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Be Your Best: 8 Ways to Build Confidence, Lose Weight, Beat Stress, Get Fit
 
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Be Your Best: 8 Ways to Build Confidence, Lose Weight, Beat Stress, Get Fit (Paperback)

by Sally Gunnell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Thorsons; First Edition edition (17 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007107773
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007107773
  • Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 18.9 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,286,541 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Be Your Best is a home fitness plan from super-athlete Sally Gunnell (OBE) that aims to work for real lives. Gunnell's intentions are undoubtedly good as she aims to help Mr and Mrs Ordinary get on the track to fitness and health. The chapter on Motivation sets the tone for the sections on exercise, eating and relaxing. The focus is by no means on diet-only (only one of the "real-life" participants actually loses weight) this is about making gradual changes to every aspect of your lifestyle.

Sadly there's not enough of the inspirational about this book and even the realistic visuals end up being simply unflattering. Translating this retired athlete's phenomenal and undeniable motivation into the basis of a start-up health plan results in an insubstantial approach. Part of the problem here stems from forcing an American self-help theme onto a British day-time TV format and allocating a journalist to write what in the end amounts to an extended magazine article.

Instead of for example telling us that "yoga is very calming" which we all know, it would have been far more interesting to learn how the only woman in history to have held all four gold medals concurrently interprets, and uses, a totally different physical discipline. While the reader is urged Be Your Best, Gunnell has not been given the opportunity to provide anywhere near her best. --Lorna V

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As the greatest female athlete Britain has ever produced, Sally learned all there is to know about health, fitness and the psychology of success. Now retired from professional athletics, she's a mum and a BBC TV presenter, and is working hard encouraging the rest of us to get fit, active and focused. This is a fitness plan that works for real lives. It includes: Sally's story - the highs and the lows; five different real-life followers of Sally's eight-week plan; motivational top tips for sticking to your guns; an exercise programme for everyone; advice on eating the best foods for energy; tips on looking after your looks - including face massage; and a guide on how to relax to energise - with a yoga sequence.

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3.0 out of 5 stars About overall fitness - not a diet book, 2 May 2001
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Be Your Best is a good looking book, easy to read and written with an ecouraging tone. However, this is not a diet book. Only one participant lost a significant amount of weight after 8 weeks.

It is a book worth having in your library however, with lots of resources on how to get and stay active, sports activities that anyone can try, and practical ideas on improving your diet and quality of life in general. So when you give up on the latest fad diet, turn back to Sally for a little encouragement and down-to-earth advice.

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