THROUGH RICH STORYTELLING AND NUANCED ANALYSIS, AGING WITH AGILITY SHOWS HOW OUR PERCEPTIONS OF AGING SHAPE THE WAY WE TAKE CARE OF OUR BODIES. BASED ON INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED OVER THE COURSE OF NEARLY A DECADE, THIS BOOK SHARES THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO EMBODY THE NOTION OF AGING WITH AGILITY. THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES VARY WIDELY, INCLUDING FORMER ELITE ATHLETES AND COACHES, PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN, THOSE LEADING SEDENTARY LIVES, AND SOME WHO CAME TO BE IN PEAK SHAPE LATER IN LIFE. EACH PERSON’S STORY OFFERS VALUABLE INSIGHTS ON HOW WE CAN ADJUST OUR HABITS AND EMBRACE AGING WITH VITALITY AND PURPOSE.
THROUGH RICH STORYTELLING AND NUANCED ANALYSIS, AGING WITH AGILITY SHOWS HOW OUR PERCEPTIONS OF AGING SHAPE THE WAY WE TAKE CARE OF OUR BODIES. BASED ON INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED OVER THE COURSE OF NEARLY A DECADE, THIS BOOK SHARES THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO EMBODY THE NOTION OF AGING WITH AGILITY. THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES VARY WIDELY, INCLUDING FORMER ELITE ATHLETES AND COACHES, PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN, THOSE LEADING SEDENTARY LIVES, AND SOME WHO CAME TO BE IN PEAK SHAPE LATER IN LIFE. EACH PERSON’S STORY OFFERS VALUABLE INSIGHTS ON HOW WE CAN ADJUST OUR HABITS AND EMBRACE AGING WITH VITALITY AND PURPOSE.
Advanced Praise for Aging with Agility
Michelle Silver’s engaging profiles of elders and their exercise careers prompted me to rethink my own efforts to maintain the body that I will depend on over the days and years ahead. As one ex-athlete advised: “Take care of your body like you’re gonna need it for a long time.”
--David Ekerdt, author of Downsizing: Confronting Our Possessions in Later Life
--David Ekerdt, author of Downsizing: Confronting Our Possessions in Later Life
An expert on the relationship between aging and health, Michelle Silver uses compelling and thoroughly researched longitudinal cases to offer valuable insight into the habits and routines that everyone can adopt to improve their well-being as they age, no matter their life circumstances.
--Roger G. Baldwin, editor of Reinventing Academic Retirement
--Roger G. Baldwin, editor of Reinventing Academic Retirement