New book targets physical fitness for older women
DENVER (MMD Newswire) September 15, 2010 -- Women to Women: A Handbook for Active Aging by Catharine Stewart-Roache and Barbara Yarnell is a guidebook to women's health and fitness after the age of 50.
Stewart-Roache and Yarnell were frustrated that the majority of women's health and fitness books on the market only targeted women up to age 45 or were written from a much younger point of view. Women to Women is written for mature women by mature women. Stewart-Roache and Yarnell take years of personal experience combined with scientific research to offer women tips on setting fitness and nutrition goals as they age.
According to Stewart-Roache and Yarnell, maintaining or beginning an active lifestyle while aging can reduce the effects of many diseases common among women such as high blood pressure, osteoporosis and depression. Women to Women aims to demonstrate how participating in cardiovascular fitness, flexibility training, and strength training will greatly enhance mental, physical and emotional well-being.
Within Women to Women, readers are given detailed advice on how to begin walking, running, swimming, strength training and flexibility training with a comprehensive appendix. Kirkus Discoveries Reviews says, "Stewart-Roache and Yarnell's refreshing, no-nonsense attitude toward aging can be summed up by their brusque, introductory statement that 'old can be active old or rocking chair old.' The book continues in a similarly conversational tone, with the first half consisting of a quick introduction to nutrition and aerobic exercise, interspersed with notes of friendly encouragement." With Women to Women, the authors hope to make physical fitness accessible and inspiring to women over 50.
Women to Women is available online at Amazon.com and other channels.
About the Author
Catharine Stewart-Roache has a professional background in counseling and hospital ministry. She is a senior Olympic cyclist, runner and sprint triathlon competitor. Stewart-Roache is the co-author of attrACTIVE Woman: A Physical Fitness Approach to Emotional and Spiritual Health and At Sea at Sixty. She is also an avid scuba diver, skier, sailor, hiker and senior yoga instructor. Barbara Yarnell is a physical therapist and counselor of homeopathic medicine that lives and practices in Denver. She is an erstwhile marathoner, but prefers walking and weight lifting, as keeping up with her grandchildren reinforces her need to stay fit.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Catharine Stewart-Roache and Barbara Yarnell
Email: Hermosa@sdc.org
Phone: (866) 604-3489
(303) 282-1090
Web: www.hermosa-pub.com/hermosa
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