& YOUNGER NEXT YEAR FOR WOMEN – 2ND EDITION
LIVE STRONG, FIT, SEXY, AND SMART – UNTIL YOU’RE 80 AND BEYOND
~ 15TH ANNIVERSARY~
“One long, exuberant New Year’s resolution.” –New York Times
“Brain-rattling, irresistible, hilarious. If you’re up for it, it could change your life.” –Washington Post
2020 marks 15 years since the original publication of the revolutionary YOUNGER NEXT YEAR!! And scientific research continues to show that this program keeps people feeling young until 80 and beyond!
Talk to New York Times bestselling authors Chris Crowley and Dr. Allan J. Hamilton about this popular and life-changing series, what has changed in 15 years and what you should do to improve your life!
The Younger Next Year philosophy is a crucial resource for today’s aging population. Americans are living longer than ever and want to fully enjoy life well into their retirement years. The bestselling series has a straightforward message: Follow coauthor Dr. “Harry’s Rules” and turn back the biological clock, prevent 70 percent of the normal problems of aging (weakness, sore joints, bad balance), eliminate 50 percent of serious illness and injury, and become 10 percent smarter.
With an updated look and new chapters specifically addressing brain health, the 15th anniversary editions of YOUNGER NEXT YEAR and YOUNGER NEXT YEAR FOR WOMEN are guides to improving the quality of life – both physically and mentally.
In 2005, coauthor Dr. Henry “Harry” Lodge knew exercise helped cognitive function as well as physical health, but at that time the research wasn’t conclusive enough to include in the book. In 2019, studies are definitively showing that aging and cognitive decline don’t have to go hand in hand.
Harvard–trained brain surgeon Allan J. Hamilton, MD, continues Harry’s legacy, proving that everyone can live strong, fit, sexy, and smart lives until 80 and beyond in updated editions (Workman Publishing; On sale January 7, 2020; $15.95 US each).
Talking Points
1. How did you get the idea for Younger Next Year?
2. What’s changed since the first edition?
3. Can exercising and eating right really prevent the aches and pains of aging?
4. Can exercising and eating right really make you smarter?
5. Can exercising and eating right really reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer’s by half?
6. Why is it so important to exercise and eat right?
7. Why is so important to set an exercise program like the one recommended in Younger Next Year?
8. How does connecting with other people fit in with the program? How do friends and family keep you young?
9. Younger Next Year For Women discusses the differences in aging in the brains of women versus men, what do women need to know about aging and cognitive function?
10. What do women need to know about menopause and staying fit and feeling young?
11. How will Younger Next Year convince people who hate exercising, who never eat right, and are not committed to anything to change their habits?
12. How has Younger Next Year helped you?
13. Harry’s Rules:
• Exercise 6 days a week for the rest of your life.
• Do serious aerobic exercise four days a week for the rest of your life.
• Do serious strength training, with weights, two days a week for the rest of your life.
• Spend less than you make.
• Quit eating crap!
• Care.
• Connect and commit.
Drs. Hamilton and Lodge explain how and why the rules work, drawing on cell physiology, evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, and neuroscience down to the cellular level, while Chris Crowley, who exemplifies the benefits of Younger Next Year, gives the personal side of the story.
Meantime – YOUNGER NEXT YEAR FOR WOMEN includes important information on menopause, an introduction by Gail Sheehy, and explains the differences in aging in the brains of women versus men.
About the Spokespeople:
CHRIS CROWLEY is a former litigator (Davis Polk & Wardwell), the coauthor, with Henry S. Lodge, of the Younger Next Year books, and the coauthor, with Jen Sacheck, PhD, of Thinner This Year. In his eighties, Crowley fully lives the life, skiing black diamonds and routinely completing fifty-mile bike rides. He and his wife live in Connecticut and New York City.
ALLAN J. HAMILTON, MD, a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, is the Regents’ Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. He is also the author of The Scalpel and the Soul; Zen Mind, Zen Horse; and Lead with Your Heart. He lives near Tucson, Arizona.
About the co-authors:
HENRY S. LODGE, MD, FACP, headed a 20-doctor practice in Manhattan and was the Robert Burch Family Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.
GAIL SHEEHY is the author of 17 books, including Passages, which was named one of the most important books of our time by the Library of Congress. As a literary journalist, Sheehy was one of the original contributors to New York magazine and was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. She has covered national and world leaders and has broken many cultural taboos.