Younger Next Year for Women » (Unabridged, 11 CDs, 12 hrs. 15 min.)

Chris Crowley, 73, is a former litigator (Davis Polk & Wardwell) who retired in 1990 to ski, sail, bike, play tennis, cook, write these books, and take his passion for them on the road.

Henry S. Lodge, M.D., 49, a board-certified internist, is listed variously as “One of the Best Doctors in New York/America/the World.” He heads a 23-doctor practice in Manhattan and is a member of the clinical faculty at Columbia Medical School. Both authors are contributing experts to HealthCentral.com. They live in New York City.

Now, a women’s edition. A New York Times bestseller with 115,000 copies in print in hardcover, Younger Next Year is the breakthrough program for men to turn back their biological clocks and live healthier, more active lives into their 80s and beyond. Experts believed, the press raved:

“An extraordinary book. It is easy to read and the science is right.” —K. Craig Kent, M.D., chief of vascular surgery, New York–Presbyterian Hospital

“Brain-rattling, irresistible, hilarious . . . it could change your life.”—Washington Post

But the fact is that women have even more to gain from Younger Next Year. Just as the average woman lives longer (three decades past menopause) than the average man, the average woman has more anxiety about aging. Younger Next Year for Women is a book of hope. Though keeping the same lively, alternating voices—Chris Crowley’s rough-and-ready passion for the cause, Harry Lodge’s cool, convincing science—the book is recast to bring its revolutionary findings about staving off 70% of the normal decay associated with aging specifically to women. It covers menopause and postmenopause at length, cardiac disease, osteoporosis, sexuality, even finances. It adapts its simple, lifesaving motivational rules—Exercise Six Days a Week, Don’t Eat Crap, Connect to Other People—to contemporary women’s lifestyles. And brings to its message a refreshing bluntness that says yes, you have come a long way, and you’ve got a longer way to go. Now enjoy it for all it’s worth.

Publishers Weekly

Crowley and Lodge rework their bestselling Younger Next Year (which targeted men) to address health and aging concerns for women. Former attorney Crowley's chatty voice alternates with internist-gerontologist Lodge's straightforward medical perspective. The authors promise that major lifestyle changes, including a six-days-a-week exercise regime, and a positive view of aging will make the "next third" of life-the stage after menopause-the most fulfilling. Because women live longer, are highly motivated for change and fear aging less than men do, the authors contend, they will reap great benefits from the program. Crowley and Lodge put their own spin on commonsense health essentials, with Lodge adding information on the latest antiaging breakthroughs. A variety of activities (biking, skiing, sailing, yoga) will likely make the intensive exercise plan more enjoyable. Although there is little new material, women may find the 71-year-old Crowley's cheerleading appealing-the old buddy tone of the previous edition is exchanged for that of a male "girlfriend"-and a great motivator not only for making lifestyle changes but for equating health with how one feels, not how one looks. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Acknowledgments: ix

Foreword by Gail Sheehy: xiii

Introduction: xxvii

PART ONE: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR BODY

1. The Next Forty Years: 3
   
2. Lunch with Captain Midnight: 19
   
3. The New Science of Aging: 29
   
4. Swimming Against the Tide: 51
   
5. The Biology of Growth and Decay: Things That Go Bump in the Night: 70
   
6. Life Is an Endurance Event: Train for It: 89
   
7. The Biology of Exercise: 108
   
8. The Heart of the Matter: Aerobics: 127
   
9. The Kedging Trick: 147
   
10. A World of Pain: Strength Training: 168
    
11. The Biology of Strength Training: 182
    
12. “So, How Do I Look?”: 202
    
13. Chasing the Iron Bunny: 218
    
14. Don’t You Lose a Goddamn Pound!: 225
    
15. The Biology of Nutrition: Thinner Next Year: 244
    
16. The Drink: 261
    
17. Menopause: The Natural Transition: 268

    PART TWO: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE
    

18. “Teddy Doesn’t Care!”: 287
    
19. The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion: 294
    
20. Connect and Commit: 329
    
21. Relentless Optimism: 348

    APPENDIX

    Harry’s Rules: 361

    Author Notes: 363

    The Younger Next Year One-Size-Fits-All Exercise Program: 381