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In this sixth book of The Now What? Fitness Series, certified personal fitness trainer Linda Burke delves into working out at home. "The Media often leaves you confused, ill-informed, or even worse: completely scammed or lied to with offers of quick fixes, magic potions, or crazy contraptions promising unrealistic results," cautions Burke. "With obesity rates higher than they’ve ever been, and aging baby-boomers growing more concerned than ever with their health, it's high time someone shed some light on this very convoluted subject."Explaining how to strength train and do cardio at home in a concise and simplified manner makes for a book that helps the reader truly comprehend the fact that doing a safe and effective home workout is a viable option. Burke goes on to explain how to structure a great cardio and strength training workout you can do at home, including compound and isolation exercises that will make your workouts more effective. She covers topics such as the importance of warming up and flexibility training, as well as how to safely implement all the essential components of fitness, into your home routine. This book breaks how to train at home down into comprehensible concepts, including practical sample workouts, giving anybody who truly wants to change their health and their lives in profound ways the tools and knowledge to do so.SO YOU WANT TO WORK OUT AT HOME...NOW WHAT? gives you essential information and step-by-step guidance so that you can structure your home workout plan in a way that will deliver permanent results for a healthier, happier life no matter what your age or fitness level.

In this sixth book of The Now What? Fitness Series, certified personal fitness trainer Linda Burke delves into working out at home. "The Media often leaves you confused, ill-informed, or even worse: completely scammed or lied to with offers of quick fixes, magic potions, or crazy contraptions promising unrealistic results," cautions Burke. "With obesity rates higher than they’ve ever been, and aging baby-boomers growing more concerned than ever with their health, it's high time someone shed some light on this very convoluted subject."Explaining how to strength train and do cardio at home in a concise and simplified manner makes for a book that helps the reader truly comprehend the fact that doing a safe and effective home workout is a viable option. Burke goes on to explain how to structure a great cardio and strength training workout you can do at home, including compound and isolation exercises that will make your workouts more effective. She covers topics such as the importance of warming up and flexibility training, as well as how to safely implement all the essential components of fitness, into your home routine. This book breaks how to train at home down into comprehensible concepts, including practical sample workouts, giving anybody who truly wants to change their health and their lives in profound ways the tools and knowledge to do so.SO YOU WANT TO WORK OUT AT HOME...NOW WHAT? gives you essential information and step-by-step guidance so that you can structure your home workout plan in a way that will deliver permanent results for a healthier, happier life no matter what your age or fitness level.

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The latest and greatest in getting fit and staying that way!Fitness For Dummies, 4th Edition, provides the latest information and advice for properly shaping, conditioning, and strengthening your body to enhance overall fitness and health. With the help of fitness professionals Suzanne Schlosberg and Liz Neporent, you'll learn to set and achieve realistic fitness goals without expensive fitness club fees!Achieve motivation and social support from social networking sites such as Twitter and FacebookTake advantage of digital resources such as e-exercising programs, video instructors, digital training systems, apps, and moreGives you the latest tips and methods to test your own fitness level, set realistic goals, stick with your program, and get great resultsShows you how to spot where fat is sneaking into your dietGet the most out of high-tech exercise machines and equipment, plus tips for using dumbbells or a simple jump rope to achieve resultsOffers step-by-step instructions on creating a home gym on a budgetFeaturing all-new informative fitness photos and illustrations, this revised edition of Fitness For Dummies is all you need to get on track to a healthy new body!

The original Fitness for Dummies, published in 1996, was a real breakthrough: a book that took a reader through all the fitness basics without being offputtingly complicated or insultingly simplistic. This second edition only improves on that tough balancing act. The authors are two of the most experienced fitness writers in the business--Suzanne Schlosberg is a longtime contributor to Shape and Liz Neporent is a veteran personal trainer, corporate fitness consultant, and contributor to Shape and The New York Times. In addition to being experienced at explaining exercise, they're both exercise junkies, and their firsthand knowledge and love of the topic is evident throughout. Each section of the book--whether dealing with basic fitness issues, cardiovascular training, strength training, flexibility, joining a gym, or exercising at home--offers a combination of well-researched, easily understandable information, combined with informed opinion. For example, in chapters discussing exercise equipment, they're able to offer personal reactions to the gear--mentioning that Life Fitness makes great exercise bikes but a treadmill they don't care for. New information in this second edition includes "100 Reasons to Break a Sweat," featuring the latest research on exercise benefits; sections incorporating Internet fitness resources; and beefed-up exercise-video advice. That latter section includes tips about avoiding rip-offs (older videos are sometimes repackaged, with new covers promising different benefits) and a handy guide to choosing the best video instructors for different fitness levels. The core information, though, is the best reason to buy this edition of Fitness for Dummies. Exercise science is complicated, but this book makes it as simple--and entertaining--as it can possibly be. --Lou Schuler

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Every golfer, at every level, can shoot lower scores and play injury-free with the golf-specific programs outlined in Golf Fitness. This book looks at the tips and techniques used by today's top golfers: Master's Champion Trevor Immelman's exercise routine, Stuart Appleby on how to develop the "power move," LPGA Tour pro Suzanne Petersen's routine for top performance, Phil Mickelson's trainer Sean Cochran on staying fit in the off-season, and more. Golf Fitness includes exercises to improve the golf swing, details on better warm-ups, whole-body workout routines, and notes on nutrition. The book also looks at the mental game, and how the mind and body can work together for lower scores. Any golfer looking for an edge will find it in Golf Fitness.