Strength Training for Seniors: Exercises to Rewind the Aging Process and Increase Your Balance, Stability, and Stamina

A Large-Print Resource to Help Seniors Stay in Shape, Reduce Aging, and Live a Longer and Healthier Life

Building and retaining physical strength is integral to living a fuller, longer life. Lifting weights can reduce the symptoms of everything from osteoarthritis and back pain to depression and diabetes. In Strength Training for Seniors, certified personal trainer Paige Waehner provides a detailed twelve-week strength program to help you safely and gradually build power, balance, and resistance with simple, easy-to-follow exercises.

Strength Training for Seniors outlines the physical and mental benefits that arise from instituting a strength training program, and includes instructions for numerous different exercises that will:

• Improve balance and decrease fear of falling
• Increase self-esteem and independence
• Relieve pain throughout your body
• And so much more!

Paige Waehner is a certified personal trainer and fitness writer who is a member of The American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the IDEA Health & Fitness Association. She is a frequent contributor to verywellfit.com, has been published in Pregnancy Magazine, Desert Paradise, and Runner’s World, and is the author of multiple books on how to get in shape and become a personal trainer. She resides in Illinois and can be found at getfitwithpaige.com.