- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Broadway; 1 edition (Mar 13 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0767904710
- ISBN-13: 978-0767904711
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 19.6 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 816 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,112,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fitness celebrity and former gymnast Denise Austin always took care of her body. "In my 20s, however, I was more concerned with looking good in a bikini," she admits. "These days I'm focused on feeling good and staying healthy--and if I can still get away with wearing a bikini, that's a bonus!" Writing at age 43, she reminds us that 40 certainly isn't the end of the road--in fact, we probably have another 40 years or more to look forward to.
In Fit and Fabulous After 40, Austin shows us how to "turn back the clock" with exercise (aerobic, stretching, balance, and strength training), diet, health, beauty, and a positive outlook. She challenges us to set a weekly goal in each area for four weeks and provides sample programs in all areas. Photographs illustrate a good selection of strength-training, yoga, and Pilates-inspired exercises, and she provides a workout log to keep you on track.
Her dietary suggestions emphasize a balance of 50 to 55 percent complex carbohydrates, 20 to 25 percent protein, and 25 percent fat, keeping portions moderate and including lots of fruits and vegetables. She describes 10 "nutritional powerhouses" that have been shown to have anti-aging benefits, such as soy, blueberries, oatmeal, and flaxseed, with tips for including more of these in your diet. She also describes 10 "age accelerators" that you'd be wise to avoid, such as breakfast "desserts," fatty meats, creamy salad dressings, and stick margarine. She includes dozens of helpful (and sometimes entertaining) tips, such as "Don't go [to a fast-food restaurant] when you're hungry--you'll order fries." A meal plan with sample recipes makes her suggestions easy to follow.
Her health tips include 6 "body-sense strategies," 10 "must-have medical tests," breathing exercises, and instructions for how to do Kegels (exercises for the pelvic-floor muscles that help prevent incontinence and improve sexual response). She also offers skin, hair, and nail tips. If you think of Denise Austin as just a perky exercise leader, you'll be thoroughly impressed by the amount of helpful, sensible information in Fit and Fabulous. --Joan Price
Book Description
America’s favorite fitness expert presents a breakthrough program to win the war against aging–a battle she has personally fought and won.
We all know that aging is inevitable–but how gracefully you age is up to you. Scientific research shows that we can turn back the clock and retain our youthful strength and energy through a targeted regimen of age-busting exercise and nutrition. Now, in Fit and Fabulous After 40, award-winning fitness expert Denise Austin presents her own revolutionary, sure-fire plan to help you stay healthy, strong, slim, and fabulous–no matter what your age.
Built around Austin’s five-part pyramid plan of exercise, diet, health, beauty and attitude, Fit and Fabulous After 40 features a fat-blasting anti-aging regimen that helps you literally defy gravity (no more sagging body parts) and sculpt every inch of yourself, from chin to kneecaps with special “Stop-the-Clock” fitness routines. By exercising for just thirty minutes a day, and using cutting-edge fitness techniques such as yoga and Pilates-based exercises, you will build strength, shed extra pounds, improve flexibility and balance and look years younger. Austin then shows you how to eat for optimum health and vitality, with delicious slimming recipes that complement the vitamins and supplements she recommends. She also presents invaluable advice on common health concerns for women, such as menopause, breast cancer and heart disease, as well as special beauty tips–including anti-wrinkle exercises. Fit and Fabulous After 40 also includes:
*Easy-to-follow workout plans for every day of the week
*Toning exercises to target specific areas of the body such as arms, legs, buttocks and bust
*Weekly “nutrient-filled” meal plans that incorporate proven age-defying foods such as soy, fish and green vegetables
*Denise’s personal vitamin and supplement regimen
*A BodySense Health checklist to help you keep tabs on your health and wellbeing
Designed to fit even the most hectic schedules, and easily tailored to individual health concerns and needs, Fit and Fabulous After 40 offers a modern, realistic fountain of youth for every woman who wants to recharge and restore her unlimited vitality.
We all know that aging is inevitable–but how gracefully you age is up to you. Scientific research shows that we can turn back the clock and retain our youthful strength and energy through a targeted regimen of age-busting exercise and nutrition. Now, in Fit and Fabulous After 40, award-winning fitness expert Denise Austin presents her own revolutionary, sure-fire plan to help you stay healthy, strong, slim, and fabulous–no matter what your age.
Built around Austin’s five-part pyramid plan of exercise, diet, health, beauty and attitude, Fit and Fabulous After 40 features a fat-blasting anti-aging regimen that helps you literally defy gravity (no more sagging body parts) and sculpt every inch of yourself, from chin to kneecaps with special “Stop-the-Clock” fitness routines. By exercising for just thirty minutes a day, and using cutting-edge fitness techniques such as yoga and Pilates-based exercises, you will build strength, shed extra pounds, improve flexibility and balance and look years younger. Austin then shows you how to eat for optimum health and vitality, with delicious slimming recipes that complement the vitamins and supplements she recommends. She also presents invaluable advice on common health concerns for women, such as menopause, breast cancer and heart disease, as well as special beauty tips–including anti-wrinkle exercises. Fit and Fabulous After 40 also includes:
*Easy-to-follow workout plans for every day of the week
*Toning exercises to target specific areas of the body such as arms, legs, buttocks and bust
*Weekly “nutrient-filled” meal plans that incorporate proven age-defying foods such as soy, fish and green vegetables
*Denise’s personal vitamin and supplement regimen
*A BodySense Health checklist to help you keep tabs on your health and wellbeing
Designed to fit even the most hectic schedules, and easily tailored to individual health concerns and needs, Fit and Fabulous After 40 offers a modern, realistic fountain of youth for every woman who wants to recharge and restore her unlimited vitality.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good value,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fit and Fabulous After 40: A 5-Part Program for Turning Back the Clock (Paperback)
I see now the book's on sale. Lots of ideas and tips in here. Nothing earth shaking, but good ideas on how to implement all the things we know we need to do. I like that it's comprehensive--a little bit about a lot of things--skin care, diet, exercise, emotional tips, health, etc. Ms. Austin is inspirational because she is loaded with "can-do" attitude. So overall, a good value.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, Common sense,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fit and Fabulous After 40: A 5-Part Program for Turning Back the Clock (Paperback)
This was a great book to read. Full of common sense and healthy advice. Denise's approach to a healthy lifestyle is refreshing after all of the don't eat this don't eat that diets today. I am recommending this book to all of my friends.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book!!,
By chieko lynch (FL,USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fit and Fabulous After 40: A 5-Part Program for Turning Back the Clock (Hardcover)
i love denise austin!when i wake up in the morning,i do work out with denise<lite and fit> and i read this book then i got change my life. she is great fitness expert!!
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