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Fitness For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Nov 11, 2010 - Health & Fitness - 432 pages
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 Facebook
  • Take advantage of digital resources such as e-exercising programs, video instructors, digital training systems, apps, and more
  • Gives you the latest tips and methods to test your own fitness level, set realistic goals, stick with your program, and get great results
  • Shows you how to spot where fat is sneaking into your diet
  • Get the most out of high-tech exercise machines and equipment, plus tips for using dumbbells or a simple jump rope to achieve results
  • Offers step-by-step instructions on creating a home gym on a budget

Featuring 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!

  

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Review: Fitness for Dummies

User Review  - Timothy Jenson - Goodreads

Good general guide, didn't read all of it, it more of reference type book with good advice. Read full review

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User Review  - Ruth - Goodreads

I like it! Im pumped and ready to workout :) Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
1
Limbering Up with Flexibility Balance
5
Getting Your Butt off the Couch
9
Testing Your Fitness
21
Watching What You Eat Nutrition Basics
41
Educating Yourself
53
This Doesnt Have to Happen to You
63
Cardio Crash Course Getting the Right Intensity
79
Limbering Up with Flexibility Balance
223
Finding Your Balance
243
All about Yoga
253
Getting the Lowdown on Pilates
267
Getting Fit in Health Clubs and Home Gyms
279
Choosing and Using a Gym
281
Designing Your Home Gym
297
Hiring a Trainer
321

Creating a Cardio Program
91
Using Cardio Machines
109
StairClimber
117
Exercising Outdoors
123
Building Muscle and Strengthening Bone
137
Your Muscles Love Em or Lose Em
149
Demystifying Strength Equipment
171
Getting into the Swing of Things with Kettlebells
184
Designing a StrengthTraining Program
193
Choosing an Exercise Class or Digital Workout
335
Exercising for All Ages and Stages
349
Getting Kids Fit
365
Staying Active as You Age
373
Ten Great Reasons to Break a Sweat
381
Ten Fantastic Fitness Investments
389
Index
395
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About the author (2010)

Suzanne Schlosberg is a fitness writer whose work has appeared in Shape, Health, Fit Pregnancy, Ladies' Home Journal, and other magazines.

Liz Neporent is a health and fitness expert and correspondent for ABC National News. She is a frequent contributor to Shape, Self, and Fitness magazines.

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