Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #242845 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

Synopsis
Outlines a program for muscle strength and conditioning that encourages women to use heavy weights, challenges popular beliefs about how women cannot train with weights traditionally used by men, and shares a series of total body workouts that illustrate proper techniques.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic resource
This is a well written, thoroughly researched book with a light tone and a nice easy going style which makes it a pleasure to read. Despite being a qualified personal trainer and experienced lifter I learned several things I did not already know about muscle physiology. The workouts included (six months or more worth) were different from everything else I have seen of late and am looking forward to starting them when I finish my current training cycle. I may update this review after a few months actually on the programme.

The nutrition section provided little that was new to an experienced lifter but would be a good resource to someone who doesn't know how to eat to maximise metabolism and get the body they have always wanted. The recipes, unusually for a book of this type, actually sound delicious, and the advice is more practical and aligned to a normal lifestyle (i.e. 3 meals and 2 snacks per day, plus post-workout shake on lifting days rather than the six mini meals often recommended in lifting tomes). I would have liked some more recipes, but there is a support forum so I'm sure recipes will abound there.

The only criticism is that the programmes look a little confusing when viewed as a whole. Despite this, the system is explained well, and if you take it one step at a time it should become clearer. I would recommend this book for any level of lifter, from the novice who can't even do a single full press-up (adequately catered for in the exercise choice options) to an experienced lifter who would like a new programme to shake things up plus an update on what's new in muscle physiology.

The book of awesomeness
I truly loved this book - it goes into detail about exactly why women should weight train and shows you how.

The diet section is great - pointing out that if you want to build muscle (and you do, if you want a lean body) that actually have to eat.

The only bug I have with it is that the workouts shown (six months worth) don't actually seem to use all the exercises pictured in the book - there were way too many step-ups for my liking and not enough lunges/reverse lunges even though it had pictures showing you how to do them.

However, it did give you alternate exercises if you can't get to a gym, all you need are dumbells, a stability ball, some kind of bench is good, and a darn step!

I'd been lifting for about a year before buying this and it was definatly worth it for all the information, would certainly recommend it for a beginnner (you'd be very lucky if this was your first book!) and for intermediates too.