Summary: As metabolism begins to slow in our 50's, regular aerobic exercise helps combat weight creep, increase energy and relieve stress. It's not just about looking good anymore. It's about feeling good and having fun! A complete aerobic workout that includes insights into the importance of aerobic training in your 50's; exercise tips for achieving maximum results; 30-minute core routine; 10-minutes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KEESummary: From firming and shaping the entire body to building cardio strength to advanced relaxation techniques, this series shows how to use yoga to help tone and firm your whole body and achieve total fitness. Useful for both beginners and advanced users.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DPTV Media 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 FIRSummary: Muscles tighten in your 50s, inhibiting the full range of motion and making a regular flexibility program more important than ever to improve posture, prevent injury and relieve stress. A complete flexibility workout that includes insights into the importance of flexibility training, ; exercise tips for achieving maximum results; 40-minute core routine; introductory Pilates and yoga workouts; Q...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KEESummary: Muscle is the body's natural heating system. Regular strength training revs up your metabolism and helps protect against the bone loss that naturally occur in your 50s. A complete strength workout includes insights into the importance of strength training; exercise tips for achieving maximum goals; 40-minute core routine, including abdominal section; advanced exercises; Q & A session.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 KEEFetters, K. Aleisha
Summary: "Being active and in shape helps you sleep, keeps you strong and healthy, and improves balance, your social life-and even your sex life! We all know exercise is good for us, but time, money, age, and inertia often keep us stuck on the couch. But you don't need to join a gym-or even leave your house-to get fit and healthy! In Fitness Hacks for over 50, you'll discover quick and attainable tips...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 FETFriel, Joe.
Summary: Fast After 50 is for every endurance athlete who wants to stay fast for years to come. For runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, and cross-country skiers, getting older doesn't have to mean getting slower. Drawing from the most current research on aging and sports performance, Joe Friel-America's leading endurance sports coach-shows how athletes can race strong and stay healthy well past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 FRIKarlgaard, Richard
Summary: A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be a late bloomer in a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, and how finding one's way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness.We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with early achievement, from getting perfect scores on SATs to getting into Ivy League colleges to landing an amazing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 KARBulik, Cynthia M.
Summary: Explores the nature of midlife eating disorders, looking at why they develop, how their unique challenges set them apart from those that occur earlier in life, and the path to recovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 BULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind BulikMcGraw, Robin.
Summary: "New York Times"-bestselling author McGraw reclaims what it means to be, act, and feel young, showing women how to live a vibrant life of meaning and satisfaction at any age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 613.7 MCGCrandell, Susan.
Summary: "A book about how yesterday's baby boomers are becoming today's adventurous midlife pioneers, discovering exciting new opportunities for growth in work, play, family, and happiness, by the founding editor of MORE magazine."--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Wellness 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging CrandellSummary: The stars play a pair of middle-aged, dating game dropouts as wary of romance as they are perfect for each other. Through rocky unsettling times, the pair lurch their way to companionship, friendship, and finally love. Contains all 26 episodes of this British comedy classic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FINGillen, Kieron
Summary: "No one can escape DIE until everyone agrees to go home. Or rather, no one can escape DIE until everyone who is alive agrees to go home. The second arc of the [...] bleakly romantic fantasy fiction starts to reveal the secrets of the world, and our heroes' pasts. There's always the chance they'll escape DIE. They'll never escape themselves." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIESummary: Alain and Marie are a middle-aged bourgeois couple who move to their new house in a quiet suburb. A key feature of their new abode that the estate agent points out to them is a mysterious tunnel in the basement. Little do they realise that it will turn their lives upside down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN INCRountree, Sage Hamilton
Summary: "Yoga gives active people vital tools for healthy aging: strength, flexibility, balance, and focus. In this one-of-a-kind book, Sage Roundtree and Alexandra DeSiato clearly describe the what, why, and how of poses and routines that help keep people in any decade of life--but especially older people--fit and injury-free. Addressing the four biggest concerns of the older yoga student--balance,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two lone strangers trekking on the road -- a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and a widowed English nurse -- meet each other and embark on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia. Joan is looking for answers about her husband's unusual death and Jack is just wandering to escape his past, but together they encounter mysteries in the dark corners of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DARJudd, Naomi.
Summary: "At 78 million strong, baby-boomers have become America's largest demographic. Here, Judd debunks society's harmful myths about aging and finds more meaningful ways we can define ourselves so we can enjoy (rather than dread) getting older. She offers tips on finding simplicity, streamlining possessions, disengaging from "energy vampires," and discovering the most effective ways to support your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 JUDWestcott, Wayne L.
Summary: "Increase your strength to improve your health, your appearance, and your performance with Strength Training Past 50. Strength training offers many benefits for active adults, including enhanced athletic performance, reduced risk of disease, and decreased symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Whether your are just getting started or have been training your entire life, Strength...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 WESMcGraw, Robin.
Summary: What's age got to do with it? -- What's fitness got to do with it? -- What's nutrition got to do with it? -- What's skin care got to do with it? -- What's hormones got to do with it? -- What's hair got to do with it? -- What's makeup got to do with it? -- What's fashion got to do with it? -- What's faith got to do with it?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 MCGGillen, Kieron
Summary: "DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly horror they only just survived as teenage role-players."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIEMonti, Daniel A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 613.0438 MONPensanti, Helen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Siloam Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.9 PENWright, Vonda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AMACOM 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7 WRISummary: "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven Up, has been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2012
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Summary: A feel-good, coming of (middle) age comedy about a mismatched pair who helps each other overcome life's road blocks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LEA1 available in Staff Picks, Call number: DVD TCFF LEA