Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands : Shed Pounds and Get Firm in 12 Minutes a Day (With Your 3-Week Plan for Fast, Easy Weight Loss)
by Denise Austin
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Author: Denise AustinEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2004-07-28
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 304
Book Reviews of Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands : Shed Pounds and Get Firm in 12 Minutes a Day (With Your 3-Week Plan for Fast, Easy Weight Loss)
Book Review: Good start, for the most part
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall, I like this book for many of the same reasons others did, but only for the duration of the 3-week program. I chose it because usually bands and balls are considered ideal for anyone who's just getting started exercising or who hasn't exercised in a long time, and for the most part it is - except for someone with a considerable amount of weight to lose.
Some of the positions in the exercises are difficult for someone with a lot of excess weight to achieve proper form (such as and planks and push-ups). I found one exercise - a standing quadricep stretch with your hand on the ball - impossible to do as pictured because at 5'6", apparently I'm taller then Denise and couldn't reach the ball without bending. There's no modifications for any of these except for advanced exercisers.
The recipes are good and surprisingly quick but again, no modifications if there's a food you don't like or might be allergic to (such as peanut butter), or if you live in an area where your grocery options are limited. I live in a major midwest metro area and have NO idea what "Old Bay seasoning" is, nor could I find it. (Must be a Texas thing.) As for cost, the food isn't as expensive as the South Beach Diet or Abs Diet.
Most of your eating is during the day, with two between-meal snacks(and snacking at work is a habit I'm trying to break). Many recent studies indicate that most people eat more later in the day, so it seems a light after-dinner snack would prevent late-night munchies but there's none here, despite an overall daily calorie count of about 1500.
(And...no dessert? Not even 10-calorie, sugar-free Jell-o? That's just wrong.)
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