panderkins's Reviews (279)

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It's a good book if you're concerned about falling and need a place to start and get motivation. It includes something for absolute beginners and people who'd like to do chair workouts. It is a little repetitive but I just skipped to the exercises since I'm already a regular exerciser. I learned about cross trainers, mountain climber exercises and a few other advanced ones. I feel like the book could've taken more from yoga and I was hoping for more balance specific exercises though. Vestibular exercises improved my balance in physical therapy the most. I agree with the reviewer who said QR codes probably aren't useful for most seniors.

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Jo the physical therapist
Bob and Brad physical therapists
Hybrid Calisthenics
Yoga with Adriene

I stopped reading after he denounced environmental policies that hurt poor people (like me), but then went right into proclaiming the carbon tax a good idea. That would hurt poor people the most and create a government with even more surveillance and economic control over every single facet of life. I just couldn't believe anything he advocated after that so sent it back to the library.

Very enjoyable cross between deep subjects and chick lit. I liked the basketball references; the author seemed to know what she was talking about with that and many other themes. I found the characters believable, however the heavily repetitious descriptors weighed down the narrative (how many times can you mention Julia's love of planning?). A lot of the novel was focused on Julia, a highly unlikable character, plus I lose patience with wimps like William. Still the stories of sisterhood and finding one's way through a difficult world held my interest and it was unputdownable. Much better than Dear Edward.

The first quarter was useful. Such as finding out speed of movement is determined by balance fitness. I like sports so I liked the details of athletic balance -- up to the point I realized the book was never going to talk about regular person balance in walking and hiking...much. I skipped a big section of the athlete stuff. I learned some things about how to use my balance cushion that were useful, however this author is also trying to sell the slackbow, which I can't afford. Overall an enjoyable read that helped me understand my own balance physical therapy right now. I have neuropathy and I guess I'm mostly affected by my feet but I still don't know the mechanisms of my disease as it relates to balance. Book goes into depth on concussions but not much on neurological disorders.

Aislinn is a Maine gem. She brings decades of hiking and Maine Guide experience to her books, videos and columns for Bangor Daily News. As a Bangor resident it has been wonderful to follow her adventures through the years. For some reason mention of the cabin camping in Rangely, a place I've never visited, really struck me, and I think I'll look into it! Also I did not know all that about Aroostook Wildlife Refuge and Loring Base so will check that out as well.

Very entertaining but emotionally repetitive at the end which made it drag on. It’s pretty much silly chick lit. Fun though.