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Shrink Your Female Fat Zones: Lose Pounds and Inches--Fast!--From Your Belly, Hips, Thighs, and More :: 1579547346
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| Fitness guru Denise Austin helps you "zero in on your personal trouble spots" while increasing metabolism with this 6-week exercise and eating program. Her formula includes toning workouts that target the waist, thighs, abs, buttocks, hip, lower back, and upper arms; regular walking and stretching; and eating strategies (not dieting). Her tips are refreshingly sensible: Avoid chronic dieting (it hurts your health and makes you fatter), stretch to decrease stress, fill up on high-fiber foods, eat a balanced diet, build muscle to increase calorie-burning, and walk almost every day. Austin's clearly illustrated and varied exercises use body weight, dumbbells, resistance bands, or a stability ball. A sample exercise schedule takes 15 to 60 minutes a day. For especially busy days, she offers a series of exercises that work two or more muscle groups at once. Austin's "Shrink-Fat Eating Plan" emphasizes portion control, 1,400 to 1,800 calories, and a nutritional breakdown of 24 percent "good" fat, 20 percent protein, and 56 percent high-quality carbs. Whether you just want a foundation to get started or you need a structured, daily program (including menu plans, shopping lists, and daily logs), you can find it here. Profiles of happy and successful followers of the program add interest. Highly recommended. --Joan Price Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
Denise has been around for almost 20 years and is still going strong (you can't say that about too many other fitness veterans). What I like most about this diet is that it's really not a "diet". It's a lifestyle change. She shares solid, true information about nutrition, fitness, and healthy fat loss. She gives you the facts, and allows you to create your own diet of various foods just as long as you stay within the calorie range (1400 to 1800 calories per day).
I honestly didn't even use any of her food recipes (although I've heard from other sources that they are really good) and I still lost an average of 2.5 pounds per week. This is what I do:
1)Monday, Wednesday, Thursday - 1400 calorie diet and 45 minutes of cardio.
2)Tuesday, Friday, Saturday - 1400 calorie diet and Denise Austin's resistance training techniques (it only takes about 15-20 minutes per workout)
3)Sunday - Eat whatever I want (pancakes, bread, etc.) and no workout (this concept is not in the book, but I customized this into my own plan)
Doing this, I lost about 20 pounds in 2 months.
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Author: Guest
This book is amazing. I am normally a lazy "non-exercising" kind of person and this has helped me off the couch.
I love each set of 2 weeks. You change the exercises around and spice it up.
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Author: Guest
I really like the pictures of the exercises that Denise has in this book. They are easy to follow and give you a good idea of the start position and the doing position. Plus she tells you which body parts/muscles it is targeting. The weekly menu is benefical if you don't want to plan out some meals but I found a lot of the meals to be that of carbs and low fat items which I am not a fan of because of all the un-natural ingredients that are put in them to make them 'fat free'. She would also have treats/snacks that were too sweet for my taste...I can live without maple milk probably because I have never needed it in my life before. Easy enough to subtract items though if need to. There are some great receips that I have taken from this book and continue to use.Definately though, this book is laid out well and the exercises progress bi-weekly. It definatley is a keeper that I can do in the comfort of my own home.
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Author: Guest
I cannot refer to this as a 'diet' book, because that can give it negative connotations, and it's really not about 'dieting.' You aren't given a target weight...you aren't restricted to nothing but meat patties and eggs, carb rationing, etc. Denise takes an approach in this book that is based largely on female physiology and just good, plain sense.
One of the things I REALLY loved about this program is that it is about 'retraining' your body to eat and to excercise. Her food program emphasises different aspects of healthy eating every week...so at the end of six weeks, you have retrained yourself into eating healthier, and, subsequently...letting the calories take care of themselves. One week emphasises portion control...another high fiber...etc. So, with each week, you can easily apply the lessons from other weeks into your daily eating/workout plan. Another HUGE bonus is she incorporates restuarant/fast foods into the program. She gets modern life!
One of the reasons I have always been a huge Denise fan is she 'gets it' when she realizes people have busy schedules that can't always sandwich in an hour for a work out. now, her program does include excercise, as any healthy lifestyle should...but it's incorporated in a way that doesn't mean you need to schedule it in your day planner. she recommends X amount of time in the morning, but also provides you with the workout segmented so you can fit 10 minutes here....5 there. She really respects the demands that modern life can put on a woman.
Finally, what I really appreciated most about this book was that she explains very well the differences in female body composition, and how our fat is stored, why it is...and what you should expect, realistically, from weight loss. She gives you the 'why' behind what she does, which I think just bolsters her credibility.
This book is an amazing find for anyone who wants to get healthy and not rely on 'dieting.'
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Author: Guest
NOTE: This review is for Denise Austin's DVD Shrink Your Female Fat Zones - a companion to the book.
Denise Austin's "Shrink Your Female Fat Zones" is an effective tape that can be split into two 20 minute sessions or one 40 minute workout.
Women are often told that to prevent bone loss, we should workout with weights, but many tapes on the market are overwhelming. They use very heavy weights, are very long, lack clear directions or are just plain boring.
Denise's tape gives you a simple workout that you can do 3-4 times a week to build strength, preserve bone density and get toned.
The first section is a simple 20 minute light weight routine. You will do a few pushups, lat rows, light ab work, bicep work etc. Very simple. No jumping around. Clear direction. The second session adds in the balance ball. The ball is not included in the tape but is sold by places like Wal-mart for under $20.00. With the ball you work your core, legs and more.
Pick one or both workouts depending on your mood and needs.
The setting is a studio with a calm background, one that will not date in the future. Denise leads the exercises with a small group of exercisers behind her, following her directions. It would have been nice if Denise had included some older exercisers, but she didnt. The music is relaxing. Though Denise is her usual chatty self she is not overbearing. Denise uses the same set of weights throughout the workout which could be a drawback for those who like to vary their weights as there is not a lot of time to change poundage.
My goal is not to be a fitness buff, but to be healthy, strong and slender. I don't want to kill myself working out but recognize that in addition to aerobic activity (which this tape is not) I need weight bearing activity. This tape is just the perfect fit for my needs.
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