Strong Librarians Stay Healthy

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Strong LibrariansStay Healthy!

Mountain Plains Library Association March 15
16, 2007
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Strong Librarians Background

• In 1994, Dr. Miriam Nelson and colleagues
  conducted a study looking at the benefits of
  strength training in post-menopausal women.
• Results When compared to the women in the
  sedentary group, women in the exercise group
  increased
• Balance
• Bone density
• Muscle mass
• Strength
• Results led to publication of Dr. Nelsons first
  book, Strong Women Stay Young.
• Due to public demand, Dr. Nelson developed a
  structured strength training
• Strong Librarians is based on Dr. Nelsons
  program, with expanded features for all ages
  which includes men and women.

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Physical Health Benefits of Strength Training

• Decreases Arthritic Symptoms
• Improves Glucose control and lipid profiles
• Increases Bone Density
• Increases Metabolic Rate
• Increases Muscle Mass
• Increases Strength and Balance

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Mental Health Benefits of Strength Training

• Allows you to sleep more soundly
• Decreases depression
• Improves mood and attitude
• Increases your level of energy
• Socially, allows you to enjoy others company
  build a new circle of friends

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What the experience will be like for you

• Five-minute warm-up
• Eight to twelve strength training exercises
• Five- ten minute cool-down and relaxation

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Weld Library District Programs

• Strong People/Stay Healthy for staff
• Tuesdays and Fridays
• 700 a.m. Branch Meeting Room
• Survival of the Fittest -Teens Summer Reading
  Program (Theme was LOST!) Weekly
• Healthy Minds/Healthy Bodies Teens - Weekly
  during the school year

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Resources

• Strong women stay young, (with Sarah Wernick)
  illustrated by Wendy Wray, Bantam Books (New
  York, NY), 1997, revised edition, 2000.
• Strong women stay slim, (With Sarah Wernick)
  menus and recipes by Steven Raichlen, illustrated
  by Wendy Wray, Bantam Books (New York, NY), 1998.
  
• Strong women, strong bones Everything You need
  to know to prevent, treat, and beat osteoporosis,
  (With Sarah Wernick) G. P. Putnam's Sons (New
  York, NY), 2000.
• Strong women eat well Nutritional strategies for
  a healthy body and mind, (With Judy Knipe) G. P.
  Putnam's Sons (New York, NY), 2001.
• Strong women and men beat arthritis The
  Scientifically proven program that allows people
  with arthritis to take charge of their disease,
  (With Kristin R. Baker and Ronenn Roubenoff) G.
  P. Putnam's Sons (New York, NY), 2002.
• Strong women, strong hearts Proven strategies to
  prevent and reverse heart disease now, (With
  Alice H. Lichtenstein and Lawrence Lindner) New
• York G.P. Putnams Sons, c2005.
• Web Address www.strongwomen.com
• www.mypyramid.gov

• One size doesn't fit all. MyPyramid Plan offers
  you a personal eating plan with the foods and
• amounts that are right for you. Use the advice
  "Inside MyPyramid" to help you-----
• Make smart choices from every food group.
• Find your balance between food and physical
  activity.
• Get the most nutrition out of your calories.
• Stay within your daily calorie needs.

Additional information, handout and flier
examples for programs are available by
contacting

Cindy Osborne

Weld Library
District Centennial Park Library
Greeley, Colorado


970-506-8626

cosborne_at_weld.lib.co.us

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_at_www.mylibrary.us