{"product_id":"everyday-exercise-building-functional-fitness-with-adls-9798181884069","title":"Everyday Exercise: Building Functional Fitness With ADLs","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): DC Daniel Middleton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Exercise - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou don't need a gym. You need a different way of seeing your day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost fitness books ask you to add something to your life: thirty minutes you don't have, equipment you don't want, a plan you'll abandon by February. \u003ci\u003eEvery Day Is Exercise\u003c\/i\u003e starts from the opposite premise - that you are already moving, all day long, and that ordinary movement, done with intention, is real fitness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou get out of bed. You climb the stairs. You carry laundry, push a grocery cart, reach into the cabinet, rise from a chair. These aren't obstacles to exercise. They \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e the exercise - or they can be, with one small but powerful shift in how you approach them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for adults in their sixties, seventies, and beyond, this book follows the natural arc of a single day, from the morning ritual to the evening wind-down. Across its chapters you'll find twenty-five everyday activities transformed into opportunities to build strength, balance, mobility, and confidence - each one explained in plain language, with a clear note on what your body is building and why it matters for the life you want to keep living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurn brushing your teeth into balance training and calf strength\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse the chair you sit in every day to build the leg power that keeps you independent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimb stairs in a way that protects your knees and sharpens your balance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarry groceries, open heavy doors, and get in and out of the car as deliberate, body-strengthening movements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractice the single most important functional skill for aging well: getting up from the floor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's no schedule to follow and no program to fail at. Just a quieter, more sustainable relationship with your own body - one grounded in three simple principles: intention, attention, and consistency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't about lifting more weight. As one woman in her seventies put it: \u003ci\u003e\"I don't work out just to lift more weight. I work out to pick up my grandkids.\"\u003c\/i\u003e That's the goal. Functional fitness - the ability to keep doing the things you love, for as long as you want to do them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gym is already open. It always has been. You're already in it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48214310191255,"sku":"9798181884069","price":1454.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798181884069.webp?v=1788729379","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/everyday-exercise-building-functional-fitness-with-adls-9798181884069","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}