Product Description

Most women have dieted and exercised their entire lives. It's always the same story: lose weight, gain it back; or lose weight, but not the desired amount. Some have very intense fitness regimes, yet still don't get the results they're looking for - tight buns, strong arms and a flat belly. The UCLA Centre for Nutrition has developed a fast and easy dumbbell programme that readers can do at home and set up for much less than it costs to pay to the gym every month. Say goodbye to flab and sag, and hello tight and pert.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1645 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Synopsis
You've probably been dieting and exercising - or trying to - your entire life. You lose weight, then you gain it back. Or you lose most of the weight but can't get those last stubborn 5 to 10 pounds to budge an inch. Or you exercise like mad, but still, the bum's a little saggy, the arms a little flabby and the belly a little droopy. Why don't you have the body you always wanted? You may not know the real secrets of strength training. The UCLA Centre for Nutrition has developed a fast and easy dumbbell programme that you can do at home and set up for less than it costs to go to a gym every month. You won't look like Arnold Schwarzenegger (who wants to anyway?) but you will watch your bum shrink, your stomach flatten and your arm muscles lengthen and firm. Say "hello" to your bikini and all those sleeveless tops you dreaded wearing when the weather got too hot to stay covered.

Customer Reviews

Best Workout Book Ever
Judith is incredibly inspirational and encouraging without being the slightest bit patronising. She's not some 25 year old gym bunny you just want to smack, she does look fabulous for her age however.

The 30 days worth of workout recipes are really useful. What I do is put a bookmark on the page that has the day I'm working on, and then have the book open to the exercise recipe I'm doing. It's easy to flip back and forth if you do it smart ;)

Agree that a poster for the wall would be a GREAT inclusion in the book, but I don't think I'd put it up. I really appreciate the fact that a set of dumbells and this book are all my "home gym" need contain, and that's easily stowed away and out of sight.

I don't think illustrations are as important as words when describing an exercise - Judith explains in the words what muscules you'll be working, exactly how you should position your body, and what you should feel. She also explains why your hands go in certain places and warns you against injury. The photos are simply complimentary to the words. If she were your personal trainer, she'd be telling you what she's written in the book, not just handing you a bunch of pictures and fobbing off.

Very difficult book to use
Well written and really positive and 'go-getting', but unfortunately very difficult to use.

There's way too few pictures, so you regularly have a guess about the technique, and the layout means you're constantly having to stop and hunt out pages elsewhere in the book.

I wish they'd do a new version that was spiral bound, had more pictures and told you exactly where to find all the cross references!

Good book - shame about the title..
I bought this book a month or so ago and I use it.
I can't say I've followed it religiously - I managed the first 10 days of the plan and then I got a virus which forced me to take a week off everything apart from survival chores and work. I picked it up and now I'm on day 15.
I haven't lost weight and I haven't lost any inches yet so no miracle cure found yet but yet - I think at least five people have asked me if I've been dieting and have been told I've lost weight. - I have no idea what exactly is going on but if this is improving the way I look it's got to be a bonus. The other thing is that I've noticed my running pace pick up over this time.
I note the comment about the layout but it's always really difficult to teach form with weights unless you are in a one to one situation - over time you won't need to flick so much and it will get easier. I really don't think a poster is the solution because I haven't got the room on my walls and due to space constraints I do my exercises in the hall way or on the "office" (don't ask). I reckon that a ring binder thing like the ones my kids have with swapping clothes on characters might work for all of us. 'Til then this isn't a bad start - I think it's great for those of us who can't spend hours at the gym 3-4 times a week and the way it splits things out day today means it all gets done in the long run.