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This work features: a focused 4-week program based on an innovative exercise concept Chr(45) "metabolic burst training" - that turns the body into an efficient calorie-burning machine 24/7 with just 3 hours of exercise per week; and special sequences of easy-to-do exercises customised to one's fitness level, proven to deliver real fitness results. Detailed photographs show the suggested order and correct form for every exercise. This book offers: expert nutrition advice to increase the metabolism and maximise the body's ability to burn fat while also taming cravings; detailed recommended eating plan to help get the most out of each meal and snack; guidance to specific lifestyle practices that can be easily implemented into a daily routine to help normalise metabolism and ensure greatest results. No gym membership is required! This is a simple guide to designing a home gym - only five pieces of affordable basic equipment necessary. It features optional programmes, each 4 weeks long, which target specific trouble zones (i.e., abs, thighs, hips, etc.) and step up fitness level.
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Format:Hardcover
My wife ordered this book hoping it would be different to other "Diets" she has tried and we now are all on this very sensible way of eating, my wife my grandaughter and myself.
We were very pleased with the results within two weeks, so much so that my wife and grandaughter have now taken up Zumba dancing to speed up the weight loss and use some of the energy that this way of eating seems to give you.
My wife has been able to get jeans on two sizes smaller already and we are only into the third week, 'can you just picture her face'her goal is to lose another two stone or so having already lost about a stone now.
We all find it interesting, tasty and filling, none of us feel hungry between meals, and we enjoy the variety too.
We were very pleased with the results within two weeks, so much so that my wife and grandaughter have now taken up Zumba dancing to speed up the weight loss and use some of the energy that this way of eating seems to give you.
My wife has been able to get jeans on two sizes smaller already and we are only into the third week, 'can you just picture her face'her goal is to lose another two stone or so having already lost about a stone now.
We all find it interesting, tasty and filling, none of us feel hungry between meals, and we enjoy the variety too.
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142 of 157 people found the following review helpful
Unrealistic Exercise Plan - It requires a lot of $$$
3 Jun 2006
Format:Hardcover
I'm surprised Dr. Phil is on board with this book. Too much time is spent on Indoor Cardio, detailing treadmills, elliptical trainers and stationary bikes. The Appendix has a recommendation of $1,000 to $2,000 for a decent treadmill. It also lists rowing machines, multi-station home gym, ski machines, etc. Is this guy crazy!?! Between a gym membership and the equipment I'd have to buy, I'd spend thousands of dollars! The more affordable equipment ranges from Tubing/exercise bands and stability balls (which you must have for this program if you don't go to a gym daily).
Also, he says the proper weight for a woman is 100 lbs for the first 5 feet, then 5 lbs. +/- for every inch above that. This means I should weigh 90 to 110 lbs. My doctors would have a fit if I weighed that little. I'm a 50 years old woman, and per my Internists' I should not get below 125, which is healthy and realistic, and I'll look great.
The diet is nothing special; it's all common sense. I didn't learn anything new, and it isn't even written in an interesting way. (He says the same things over and over again in every chapter.) Every adult already knows the correct foods to eat, and which to cut out. If you want to know about a specific food, "Google" it.
I don't recommend this book.
Also, he says the proper weight for a woman is 100 lbs for the first 5 feet, then 5 lbs. +/- for every inch above that. This means I should weigh 90 to 110 lbs. My doctors would have a fit if I weighed that little. I'm a 50 years old woman, and per my Internists' I should not get below 125, which is healthy and realistic, and I'll look great.
The diet is nothing special; it's all common sense. I didn't learn anything new, and it isn't even written in an interesting way. (He says the same things over and over again in every chapter.) Every adult already knows the correct foods to eat, and which to cut out. If you want to know about a specific food, "Google" it.
I don't recommend this book.
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Not much of a makover
28 Jun 2006
Format:Hardcover
I didn't get much out of this book. I found I was already doing all the exercises that he recommends. More than half of the book is giant full-page photos where he demonstrates each exercise. There is very little content. Also, just a couple of chapters in, he recommends this massage roller that he wants you to go to his website to buy. I was very disappointed and gave the book away immediately.
47 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Once you get past the fluff, a worthwhile program
26 Aug 2006
Format:Hardcover
I've never been a big fan of Dr. Phil, so at first glance this book didn't appeal to me.
Once I started reading it, however, I saw a good, solid program that was based on real scientific principles and methods that have worked in the real world. The workouts are supposed to be 30 minutes each, not so ridiculously short that they seem too good to be true, but not so long that most average people with careers and families would shy away from them.
The strength training workouts can be done in the home with minimal equipment or in a gym. They're based on multi-joint movements like squats, pulldowns and bench presses that work a lot of muscle at once. In that respect the book's recommendations aren't that much different than what you'll find in Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove's The New Rules of Lifting. The program is not as sophisticated as what you'll find in Schuler and Cosgrove's work, but the basic idea is the same. It's just written for a different audience.
The interval cardio workouts might be best suited for machines, but there are other ways to do them, too. As is the case with the strength training, the idea is to work harder, not longer.
It should go without saying, but it's important to stress that you'll get out of it what you put into it. The workouts aren't long, but to get the most out of them, you need to give them your best effort.
As long as you're willing to work, there's no reason you shouldn't get results.
Once I started reading it, however, I saw a good, solid program that was based on real scientific principles and methods that have worked in the real world. The workouts are supposed to be 30 minutes each, not so ridiculously short that they seem too good to be true, but not so long that most average people with careers and families would shy away from them.
The strength training workouts can be done in the home with minimal equipment or in a gym. They're based on multi-joint movements like squats, pulldowns and bench presses that work a lot of muscle at once. In that respect the book's recommendations aren't that much different than what you'll find in Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove's The New Rules of Lifting. The program is not as sophisticated as what you'll find in Schuler and Cosgrove's work, but the basic idea is the same. It's just written for a different audience.
The interval cardio workouts might be best suited for machines, but there are other ways to do them, too. As is the case with the strength training, the idea is to work harder, not longer.
It should go without saying, but it's important to stress that you'll get out of it what you put into it. The workouts aren't long, but to get the most out of them, you need to give them your best effort.
As long as you're willing to work, there's no reason you shouldn't get results.
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