The Aging Athlete

Training the Aging Adult and Senior — Strength, Function, and Independence

The Aging Athlete is Book M3 of The Performance & Human Physiology Encyclopedia — a 93-volume, university-level library on how training and nutrition must change for a specific population. It is written for coaches and clinicians serving women, youth, older adults and clinical populations: deep enough that a professional already trained in the field keeps learning, structured clearly enough that a motivated reader can follow every step.

What you will find inside

• Training the Aging Adult: Why It's Never Too Late
• The Biology of Aging for the Exerciser
• Sarcopenia and Dynapenia: Muscle, Strength, and Power Loss
• Resistance Training: The Master Intervention
• Power Training: The Underrated Priority
• Bone Health and Osteoporosis
• Balance, Mobility, and Falls Prevention
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Aging Adult
• Functional Capacity and Independence
• Nutrition for the Aging Adult
• Training with Age-Related Conditions
• Programming for the Older Adult
• Building Lifelong Strength and Independence: An Evidence-Based Framework

How this book is written

• University level, without dilution. Exact scientific terminology, defined at first use — mechanisms, not just conclusions.
• Evidence graded, not asserted. Major claims carry a level, from A (strong) to D (expert opinion), so you always know how much weight to give them.
• Numbers, formulas, worked examples. Reference ranges, equations and solved calculations you can apply the same day.
• Myths confronted directly. Where a popular claim does not survive the evidence, the book says so — and shows why.
• Fully referenced (APA 7). References at the end of every chapter, plus a master bibliography.

13 chapters · approx. 114 pages · Book M3, Collection M — Special Populations & the Life Cycle.