“Women today not only deserve but should expect a pain-free, active lifestyle, no matter their age, no matter their prev
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Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
List of Illustrations
INTRODUCTION: Women in Full
Part 1 The BASIC WOMAN
Chapter 1: Structure and Stricture
Chapter 2: Muscle and Motion
Chapter 3: Living Tissue and the River of Renewal
Chapter 4: Mars and Venus, Men and Myths
Part 2 INFANCY to ADOLESCENCE
Chapter 5: Children: The Magic of Motion
Chapter 6: The M&M Years (Middle and Mobile)
Chapter 7: She Was Just Umpteen, If You Know What I Mean
Part 3 TOOLS
Chapter 8: On Easy-cise Street
Part 4 YOUNG ADULTHOOD
Chapter 9: Compound Growth
Young Adults Restoration Menu
Young Adults Maintenance Menu
Chapter 10: Birth Right
Getting Pregnant and First-Trimester Menu
Second-Trimester Pregnancy Menu
Third-Trimester Pregnancy Menu
Part 5 PRIME TIME: MID-THIRTIES to MENOPAUSE
Chapter 11: S3: Stronger, Smarter, Sexier
S3 Restoration and Postpregnancy Menu, Phases I, II, and III
Chapter 12: Body Shop
Strength Menu without Free Weights
Strength Menu with Free Weights
Chapter 13: Stoking the Metabolic Bonfire
Small Changes Menu
Chapter 14: A Fighting Chance
Breast Cancer Menu: Diagnosis and Nonsurgical Treatment
Breast Cancer Menu: Postsurgery
Part 6 The VINTAGE YEARS: FIFTY and BEYOND
Chapter 15: Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
Over-Fifty Restoration and Maintenance Menu
Chapter 16: Balance: Lost and Found
Balance and Breathing Menu
CONCLUSION: Women’s Wisdom
Appendix
Babies Menu
Toddlers Menu
Middle Childhood Menu
Teens Menus I, II, and III
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Notes
Other Books by This Author
About The Authors