Independence for Life

The Complete Guide to Building Strength, Improving Flexibility and Regaining Mobility Beyond 50

De: Will Harlow

Narrado por: Will Harlow

Losing muscle, flexibility and mobility after 50 is not inevitable! This book guides you through creating a personalized, fully guided plan for building strength, balance, flexibility, and bone density.

Physiotherapist and over-50s health specialist Will Harlow has helped millions regain strength and confidence through his YouTube channel. Now, in this comprehensive guide, he shares easy-to-follow, science-backed strategies to restore mobility and prevent further decline.

This book gives you the tools to build a sustainable plan and move with greater ease, whatever your current fitness level. Readers are guided through a self-assessment and suggested exercises (all under 20 minutes) which are highly adaptable—the reader chooses how many exercises to do, how often, and when.

Each chapter focuses on a key area of mobility, including common causes of decline, simple tools to evaluate and track your progress, science-backed exercises to rebuild strength and flexibility, and real-life stories from Will’s clinic to inspire and motivate. You’ll learn how to:

• Build muscle strength for lifelong independence
• Reclaim mobility and move with confidence
• Restore balance to prevent falls
• Maximize bone health to stay resilient
• Ease arthritis pain and reduce stiffness
• Resolve back pain to improve posture
• Release shoulder stiffness and increase flexibility
• Enhance hip mobility for better range of motion
• Strengthen your knees to stay active
• Stabilize your ankles for improved balance