Joint-Friendly Fitness: Your Guide to the Optimal Exercise Program - Paperback

by Bill Desimone (Author)

For the experienced exerciser with new aches and pains...or those looking to avoid them in the first place.

Exercise should:

• Benefit your body, not break it down.
• Be effective, not excessive.
• Challenge your fitness, not your safety.

Learn how in JOINT-FRIENDLY FITNESS:

• Five Star Exercise Rating, based on how manageable the exercise is to do safely.
• Over 70 free weight, bodyweight, and station exercises demonstrated with vulnerable and optimal positions identified.
• Basic anatomy and biomechanics applied to exercises explained.

And finishing with standard and advanced routines for home workouts, basic gear, and fully equipped facilities.

"Here are 3 things you can do in your workout right now to make it easier on your joints:

1. Don't let the weight or station push you into a stretch.
2. Maintain your lumbar curve.
3. Keep your hands in your peripheral vision."

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