Expanding Your Exercise Toolkit: Books and Websites to Support Your Journey
While Waist Management provides a foundation for incorporating exercise into your daily life, you may be interested in exploring additional perspectives and approaches as you continue your journey. Expanding your knowledge can deepen your understanding, keep you motivated, and introduce new ways to support your health, wellness, and longevity. In this article, I’ve gathered a selection of trusted books and reputable websites that complement what you’ve already learned, offering fresh insights and practical guidance to help you stay engaged and continue building a sustainable, lifelong approach to movement.
BOOKS
Quick Function Exercises for Seniors by Cody Sipes
Quick Functional Exercises for Seniors focuses on short, practical workouts designed to improve balance, strength, and mobility in older adults. The exercises are tailored to real-life movements, helping seniors maintain independence and reduce fall risk. Sipe emphasizes safety, simplicity, and consistency to make fitness accessible and effective for aging bodies.
Dynamic Aging: Simple Exercises for Whole-Body Mobility by Katy Bowman
Dynamic Aging is a practical guide focused on improving movement, strength, and mobility as you age. It offers simple, alignment-based exercises designed to help you move more freely and reduce pain in everyday life. The book emphasizes that it's never too late to improve physical function through intentional movement.
A Woman’s Guide to Muscle and Strength by Irene Lewis-McCormick
A Woman’s Guide to Muscle and Strength is a comprehensive strength training manual tailored specifically for women. It offers over 100 exercises and progressive programs for all fitness levels, utilizing tools like free weights, TRX, and foam rollers. The book also addresses common fitness myths, providing science-backed strategies to help women build strength, improve tone, and enhance overall health.
Full-Body Flexibility by Jay Blahnik
Full-Body Flexibility is a comprehensive guide to improving flexibility through targeted stretching routines. It offers step-by-step instructions for stretches tailored to different fitness levels, body parts, and activity types (like running, weightlifting, or daily mobility). The book emphasizes injury prevention, better posture, and enhanced performance through safe, effective flexibility training.
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
Outlive is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide focused on extending both lifespan - how long you live - and, more importantly, “health span" - the quality of those years. It challenges conventional medicine's reactive approach to chronic diseases, specifically cancer, heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and type 2 diabetes, advocating instead for proactive, personalized, and preventative strategies.
WEBSITES
Bodyfit by Amy
An online fitness platform featuring a wide variety of free, high-quality, and positive workouts designed for all fitness levels, including specialized prenatal and postnatal routines. Led by trainer Amy, the site focuses on empowering, sustainable, and enjoyable movement that can be done at home with minimal equipment.
Fitness Blender
A comprehensive digital fitness platform created by husband-and-wife trainers Kelli and Daniel, offering hundreds of free, high-quality workout videos ranging from HIIT to strength training. The site also provides structured workout programs, meal plans, and a paid "FB Plus" membership for ad-free content and enhanced tracking features.
American Council on Exercise (ACE)
Although the ACE site is geared primarily toward exercise professionals, the page below provides lots of information on exercise, including research, workouts, and an exercise library.
And if you’re looking for an ACE-certified personal trainer, you can search for one in your area from this page:
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
This is another site for fitness professionals. The following link is geared toward educating the public about how to exercise safely and effectively:
And if you’re looking for an ACSM-certified personal trainer
(like me!), you can search for one in your area from this page:
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