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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Take Charge of Your Body | |
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| The End of the World | |
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| A Report from the Front | |
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| The Truth | |
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| Getting a New Start | |
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| How's Your Wife? | |
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| Plan and Scheme and Get Ready | |
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| Hang On Tight | |
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| The New Science of Aging | |
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| "Normal Aging" Isn't Normal | |
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| Change on the Cellular Level | |
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| Decay Is Optional | |
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| Springtime on the Savannah | |
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| The Brain Chemistry of Growth | |
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| The Language of Nature | |
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| Stepping Out of the Crucible | |
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| Swimming Against the Tide | |
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| Make It Your New Job | |
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| Jump-Start the Sucker | |
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| Tap into a Passion | |
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| The Best People Hate Exercise | |
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| The Biology of Growth and Decay: Things That Go Bump in the Night | |
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| Exercise Is Healthy Stress | |
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| A Closer Look: The Messengers of Change | |
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| Play the Music | |
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| It's All About Circulation | |
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| Calling Off the Double Whammy | |
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| Life Is an Endurance Event: Train for It | |
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| The Man Who Couldn't Walk to the Mailbox | |
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| The Man in the Middle | |
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| So, What Kind of Aerobic Exercise? | |
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| Take Up One of the Healing Sports | |
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| A Dog Walking on His Hind Legs | |
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| Lying, Self-Abuse and Related Problems | |
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| A Word to the Weak and Uncoordinated | |
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| The Biology of Exercise | |
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| Pathways to Higher Energy | |
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| The Metabolisms of Hunting and Gathering | |
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| Distance, Not Speed | |
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| Pushing the Herd | |
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| Make It Happen | |
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| Showing Up | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| There Are No Limits | |
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| The Heart of the Matter: Aerobics | |
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| Long-Term Goals | |
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| The Utter Necessity of Getting a Heart Monitor | |
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| A One-Hour Hike in the Mountains | |
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| Fight or Flight: Dodging Traffic | |
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| Powder Rules Apply | |
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| The Kedging Trick | |
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| The Serotta Solution | |
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| Pulling to Paradise | |
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| The General Rule of Gear | |
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| The High-Endurance Vacation | |
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| Going to Stowe: Real Men (and Women) at Play | |
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| A World of Pain: Strength Training | |
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| Hire a Trainer or Read a Book or Both | |
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| Some Tips | |
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| The Nursing Home Miracle and Other Payoff Stories | |
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| The Biology of Strength Training | |
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| A Single Step | |
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| The Brain-Body Connection | |
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| Slow-Twitch, Fast-Twitch | |
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| Doing It Right | |
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| The Balancing Act | |
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| Find a Strength Sport | |
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| The Ugly Stick and Other Curiosities | |
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| Whiten Your Teeth | |
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| Just Say No to Yasir Arafat | |
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| Adventures in the Skin Trade | |
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| Modern Dress and Related Concepts | |
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| Grumpy Old Men | |
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| A Chow's Tail | |
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| Slow Down. Look Both Ways. Repeat | |
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| Chasing the Iron Bunny | |
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| Don't You Lose a Goddamn Pound! | |
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| The God That Lied | |
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| Yes, Virginia, Calories Do Count | |
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| Look at the Pyramid | |
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| It Is Possible to Eat Fish | |
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| Lose Forty Pounds | |
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| Have a Picture of Yourself in Mind | |
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| Exercise and Weight | |
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| The Biology of Nutrition: Thinner Next Year | |
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| Exercise Against Decay | |
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| The White Foods | |
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| Fat for Fuel | |
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| Fat for Growth | |
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| Fat for Storage | |
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| What Can You Eat? | |
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| "The Drink" | |
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| Take Charge of Your Life | |
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| "Teddy Doesn't Care!" | |
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| The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion | |
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| Fear and Anger, Love and Play | |
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| Parenting and Living in Packs | |
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| The Storyteller | |
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| The Dance of Life | |
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| Disconnect at Your Peril | |
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| Play like a Dog | |
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| Connect and Commit | |
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| Cuddle or Perish | |
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| Don't Retire at All | |
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| Using the Other Side of Your Brain | |
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| Make a Job Out of Your Social Life | |
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| Just Say "Yes" | |
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| Be the Organizer | |
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| Things That Go Bump in the Morning: The New Sexual Life | |
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| Relentless Optimism | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Harry's Rules | |
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| Author Notes | |
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| The Younger Next Year One-Size-Fits-All Exercise Program | |