Workouts for Dummies
 | For Dummies, 1998, Paperback |
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Motivate your mind and shape your body with the exercise expertise of international fitness educator Tamilee Webb. Whether you're an avid gym rat or you're just looking for a few simple workout routines to do in the privacy of your own home, Buns of Steel" expert Tamilee can help you design a new workout especially geared for your body type and personal goals.
Workouts For Dummies gives you step-by-step instructions and plenty of photos so you can create an exercise program that's perfect for you. Discover the secrets of warming up, cooling down, and stretching; listen to your body to prevent injury or strain; identify your body type and the best workout plan; and start toning and working your upper and lower body. Workouts For Dummies also features practical advice for special workouts at home, in the office, on the road, or in the gym, and a section devoted to workouts for seniors, kids, and pregnant women. So get fit fast in For Dummies style with Tamilee and start feeling like a new person — the person you really want to be.
Workouts for Dummies by Tamilee Webb, whose buffed body is the star of the Buns of Steel workout video series and frequent TV appearances, is a fine source of motivation, information, and specific workout programs. Even if you've never exercised, don't worry — the book starts with topics as basic as choosing shoes and warming up. Then it covers everything you'll need to create an effective exercise program, starting with an explanation of body types (so you don't think you'll end up looking like Cindy Crawford if you don't already) and the workouts that suit your body type. The book gives directions for stretches, aerobic exercises, muscle conditioning (using weights, furniture, exercise bands, and bars), and workouts for different locations (home, office, gym), all with illustrations. This is a lively, unintimidating workout guide, a good companion if you're just starting out. (A little self-serving, though: one chapter is devoted to "Tamilee's Top Ten Workout Videos.")
Confused by all the For Dummies exercise books? If you want a more strenuous strength-training program using free weights and gym machines, try Weight Training for Dummies — it explains how and illustrates exercises. If you're a beginner, Fitness for Dummies is a terrific introduction to exercise and a precursor to this book, with an overview of everything you need to know to get started safely and effectively. — Joan Price
Title: Workouts for Dummies
Sales Rank: 83167 in Books
Author: Tamilee Webb, Lori Seeger
Publisher: For Dummies, 1 edition, 1998-12-23, Paperback, 248 pages, ISBN: 0764551248
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches, 1.2 pounds
- It's not so useful!
- I bought this cuz I wanted to arange a simple schedule for my bodybuilding program and it really didn't help me that much...this book is filled with common sense knowledge...nothing more,no good help for even a beginner bodybuilder or an average educated person! More reviews
- Easy to read and useful!
- It is the one of the best. It is more used for general fitness than serious weight lifter. Usually, it takes a few months to notice result in weight training, as such, it is important to keep a training log. For convenient and substainable motivation, I have used my mobile phone as a log from [...] in the gym.
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- Easy to understand.
- What do you do when you've just been hired by a client who hasn't exercised in 26 years, or someone who has just been cleared by their docotor to workout? Well, the knowledge that I have is helpful, but sometimes you need to have the basic knowledge laid infront of you....and you kind of pick up whats really important.
Thats what I found after buying… More reviews
- Too much theory
- I wanted a book that gives clear guidelines on how to work out effectively, but this book disappointed me. There's a lot of unnecessary stuff on workout theory, and the chapters on exercises are poorly written.… More reviews
- A decent way to plan a toning workout
- I bought this thinking it would suggest aerobics moves. You know, one can only watch Richard "sweatin'" so many times. Plus, I like to aerobicize to my own music - CD's from the late 60's or even space music. Tamilee's book did not help with that.
Where it helped was with my "tonin'" days, which alternate with "sweatin'" days. This book provides… More reviews
