The new age of exercise

When, around six years ago, Dr Norman Lazarus began writing what would become his new book, The Lazarus Strategy, he could scarcely have imagined the state of the world he’d be releasing it into. Originally scheduled for March, its publication was put on hold – much like the rest of the planet – while the world tackled the first, devastating wave of Covid-19. The book was belatedly published in August.

But forget publication dates. It’s what’s inside its pages that makes it particularly timely. Subtitled , the book is part memoir, part manifesto on how to live an independent, medicationfree, exercise-filled life in your later years. It is based not just on his own experiences – someone who took up cycling at 55, got fit, lost weight