Younger Next Year

A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond

By: Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge M.D.

Narrated by: Don Leslie, Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Younger Next Year is about how to turn back your biological clock. How to become functionally younger every year for the next five to 10 years, and continue to live with vitality and grace into your 80s and beyond.

Harry's Rules (Harry being Harry S. Lodge, M.D.) are only seven, but they completely reverse the typical path of aging. Exercise six days a week for the rest of your life. Quit eating crap. Connect and commit. And to prove it is his star patient, the no-punches-pulled Chris Crowley, a 70-year-old who left the slippery slope of retirement and turned his life around. Harry tells you what to do. Chris tells you how. And their argument is irresistible.

You're a guy. You have responsibilities. You think about the future, the 401K, the kids' schools. There's one other thing you can't afford not to think about: yourself. Marrying science and reality, Younger Next Year is a convincing and passionate argument that if you train for the Next Third of life, you'll have a ball. Follow its simple rules and you'll find yourself in perhaps the best shape, in mind, body, and spirit, of your life.

©2004 Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, M.D. (P)2004 HighBridge Company

Critic reviews

• 2005 Audie Award Nominee, Personal Development/Motivational

"Brain-rattling, irresistible, hilarious. If you're up for it...it could change your life." (The Washington Post)
"Younger Next Year is a wiscracking but scientifically serious guide to health." (Newsweek)

An entertaining way to hear the truth

The authors provide an entertaining and enjoyable read about hard to hear truth about getting old and what you can do about it. You should only read this book if you want to put more life in your years.

Practical Science - Very Motivating!

I am grateful to Crowley and Lodge for undertaking this project ... I learned a lot, and it has changed my life.

The explanations of why our bodies go into "winter-famine" mode on the typical American diet (and what to do about it); and how to signal your cells to grow rather than decay (thru 45 mins exercise 6x week for the rest of your life!) are fascinating. And motivating. Armed with this knowledge I now have no problem carving out an hour a day for aero or weights; before I wondered why I needed to do it. Harry is the kind doctor I wish I had. And Chris, well he's a character: self-absorbed, a little neurotic, amusing part of the time, but less than he thinks he is; in other words, a lot like me!

Highly recommended for anyone age 45+ who would prefer to stay young right up to age 100.

Great audio book and very motivating

I am 39 year old Male who always "planned" to do exercise but was never regular. Tried several new years resolutions to get me started.

This audio book is very motivating and so far I am exercising for last 8 weeks regularly for 6 days a week. I stronly recommend it. The audio part has its own advantages amd I doubt I would have been this much motivated if I had just read the book.

Best Audio Book on this Site

Well maybe that is a little bit strong, but this is a great book. The presentation of the audio book was oustanding also. I lost 75 lbs and feel great from doing many of the things recommended in this book. Once I found this audio book I was able to fine-tune what I was doing as far as exercise and diet. What they talk about works! Get this audio book and get a copy for those you care about.

Lots of filler to get to the point.

Work out with weights, do cardio and eat properly. That's the gist of the book. Narration is well-done.

Another plan:
1. Do cardio for 30 minutes and then upper body for 15 minutes on MWF.
2. Do cardio for 30 minutes and then lower body for 15 minutes on TueThurSat.
3. Rest on Sunday

Funny, entertaining, life changing,

Where does Younger Next Year rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

top 3

What other book might you compare Younger Next Year to and why?

None.

What does Don Leslie and Rick Adamson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

they make a great performance, I just loved it. I listened to all of it in 3 flights. Never happened to me before.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely.

Any additional comments?

It is truly an eye opening story told in a magnificent. way.

Most logical book in years

Younger Next Year makes total sense. Cleverly written and entertaining. My road map to retirement.

This book is life changing

This book is the reason I subscribed to Audible.Com and I'm glad I did for so many reasons. And as I said in the title of this review, this book is life changing. I have changed things up to closely follow the book's recommendations and have seen positive results in a short amount of time.

Awesome

Awesome book with great concepts and well written. A most read for everyone who loves their life as it is under forty and even more important for those who don't. As for those over 40 this book will give them a roadmap for staying at that age for a long time to come at least functionally. Well done guys

Great stuff

Inspiring and full of information. Should be required reading for anyone 50 and above. And I found that listening to the audible version is actually better than reading the book - at least as far as motivation is concerned. I keep a copy of the book for reference...