0X3UA7I on 2006-01-22
  I've just finished reading, "Younger Next Year" and, despite all the hype, there really isn't much useful information here. You're instructed to exercise six days a week and the rest of the book explains why. Unfortunately, no specific exercises are provided. Instead, we are told to "hire a trainer." The book says that we should not eat "junk," and to avoid starches, saturated and trans fats. Good advice, but nothing new. It's a fun read with lots of fascinating science and cute anecdotes but, overall, nothing special. For more practical information, I'll be returning to my well-used copy of Covert Bailey's, "Fit or Fat."
  
  
  
  
  

• really irritating

  
  By A1LP751WJEBVBG on 2006-10-06
  I found this book annoying, boring, and wordy. It contains very little actual information about aging, exercise, or anything else, and the information that it does contain is nothing that most people don't already know anyway. Basically, it is one big motivational speech that promotes exercising for women, but the male author is patronizing, condascending, and sexist. He spends a lot of time convincing the reader that exercise is actually good for women and that it's OK for women to lift weights. He seems to assume that most women are reluctant to exercise and ignorant about exercise. For example, he says that women should join a gym instead of exercising on their own so that they don't hurt themselves and are sure to stick with the program. As a woman who has exercised consistently on my own for over 20 years (including a marathon and a triathlon) I found it insulting to say the least.
  
  
• Motivating Book
  By A3BXNSSW5LH04D on 2007-07-29
  Chris and Harry tag-team throughout this book to provide good information and inspiration. As other reviewers have stated, most of the information isn't new, but it's said in a way that makes it relevant and useful. And Chris is a jolly role model for all of us.
  
  I'm not sure why this book motivates me when I already knew much of the information in it. Maybe it was the ongoing (relentless) mention of aging as decay in the US. Or pounding home the point of how much control we have over how we age. Or maybe just wanting to have fun being 71 like Chris. (My mom, 78, has heart disease. Her sister died at 71 and her other sister, 69, has cancer.)
  
  I love the dead honest tone of this book. No diet plan, no recipes, no Kumbaya, no gimmicks - just straight talk with some humor thrown in.
  
  A bit of criticism: I wish they had added a female author for this book. Getting the male perspective on female aging was usually fine, but sometimes seemed lacking. Chris and Harry could quote statistics and give examples, but they really don't know. (Notable difference between reading Gail Sheehy's books on menopause and female aging, and reading this book.)
  
  
• Nothing New, but.......
  By A1BI8UYE3ZFR9W on 2006-08-19
  There isn't anything we don't already know we should doing in this book. And having said that, I do heartily recommend it. I love the chatty informality of the authors. The easy going style gets your attention and keeps it. Its like talking with old friends you haven't seen in a while. And that is one of the points in the book. You SHOULD keep in touch with old friends AND make new ones. So...after you've read this book, get off the couch and get going! It's never too late to start taking care of yourself!
  
  
  
  
• Younger Next Year for Women
  By A2LRGD5WJ2RZYC on 2007-08-31
  I was so excited about getting this book. Then to find that the author had used profanity...profanity which included using the Lord's name in vain...and in the title of a chapter!! It was all so unnecessary, inappropriate, and disrespectful. Thank goodness that I previewed the gift before giving it as a gift. I ordered the mens version of this book as well, to find the same thing...and a lot of repetition between the women's version and the men's version. I promptly returned both books. What a shame to see the decline of moral character and the growing disrespect for others. As educated adults, we have the responsibility to set an example for the younger generation. I wonder why it's necessary to use profanity anytime, but especially in this particular book??
  
  
• Highly motivating!
  By A3M1OYU9MOOEB4 on 2006-01-18
  Having hit that "certain age" I've read several books lately on successful aging. These authors reached right out and slapped me silly - I love this book. For the first time I feel motivated to do the right things for myself -- and have started. Between the no-nonsense medical information from the Doc and the chatty, acerbic style of the attorney, these guys have nailed it. They've made the goals and rules for reaching them seem attainable and fun.They seem to cherish women of all ages - how refreshing and confidence-inspiring for someone with silver hair. I got this book from the library and will be purchasing my own copy for future reference. It's a must read.
  
  
• Good Motivator but Not Much New. . .
  By A2FQBN992A97UG on 2006-01-29
  Good, sound, trustworthy and effective information about living healthy at any age. Most of it repeats what has been written before by many other experts. It could have been said as well (or better)in half the number of pages.
  
  The inspiration and motivation it provided was most valuable for me.
  
  Maybe Chris Crowley wrote in "regular guy" style to enhance his advise, and impact the importance of it to the reader? I had to plow through too many of his family-and-friends anecdotes, golf-course guy talk and outdated musings to get to the core of the good advise I bought the book for - which he did deliver.
  
  Henry Lodge's contribution was a much easier read. Usable and solid information, but more directly to his point.
  
  I found "YOU: The Owner's Manual" much more useful and applicable.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Younger Next Year? It's Up to You
  By A1S82N2JDKIARD on 2006-05-02
  So what's the deal? Can you really be younger next year? As another reviewer says, "Well, maybe." But the "maybe" isn't based on sketchy science, less-than-reliable studies, or even unclear advice; the "maybe" is based on whether or not the reader is willing to follow the very clear and well-supported advice, which is based on new but exciting discoveries in the science of aging bodies.
  
  The advice? Seven basic and fairly straightforward rules, beginning with exercise (6 days a week for the rest of your life) and ending with finding something to be committed to and excited about (for the rest of your life), with some talk about not eating crap and a few other recommendations in between. Simple to understand, but not so simple to do, maybe most especially that thing about working out 6 days a week, every week, until they carry you out. That's a tough pill to swallow for many of us, but the authors make a clear and convincing case that it can be a magic pill, a pill that can promote wellness and firmness into our 80s and beyond, and help most of us replace what might have been a frail and desperate old age with a vigorous, joyful "next third" of our lives.
  
  And what a great job they do of making that case, not only in the sense of presenting a clear and persuasive argument, but also in presenting it in a witty, entertaining, but also very direct style. The authors are one doctor and one of his patients, and they alternate chapters, sort of a team-teaching style, where Harry, the doc, gives you the science, and Chris, the regular guy, talks about how the science plays out in your life, and has in his. Interestingly enough, while Harry is the scientist, he has a pleasant, almost gentle bedside-or, in this case, bookside-manner, and Chris is the one who's inclined to be a little severe, though in an encouraging, coach-like way. So while Chris admits he wanted Rule #1 to be something like "Exercise 7 days a week," he tells us that Harry persuaded him to let us off with 6 days a week. Chris scolds us severely when we ask, as he imagines us doing, "How about 5 days, or even one day? Isn't that better than nothing?" No! Chris insists (you can almost see him stamping his foot), it's NOT better than nothing. But then he patiently explains his point, and leads us carefully through the reasons why one day, or even three, four, or five days, are not better than nothing. (In a former life, Chris was an attorney, and you can hear the litigator's flawless logic and attention to detailed argument in the way he builds his case for exercise. It's really quite wonderful!)
  
  But Chris is no monster. (Here, take a minute to run over all the old lawyer jokes in your head and get it out of your system.) Again, he's the coach, variously demanding compliance or cajoling when it makes sense, browbeating when he has to, telling a joke now and then, and through it all, leading you along the path to success. He has lots of little tips and tricks to offer about all the rules. And he's a bit of wit at it, too. I've read lots of books on the subject of getting in shape, and none of them have made me smile, even chuckle, as this one does. As I was finishing the last chapter or so, I found that I was unhappy that it was all about to end, the way you're sorry that you've reached the end of a good novel or a wonderful movie. Fortunately, the authors have developed a very supportive website where you can ask questions, join a forum, get in on a chat now and then, and get more detailed advice about exercise and nutrition.
  
  Some say there's not much "substance" or nothing new here. OK, if you don't count the several chapters that explain new scientific understandings of how important daily strenuous exercise is to our health as we age; if you don't count the bibliography that offers titles to fill in the stuff that the authors don't claim to be able to offer; if you don't count the entertaining, inspiring, and always on-topic message of the book: work out almost every day, quit eating junk, and find something in life to give a rip about.
  
  To learn more, you'll have to read the book. You owe it yourself. But don't delay-the clock is ticking.
  
  
• The book for men is better
  By A14NAPGXK7C1EN on 2007-01-11
  I love "Younger Next Year". This is a rewrite that clearly IS a rewrite intended for women... a chapter on menopause added, etc, but the original book is fresher and I have other resources on female aging if I need them. Not bad but buy the other book and try to preview this one before you decide you need to own both.
  
  
• TMI
  By A228DM2CV0G0IT on 2007-08-06
  This book needed a good editor. Lots of great information (mostly provided by Henry Lodge) but you have to weed through story after story from Chris Crowley that didn't seem valuable. I know they're meant to motivate and inspire but instead seemed self-indulgent and irrelevant. Most take place in ski resorts and locales that few of us can afford to visit. Adding insult to injury is the pompous and condescending reading style of the "voice" of Crowley on the CD version. Who is he reading this to? There have to be books out there that are a bit more to the point than this one.
  
  
• Would like a refund
  By A3RPAI4VRV1OIL on 2006-10-27
  I agree with all the negative comments about this book. I love reading motivational books but this one left me wanting a refund. I didn't learn anything new and was annoyed rather than motivated.
  
  
• A Great Read
  By A2Q16CG9EJ3D0O on 2006-01-06
  What a great read - an enjoyable approach to a very important topic - women's health. It provides a simple, reasoned and understandable plan for an improved quality of life for women of any age - not just those over 50. Crowley is a gifted story teller, motivator, and a big bonus, hilariously funny.
  
  
• Don't Bother
  By AGR3M1NIYMJLD on 2007-03-23
  I found this book to be a waste of my $15. There are tons better out there. First of all, I found his language offensive, there were many times when he cussed and actually used the Lord's name in vain as a title for a chapter. The info was okay if you've never read a health care book before, you would probably reap some benefits from reading it. If you want a good self-care book get anything by Dr. Oz Mehmet. Personally, I would love to return this book.
  
  
• Great wake up call!
  By A2Y638ZJ71B1M7 on 2006-03-12
  This is a great book that gets your attention. Though I never really thought I needed to know all the medical "stuff" they tell you about in this book, it sure helps me understand more about how I can live healthier for the rest of my life and it makes sense. I have chronic back pain and am looking forward to seeing if I can get relief by excercising and staying in shape.
  
  
• Younger Next Year for Women
  By A33991F3EUG372 on 2006-07-10
  Yes, this book DOES add new information beyond their first edition for men.
  
  New facts carried along with such delicious wit you'll enjoy getting healthier by their wise counsel.
  
  Still, Harry's Rules are Harry's Rules...and we Women deserve this very best!
  
  Buy it. Read it. Live it as the best thing you could imagine doing for your own (and the country's...because others will follow your exemplary example) optimal health.
  
  
• Lots of exercise!
  By A3QRPI9R1DP969 on 2006-02-26
  To get full benefit from this book, the authors insist that one exercise 60 minutes a day! There seems to be little room for compromise. That goal seems impossible for me right now, despite all the reasons why 60 minutes of exercise is critical. Therefore, I was put-off by the book. I did like the mantra of the "nutrition/dieting" section, which is "Don't eat crap!" That is easy for me to remember! The writing of the book is easy to follow; each chapter alternates between the expert and the guy-just-trying with each giving great candid reasons for following the book's philosophy of simply being healthy. Yet, once again, be forewarned: expect to exercise six days a week!
  
  
• New Life
  By A179QVZV73OLDJ on 2006-04-26
  What a fabulous book. It has changed my life and set me on a healthier path. I thought I was doing things right but found I only had part of the picture. After only a few weeks I can see the difference. It is a commitment worth keeping. (Buy a heart monitor they are fun, useful and they keep you moving!) I am buying the book for friends and family and they too are enthusiastic. (My husband has the book for men and he is mending his ways.).
  
  
• Body and Mind Please!
  By A30MOLWSSS8AFI on 2006-06-24
  I really like the lifestyle plan offered in this book - I mean how can you not want to add years to your life and live younger as you age? But one disservice to all you readers out there is what the authors fail to mention - that keeping healthy and living longer is more than just the physical - we need to talk about mental fitness. And really, what is the point of biking miles each day if you have nothing substantial to think about along the way? I use Agogus.com to learn new things and stimulate those neurons. So my advice for you is to exercise six days a week like Crowley and Lodge suggests, but don't neglect that brain of yours!
  
  
• Living a fit and healthy life!
  By A2T12J9UL509G5 on 2006-02-22
  Excellent book for women in their 50's and older. There is much discussion on the importance of being fit and healthy. The authors state if you excercise often, eat healthy, and are committed to friends, family, and others you can live in your 80's like you're in your 50's. It has been an excellent read. The book is written in every day language and contains very useful information. The authors are knowledgeable and very motivating.
  
  
• Irreverant and relevant
  By AVPTO877ZLWLB on 2007-09-06
  This book was recommended by one of the smart women I am lucky enough to have in my life. Thank you Elizabeth, it is a very important piece of work.
  
  "I have to warn you," she counseled, "what this book advises, and backs up with sound science, may bring out the rebellious teen in you. Once I got over thinking it was preposterous I see that it is working", she laughed.
  
  My skeptical, rebel child did blanche at times as I read chapter after chapter about the hard work and science of avoiding Depends and a walker. But avoid those I will and after only 3 chapters I can actually say "thanks Henry" for the five miles I power-walked today rather than the three I intended to.
  
  Henry is Henry S. Lodge, M. D. one of the two authors. The other is Chris Crowley. Together they published the original version of this concept for men.
  
  Their message is compelling.
  * The brain reacts in response to what we tell it by our lifestyle choices.
  * The response process was designed billions of years ago when we lived in nature and survival was the order of the day. The fittest survived, the weakest, well you know.
  * Our body and brains are perfect for their natural purposes hunting, gathering, running, shivering, but none of them was designed for modern life: fast food, TV, temperature controlled environments, or retirement.
  * We are programmed this way like it or not and it remains the way our brains' process input. We can either take on the decay prevention program outlined here, to make the most of the inevitable aging process, or we can age and rot.
  
  Some of the facts are scary:
  * Being sedentary is the single most important signal for decay.
  
  Some heartening:
  * The good news is that decay signals, brought about by the modern lifestyle we enjoy, though constant, are weak. If you don't send any signals to grow, decay will win, but even a modest signal to grow--a decent workout--even a good, stiff walk--will drown out the noise.
  
  I won't bore you with the neuro-bio-science-geek stuff that I love to read but here is their message in a nutshell.
  
  You've got to Move It Move It!
  Move physically,
  move towards joy and happiness daily,
  and move towards those in your life whom you feel connected to and safe with.
  It seems that the pack mentality from years gone by is also a part of the survival mechanism our bodies crave.
  
  Here's a brief explanation of this writerly duo. The doctor has a twenty-four person internal medicine practice in NYC. He is rated as one of the best doctors in the country. At about the 10-year mark of practicing Dr. Lodge
  realized the following: that being an internist allows him a long relationship with patients; like for 20, 30 years or more. From this he deduced, "I am `on notice' of how my patients are living, and of how they are dying. I am `on notice' that the normal American way of life--and especially the American way of aging--is dangerous and sometimes lethal."
  
  Lodge goes on to say what most of us have heard at least once, "Some 70% of premature death and aging is lifestyle-related...If we had the will to do it, we could eliminate more than half of all disease in women and men over fifty. Not delay it, eliminate it." I think that statement is worth re-reading at least once.
  
  The co-author, Crowley is a former litigator. He is 71 or so and Dr. Lodge's patient. He's the proof this stuff works. Here's what he says about his part:
  "Mine is the report from the front. Optimistic, sure, but honest and unadorned. Not a woman's report but almost as relevant because, as I say, we're in the Aging Boat together. Unless we do some stuff that I happen to know about."
  He goes on to say, " I am an indifferent athlete at best. I am hugely self-indulgent (at one point I was forty pounds overweight). I drink almost every day, and I am hardwired for pleasure." So he's one of us.
  More from Chris,
  "And again, 70 percent of the "normal" decay (that's the rot) associated with aging...the weakness, the sore joints, the lousy balance, the feeling crappy...70 percent of that horror can be forestalled almost until the end."
  And I say Amen to that.
  
  The book is thick, 357 pages without the appendix. It's an easy read though and what I really like about it--keep in mind the reference I made to being a science geek--is the amount of science behind each of the exhortations to move, eat this or not that, connect, etc.
  
  The first section of the book covers every aspect of our physical bodies as we do the inevitable dance towards the grand finale. Behind the scenes science sets one up for "getting" this stuff and the very plain stated "what to do" about it will at least get you thinking about available options and outcomes.
  
  Section two is titled "The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion" and covers the importance of caring enough for self and others to want to take this challenge on. It's the social side of the coin of our physical existence.
  
  You don't have to become a tri-athlete over night. At the least you owe yourself a once over to see what part you are playing in how well you age or how fast you go downhill. I'll leave you with this from Dr. Henry:
  "Being sedentary is formally classified as a major cardiovascular risk factor, increasing risk more than smoking or high cholesterol. Vigorous exercise, the real thing, is the most powerful way we know of cutting down your risk of heart attack."
  
  
• Some good stuff, but not up to the full hype!
  By AEJNWMXJS818O on 2007-09-28
  This book gives advice and encouragement to women who have falsely come to believe that deterioration comes with age and there is nothing we can do about it. I enjoyed it and sometimes recommend it just for some parts of it and the main idea, but I still want to make the following comments: it belabored the value of exercise to the point where I felt like shouting "OK, I get it, I get...we need to exercise!". In a way, I kept waiting for the book to also talk about OTHER things too, but really this was the sum total focus of the book. I also thought that it would have been nice if the authors included some women doctors' perspectives too (it was weird getting all that advice on how we women should live our lives from two men who constantly refer to how they live theirs). I felt that the recommendation (strongly and repeatedly given) to exercise for HOURS a day, every day preferably, was fine for the retired author of the book who, as another reviewer also mentioned, was spending ALOT of time doing things that are not easily affordable by the average woman. He obviously has a huge amount of vacation/play time to enjoy high-end exercise, like biking trips and skiing trips...but that's not realistic for the kinds of lives most women, age 50-60 at least, really live in today's world (lives filled with the time demands of jobs combined with children, homes, care of elderly parents, grandchildren, etc.). It may be that this much exercise is what is really needed to turn back the clock, but I'm hoping that's not true- since so few of us have THAT much time to devote to exercise (the authors seemed to think that if you had your priorities straight, you'd find the time). The authors did convince me that one needs to add strength training to cardio training, and that cardio training is not enough. Just that knowledge and conviction alone may make me (and you) 'younger next year', if we actually do what is recommended.
  
  
• Waste of Money
  By A3FRRVBW1QH9F3 on 2006-02-12
  This book is mildly entertaining, but that is about it. The authors spent more than 300 pages to say: "Exercise hard a lot." One author tells us funny stories about what a great skier he is (which is the mildly entertaining part). The other gives us obligatory medical info we really don't care about. Neither one of them were motivating to me.
  
  The book is supposed to be geared toward women, but doesn't address the physical or psychological issues we have that makes starting an exercise program difficult for us.
  
  The authors claim the book is not an exercise manual, which is true. Unfortunately, there is no substance to the book at all.
  
  
  
• not so good
  By A3TB4VQOENOX74 on 2006-07-14
  I ordered this book under the assumption that it would have more info on hoe to look younger than info on losing weight, and how often we should excersize. The same theme ran throughtout the book only worded differently. I wasted my money on this one!
  
  
• Younger Next Year for Women
  By AE1AI8OSG2B20 on 2006-08-28
  You could still tell a man wrote this book, however, it was excellent. Sure got my attention. I started implementing his suggestions right away. Actually, the book re-enforced what my doctor had been telling me, but hearing it from a book really made an impact. Guess I'm a slow learner.
  
  
• "Old dear," indeed!
  By A3RFYZGCJ51DJU on 2008-03-10
  I hate to go against the trend of those who loved this book, but I loathed it. From remarks such as, "Maybe you're a fat piggy..." or "Your skin and hair will get weird, but too bad", I thought the male writers of this book had a very condescending attitude toward women. It seemed they had little understanding of women's needs and desires. All I learned from the doctor's "scientific" theories in the book was "use it or lose it." If you already understand that eating right and exercising helps you stay young, then don't waste your money on this book.
  
  
• Timeless Information
  By A2PCYMLOXU298U on 2006-02-20
  This is a great book. Very informative. My husband just raved about the first book for men so when this one came out, I just had to get it. It's never too late to start taking better care of yourself!
  
  
• It got my attention
  By A2N6H4QIIZ7X4C on 2007-02-12
  This is the first book about excercise I've read that got my attention. It explains the pysiology of excercise, why we need it, how it works on our bodies and what happens to us if we don't do it. It is written by an older man (70's) and his Dr. in a very conversational way. Great information, motivation and common sense. I have just retired and now consider this book to be the best thing I could have read to get me to the gym and once there, know what to do and when to do it.
  
  

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