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Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond
Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 411
Believing they have a unique approach for improving men's lives, Crowley, a
former litigator, and Lodge, a board-certified internist, collaborated to
write this "evolutionary" health program.
The authors base their plan on
the idea that instead of looking forward to decades of pain as the body
slowly deteriorates, it's possible to live as if you were 50, maybe even
younger, for the rest of your life.
Yet with the exception of "Harry's
First Rule"—exercise at least six days a week—there isn't much
that's new or groundbreaking in their agenda. Most recommendations fall
under the "common sense" umbrella, though these suggestions may be news to
many men, who aren't as steeped in the world of health and fitness as most
women are (they may find the chapters dealing with nutrition and biology
particularly informative).
The authors' method of proffering their
philosophy is rather trite, however, and their cavalier demeanor belies
the significance of what they have to say. More than one-third of the book
is devoted to how and why they came up with this program based on their own
lives, with special attention to 70-year-old Crowley's impressive abilities
(he says he can ski better now than he could 20 years ago).
All told, this
manual for healthy living offers sound, if unoriginal, advice with some
hackneyed padding. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a
division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
About the AuthorChris Crowley, 70, is a former litigator at Davis Polk & Wardwell. He
retired in 1990 to write, ski, sail, windsurf, bike, cook, and spend time
with his wife, the portraitist Hilary Cooper.
He lives in New York City.
Henry S. Lodge, M.D., 46, is a board-certified internist who heads a
23-doctor practice in Manhattan and appears regularly in "Best Doctors in
New York/America/World" surveys.
He is a member of the clinical faculty at
Columbia Medical School. He lives in New York City.
Editorials
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Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond
Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge
![]() | | | From Publishers Weekly | | Believing they have a unique approach for improving men's lives, Crowley, a
former litigator, and Lodge, a board-certified internist, collaborated to
write this "evolutionary" health program. The authors base their plan... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Newsweek | | Younger Next Year is a wiscracking but scientifically serious guide to
health... |
![]() | | | Book Description | | Turn back your biological clock. A breakthrough book for men--as much fun
to read as it is persuasive--Younger Next Year draws on the very
latest science of aging to show how men 50 or older can become
functionally younger... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond
Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge
![]() | | | Refreshing! | | (CA USA) February 16, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | While the Publishers' review that this was unoriginal information (eat
right, exercise, etc.) is maybe correct overall--the extra info presented
re evolutionary biology is extraordinary.
The presentation
and the rationale... read full review |
![]() | | | Bought it for my husband, but read it myself | | (New Jersey) December 19, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | I bought this book because I saw an ad in The New York Times. Both my
husband and I are over 60, and I thought it could help him. But I haven't
given it to him yet. I've read it carefully, and have begun instituting... read full review |
![]() | | | Just do it! | | (Ypsilanti, MI United States) April 3, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | Maya Angelou said of Oprah's Book Club, 'I don't like all of the books she
recommends (Winfrey) but at least she gets people out to read.'
Sage advice. If it takes the glibness and sarcasm of Chris to get you off
the couch,... read full review |
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