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Women are one of four body types - pear, apple, tube and hourglass. Discover which you are and work out to perfect it with personal trainer to the stars Matt Roberts. He shows you how to maximise the best parts of your body to achieve the lean, toned, sexy body you want. Includes specific resistance exercises, for home or gym, nutrition tips, and advice about which foods most benefit each shape. What are you waiting for!
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Matt Roberts is the UK's hottest personal trainer. He owns two world-class gyms in Mauritius and two in central London, and will open more gyms in the UK in 2004. He is the Boots Official Exercise Consultant and has launched an exclusive range of "Body Performance" products.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book gets results!! You are categorized into one of 4 body types and 4 workouts are given for your body type- some that require gym equipment- some that are suitable to do at home. Each exercise is clearly demonstrated and things not to do are listed as well. My only complaint is that the book would be more user friendly if it was spiral bound!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is incredibly clear & easy to follow. The guidance on working out your body shape is simple, and the programmes which are then set are fantastic - varied, thorough, targeted and effective.
The problem - and it is a big one - is that there for each body type, he recommends you do 5 different workouts per week (or 4 if you are hourglass). In each of those workouts, there are around 20 different exercises. This means that unless you take the fairly big book with you to the gym, you will have to try and go on memory, or take notes with you. I ended up having to make four postcards with notes on each exercise I needed to do/reps/times etc, and took the relevant one with me each time to the gym. Laminated pocket-sized cards which can be carried around would have been useful with this book.
You need to be able to devote a fair amount of time to this programme - each session is lengthy (1-1.5 hours, I'd say if you follow the pace/breathing he suggests. At peak times in my gym,, when I sometimes have to wait for equipment, it is even longer.). Also, it doesn't get quicker the fitter you are - instead, you add more reps! You can't really miss one of the sessions either if you are pushed for time: each session has different goals & targets different areas, so you would get a very unbalanced workout.
You will definitely need access to a very well stocked gym - every body type has routines which involve using all kinds of various equipment. Even some gyms may not have it all. There are some routines designed to be done at home, but they also need equipment such as a gym ball and a skipping rope.
If after all that, you are willing to put in the work, then this is a fantastic programme!
The problem - and it is a big one - is that there for each body type, he recommends you do 5 different workouts per week (or 4 if you are hourglass). In each of those workouts, there are around 20 different exercises. This means that unless you take the fairly big book with you to the gym, you will have to try and go on memory, or take notes with you. I ended up having to make four postcards with notes on each exercise I needed to do/reps/times etc, and took the relevant one with me each time to the gym. Laminated pocket-sized cards which can be carried around would have been useful with this book.
You need to be able to devote a fair amount of time to this programme - each session is lengthy (1-1.5 hours, I'd say if you follow the pace/breathing he suggests. At peak times in my gym,, when I sometimes have to wait for equipment, it is even longer.). Also, it doesn't get quicker the fitter you are - instead, you add more reps! You can't really miss one of the sessions either if you are pushed for time: each session has different goals & targets different areas, so you would get a very unbalanced workout.
You will definitely need access to a very well stocked gym - every body type has routines which involve using all kinds of various equipment. Even some gyms may not have it all. There are some routines designed to be done at home, but they also need equipment such as a gym ball and a skipping rope.
If after all that, you are willing to put in the work, then this is a fantastic programme!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Fit for Your Shape: You are One of Four Body Shapes - Find Out Which - Work Out to Perfect it
I previously had Matt Roberts Fit for Life book and thought that was brilliant so at the age of 43 after having two children and letting my fitness slip somewhat I thought it time to join a gym and with the help of Matt get back in shape.
This book is great because there are a number of different workouts so there is no excuse to get bored. I was always turned off by gym programmes, 20 mins jogger, 20 mins rower, 3 sets of 15 of this and then that... boring. Matt's philosophy, and I agree, is that you can not target train to loose fat off one particular area, it is an all over approach. The workouts are as intensive as you want to make them but interesting and varied enough not to be boring!!!! Like anything to do with fitness, you can read all the books and watch all the DVDs in the world but unless YOU put effort in none of them will work.
I like Matt, three weeks in and I can already see and feel changes.
I previously had Matt Roberts Fit for Life book and thought that was brilliant so at the age of 43 after having two children and letting my fitness slip somewhat I thought it time to join a gym and with the help of Matt get back in shape.
This book is great because there are a number of different workouts so there is no excuse to get bored. I was always turned off by gym programmes, 20 mins jogger, 20 mins rower, 3 sets of 15 of this and then that... boring. Matt's philosophy, and I agree, is that you can not target train to loose fat off one particular area, it is an all over approach. The workouts are as intensive as you want to make them but interesting and varied enough not to be boring!!!! Like anything to do with fitness, you can read all the books and watch all the DVDs in the world but unless YOU put effort in none of them will work.
I like Matt, three weeks in and I can already see and feel changes.
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