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jooti's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
3.0
great advice that could have been shared more concisely. I enjoyed the audiobook.
thegeekyblogger's review against another edition
1.0
Read/Listened for Fun (Audible/Kindle)
Overall Rating: DNF
First Thoughts: Younger Next Year for Women had a good message (mostly) but it was buried under joining a gym, skiing stories, swimming stories, and insulting terms that made me shut down the book!
Here is the parts that I really liked:
1: Exercise is key to adding years to your life.
2: Eating right makes your body perform better.
3: Knowing your heart rate during exercise will let you know how much you are pushing yourself.
4: Strength training for women is key to battling some women specific issues that come up post menopause.
Nothing earth-shattering but all good things to keep in mind. The rest (and I made 6 hours) was all chatter that was off-putting and buried the information. Overall I was not impressed.
Overall Rating: DNF
First Thoughts: Younger Next Year for Women had a good message (mostly) but it was buried under joining a gym, skiing stories, swimming stories, and insulting terms that made me shut down the book!
Here is the parts that I really liked:
1: Exercise is key to adding years to your life.
2: Eating right makes your body perform better.
3: Knowing your heart rate during exercise will let you know how much you are pushing yourself.
4: Strength training for women is key to battling some women specific issues that come up post menopause.
Nothing earth-shattering but all good things to keep in mind. The rest (and I made 6 hours) was all chatter that was off-putting and buried the information. Overall I was not impressed.
dmturner's review against another edition
3.0
I managed to get through this excellent book despite Chris Crowley's cheery, jocular, sometimes grating style because it is (a) full of useful information about staving off the optional deterioration of aging and (b) inspirational. Henry Lodge's medical chapters are very thorough though in some spots already outmoded, and Crowley's advice assumes a rather large disposable income (skiing, long-distance cycling on expensive bicycles, and master's athlete camps are not for those on a limited budget). I admit that as a master's athlete myself, I have spent an inordinate amount of my own salary on training, tournaments, and travel, but I know better than to expect everyone else to do it. I recommend the book if you have a high tolerance for peppy lecturing.
But seriously, "Old Fred?" Yeugh.
But seriously, "Old Fred?" Yeugh.
pine_wulf's review against another edition
2.0
I'm not quite in the age range for the target audience, but I thought there was still some good information in here. I liked some of the doctor's chapters, when he got technical, but when he started relying on citing studies to show his point, like with the strength training, it was a bit dull. Chris, the other guy, was usually OK to read, but sometimes there would be really off-putting comments. For example, in one instance he's saying that women come up to him all inspired and have started their own exercise regimen and he tells the reader that it's obvious they're not exercising cause they are piggies. Very distasteful.
Also, as much as I preferred the doctor's chapters, there was something that didn't make a bit of sense. He mentions how saturated fats are bad, that they are inflammatory. Disclaimer, I don't know a lot about this. But at one point he mentions how when saturated fat is eaten, it's used for making other structures. One of those structures being cell walls. He then goes on to describe how when there are cell walls with sat-fats in them, they are attacked by your immune system. What? Granted, I'm no expert, but I remember clearly learning in Bio101 that cell walls naturally contain sat-fats. In fact, the warmer the climate, the more sat-fats they need in order to maintain the same fluidity. It's actually why palm oil and coconut oil contain more sat-fat then canola and soybean. Tropical oils live in warmer climates than other oils. Same goes for animals, an elephant is going to have more sat-fats in their cell walls than penguins. We probably have more than penguins too. Maybe we have more than we should because of diet, I don't know, but I'm under the belief that we have some, so it doesn't make sense for the body to attack them there.
Also, Chris at one point says that all calories are created equal. That 100 cal of french fries = 100 cal of spinach because it's all 100 calories. I also believe this to be completely wrong. The spinach is going to have so many more nutrients and is going to make you feel much better. Yes, calorie counting can work, and I think this is what we was getting at, but that doesn't make them equal.
Overall, that message is good. Exercise, don't eat crap and have a fulfilling social life. And if this inspires people to do just that, excellent.
Also, as much as I preferred the doctor's chapters, there was something that didn't make a bit of sense. He mentions how saturated fats are bad, that they are inflammatory. Disclaimer, I don't know a lot about this. But at one point he mentions how when saturated fat is eaten, it's used for making other structures. One of those structures being cell walls. He then goes on to describe how when there are cell walls with sat-fats in them, they are attacked by your immune system. What? Granted, I'm no expert, but I remember clearly learning in Bio101 that cell walls naturally contain sat-fats. In fact, the warmer the climate, the more sat-fats they need in order to maintain the same fluidity. It's actually why palm oil and coconut oil contain more sat-fat then canola and soybean. Tropical oils live in warmer climates than other oils. Same goes for animals, an elephant is going to have more sat-fats in their cell walls than penguins. We probably have more than penguins too. Maybe we have more than we should because of diet, I don't know, but I'm under the belief that we have some, so it doesn't make sense for the body to attack them there.
Also, Chris at one point says that all calories are created equal. That 100 cal of french fries = 100 cal of spinach because it's all 100 calories. I also believe this to be completely wrong. The spinach is going to have so many more nutrients and is going to make you feel much better. Yes, calorie counting can work, and I think this is what we was getting at, but that doesn't make them equal.
Overall, that message is good. Exercise, don't eat crap and have a fulfilling social life. And if this inspires people to do just that, excellent.
mbm1311's review against another edition
5.0
I struggled with how I wanted to rate this book and it came down to not all of my best conversations are with people I like. Lots of good information and the important priorities are clear but I didn't have a lot in common with the lawyer and a book by the doctor alone would have been too dull. They try to strike a balance and just because I wouldn't normally find the lawyer in my circle of friends doesn't mean he didn't have a lot of really important things to say.
It's easy to recap the major points on one sheet of paper, but do you get up and do it?
It's easy to recap the major points on one sheet of paper, but do you get up and do it?
monty99's review against another edition
2.0
Not really a spoiler but when I googled the book I discovered that the doctor who contributed to the book died of prostate cancer at age 58 - not a good endorsement of the program although the advice given is good --
lauraa06's review against another edition
2.0
meh. They basically want you to exercise 45-60 min at 65-80% of your heart rate 6 days a week for the rest of your life. Hmmm.