- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (Feb 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0446676217
- ISBN-13: 978-0446676212
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 308 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #563,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Women don't have to be thin to be fit," writes Rochelle Rice. Fitness is not about weight, but about the body, mind, and spirit. Her exercise program, designed for the physical and psychological needs of plus-size women, aims to empower women to get active and reclaim the joy of movement. Real Fitness for Real Women emphasizes exercising for the health and psychological benefits--and the pleasure of it!--rather than for weight loss.
Most exercise books, videos, and gyms, frankly, are demoralizing for large-size women. They usually emphasize the goal of slimness, with impossibly slender women demonstrating exercise routines that would be uncomfortable, even risky, for large women. Rice, instead, studied the biomechanics of large women and developed a six-week, 25-exercise program based on their particular needs.
Everything you need is here: step-by-step warm-up, aerobic dance (starting with just five minutes), strength training (without weights), stretching, and meditation. Each exercise is explained clearly and most are illustrated by photographs of plus-size women. Unfortunately, the aerobic moves are not illustrated, which can make them confusing to novice exercisers. (An accompanying video would be wonderful.)
Besides the exercise program, Rice emphasizes the emotional and spiritual components: getting motivated, creating support, and battling binges, illustrated using stories about other large women. Rice is a certified fitness trainer with a master's degree in plus-size exercise. --Joan Price
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In just one session a week, Rochelle Rice takes you through a series of special routines that can boost your metabolism, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and make your body more firm - no matter what you weigh.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unique, helpful, thoughtful,
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This review is from: Real Fitness for Real Women: A Unique Workout Program for the Plus-Size Woman (Paperback)
and full of great information. Rochelle Rice has given her readers information on her background as well as helpful tips and insights. The exercises use photographs of large sized women and offer tips on how monitoring yourself and your limits. I appreciate that she address more than just exercise in her books, she address the person. I am very excited to have this book in my library.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
FINALLY - a fitness book REALLY written for larger women,
By A Customer
This review is from: Real Fitness for Real Women: A Unique Workout Program for the Plus-Size Woman (Paperback)
Just getting into the book and the program, but I'm happy to have finally found a fitness book that is really written for larger size women. The pictures are of REAL WOMEN doing the exercises, not thin models demonstrating exercises for the "rest of us!" Keep up the good work!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book can change your life!,
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This review is from: Real Fitness for Real Women: A Unique Workout Program for the Plus-Size Woman (Paperback)
I was struggling to find a way to get moving again. Health clubs intimidated me, and I was afraid of failure.I read about this book in a fitness magazine, and was lucky enough to find it in my local bookstore that afternoon. The plan is no nonsense, she understands large size women in a way few others do. Buy this book...and buy a copy for a friend. It will change your life. It has mine.
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