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Men's Health Best: Weight-Free Workout (Men's Health Best) |
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| Author: Men's Health Magazine Published: 2005-09-17 |
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List price: $10.95 Our price: $8.76 |
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Customer comments on this selection. Good varity of exercisesThe book has an intro on where muscles are and nutrition. The bulk of the pages are a good variety of stretches, abs, pushups, and leg exerciser. Its a good fill in for days I don't have much time or am traveling and don't have acces to a gym.  well balanced practical informationit provides a range of simple yet effective routines and actions. It also covers on diet recommendations. Overall very simple information, but practical for a novice.  Old SchoolThis book was OK but nothing that a person with any knowledge of body weight exercise wouldn't already know. The exercises were all basic pushups pullups situps and body weight squats that included some variations of each exercise. It also had some plyo. type exercises and stretching advice, but again, nothing that most seasoned fitness people wouldn't already know to some degree. I purchased the book hoping that it would include some hard endurance type workouts but that was not the case. There is workouts included but just not what I was looking for, but for someone else they might be great. Overall, if you're looking for a book that provides some body weight exercises to get yourself in shape this book will work for you, however you may have to up the intensity of the workouts depending on what kind of shape you are in presently. It worksI bought this at the end of January and began doing routines immediately. The two bodyweight circuit routines (every other day, in the afternoons), the abs routine (each morning), and the "isoexplosive" routine (on off days, in the afternoons) work very well together. Since the end of January, I've lost 25 lbs and went from doing five of most exercises to doing twenty, with most push-up variations with my feet elevated to lift more of my own weight. I've also thrown in some pull-ups by tossing a towel over a sturdy door, and pistol squats. The few diet tips -- eat protein right after working out, essentially -- are also handy. My strength and stamina have increased, I look better, and had to buy new clothing for the summer as the old stuff was just falling off me. This won't turn you into the fellow on the cover, of course, but if you're like me and just won't go to the gym (too far away, too expensive), all you need is a patch of floor and you're good to go, and least if you've not exercised much before, or have had an injury (as I did). I also recommend buying a jump rope and getting in some cardio that way. Compact nugget of good informationThis little book packs a lot of value into a few pages. What I like best about this book is it cuts out the fluff. It is brief and to the point on it's coverage of general nutrition and bodyweight training aspects. Most importantly, it contains a verity of workouts ranging from; full body circuits, back care, balance and abdominal routines. Selections are short, sweet and well organized. Highlights: - Two, 22 minute full body, bodyweight circuits (great for those days when you want to focus on active recovery and give your body a rest from your regular heavy lifting) - One, 15 minute high intensity workout (Good for when you are crunched on time) - A Valuable 7 minute "save your back routine" (Doing this will relieve the pain in your back, after a day of sitting at your desk.) - Good verity of well illustrated stretches - Solid, basic selection of well illustrated bodyweight exercises The total content of this book is under a 100 pages, but it manages to provide great photos and a good verity of workouts. This book is a great little handbook for those who are looking to venture down the path of bodyweight exercises. Another plus is this book is small enough to take with you as a reminder to squeeze in a workout. |
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