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Summary: this book deserves more then 1 star
Review: Denise Austin motivates me more then anyone.She has helped me lose 20 pounds and keep it off!If I can do it anyone can!You are worth it!Sincerely, Michelle
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Summary: I absolutely love this book!
Review: I have been using this book off and on for over 2 years now. I keep going back to this book when I need to lose weight and tone-up. The exercises are easy to follow and can be as challenging or low-intensity as you make it. I have trouble following other exercise books/videos and really recommend this to anyone who wants to lose weight and tone-up different areas of their body. Of course to lose weight you have to add aerobic exercise (fast walking/other) as she stresses in this book. I recommend this book for any age, but I'm 40 and find this book one of the easiest to follow and the best, so far, for me.
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Summary: An excellent book.
Review: I own all the 'Hit the Spot' videos and have used them for years. This book has more or less all of the same great exercises. There is a lot of variety- she gives many variations to work the same muscle so you can pick and choose what you like. She also shows all different levels so you can start with this book as a beginner and still use it at an advanced level.In her videos, Denise often does an imbalanced set between right side and left side. She also tends to jump to the next exercise without any break. With the book I can work at my own pace and do the proper sets. Some complaints: the book doesn't stay open easily. I took the pages apart and put them in report cover sheets and a binder. Also, find out how to stretch all your muscles after you've worked them. This book shows stretches but does not cover stretches for all the muscles you work. This book could advise more about proper breathing and the pace to work at. But just find that out somewhere else and you'll be fine.
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Summary: Excellent and well-written
Review: This book is an excellent resource. It gives you many variations of exercises as well as a variety of exercises for your total body. Denise writes in a positive and motivating up-beat style. She includes photos of start and finish exercises for each exercise. My only complaint is that a start position for one exercise starts on one page of the book and the finish position is on the next page so you have to flip the page to view (but this is only for some of the exercises pictured; Denise manages to put the start-finish positions of most exercises on the same page).
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Summary: A wonderful investment!
Review: This is another book of Denise Austin's that I highly recommend! There are exercises in here that I started doing shortly after I got the book and read it all the way through. The exercises that I did I started noticing results within 3 weeks from the time I first started doing the exercise. I had the increase my resistance from time to time but, the exercises still work to this day! I highly recommened!
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Summary: If You Buy Only One Exercise Book, Make It This One!
Review: Versatile, convenient, informative, and easily understood. These are the four adjectives I would use to descibe this wonderful book. We are all educated people, we know that we need 3-4 days of cardiovascular work (walking, jogging, step aerobics, what have you) at 20-30 minutes a pop to help with fat loss. However, if you are thinking that just cardiovascular exercise will do it, you're wrong. You need to strength train your muscles, and this book is the bible for it. If you want long, lean muscles, buy this book. Having lower back pain? Wait for the pain to subside, get the dr.'s okay, and then buy this book. There are back strengthening exercises in here for all of us Linda-Carter-Wannabees (a.k.a. Wonder Woman) who conquer college, career, marriage and children. You need this book to feel better, look better, and gain that confidence you had when you were 16 in the dance recital. You need this book if you are a beginner, an intermediate exerciser, or an 'ol pro. People have mentioned that this book is detailed....that's an understatement. This book gives you explicit information on breathing during exercises, proper form, and the speed at which to execute the exercises. Yes, it's that good. Just as others have mentioned, Denise Austin's heart is in the right place. However, during her videos (of which I own at least 10), she may do 16 repetitions on the left leg, and then quickly change to the right leg. On the right leg, however, she may only do 12 repetitions! That annoys me, thus, I tend to shy away from the videos these days. However, with the book, YOU control the repetitions. You don't have to pause and rewind...you don't have to wait for cues that won't come, and finally, you don't have to deal with beats and rhythms (Denise has a hard time following those, too). So, on a final note, I give this book the ultimate praise. Run to your nearest book store and purchase it, or buy it right here, right now!
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Summary: If You Buy Only One Exercise Book, Make It This One!
Review: Versatile, convenient, informative, and easily understood. These are the four adjectives I would use to descibe this wonderful book. We are all educated people, we know that we need 3-4 days of cardiovascular work (walking, jogging, step aerobics, what have you) at 20-30 minutes a pop to help with fat loss. However, if you are thinking that just cardiovascular exercise will do it, you're wrong. You need to strength train your muscles, and this book is the bible for it. If you want long, lean muscles, buy this book. Having lower back pain? Wait for the pain to subside, get the dr.'s okay, and then buy this book. There are back strengthening exercises in here for all of us Linda-Carter-Wannabees (a.k.a. Wonder Woman) who conquer college, career, marriage and children. You need this book to feel better, look better, and gain that confidence you had when you were 16 in the dance recital. You need this book if you are a beginner, an intermediate exerciser, or an 'ol pro. People have mentioned that this book is detailed....that's an understatement. This book gives you explicit information on breathing during exercises, proper form, and the speed at which to execute the exercises. Yes, it's that good. Just as others have mentioned, Denise Austin's heart is in the right place. However, during her videos (of which I own at least 10), she may do 16 repetitions on the left leg, and then quickly change to the right leg. On the right leg, however, she may only do 12 repetitions! That annoys me, thus, I tend to shy away from the videos these days. However, with the book, YOU control the repetitions. You don't have to pause and rewind...you don't have to wait for cues that won't come, and finally, you don't have to deal with beats and rhythms (Denise has a hard time following those, too). So, on a final note, I give this book the ultimate praise. Run to your nearest book store and purchase it, or buy it right here, right now!
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Summary: I disagree with the one star writer
Review: Very good book and easy to read and understand. Clear information on what exercises work which muscles. A helpful diet section, exercise schedule, and weekly exercise diary.
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