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Fitness guru Denise Austin helps you "zero in on your personal trouble spots" while increasing metabolism with this 6-week exercise and eating program. Her formula includes toning workouts that target the waist, thighs, abs, buttocks, hip, lower back, and upper arms; regular walking and stretching; and eating strategies (not dieting). Her tips are refreshingly sensible: Avoid chronic dieting (it hurts your health and makes you fatter), stretch to decrease stress, fill up on high-fiber foods, eat a balanced diet, build muscle to increase calorie-burning, and walk almost every day. Austin's clearly illustrated and varied exercises use body weight, dumbbells, resistance bands, or a stability ball. A sample exercise schedule takes 15 to 60 minutes a day. For especially busy days, she offers a series of exercises that work two or more muscle groups at once. Austin's "Shrink-Fat Eating Plan" emphasizes portion control, 1,400 to 1,800 calories, and a nutritional breakdown of 24 percent "good" fat, 20 percent protein, and 56 percent high-quality carbs. Whether you just want a foundation to get started or you need a structured, daily program (including menu plans, shopping lists, and daily logs), you can find it here. Profiles of happy and successful followers of the program add interest. Highly recommended.
--Joan Price
Product Description
Grab your workout gear, Denise Austin fans! The fitness star helps you conquer those problem areas-female fat zones like the hips, thighs, and tummy. Her program offers a fun, easy way to tone up, lose fat, build muscle, and rev your metabolism in just 10 minutes a day. -Remodel your body with a four-pronged, progressive program that adjusts to your current fitness level. -Zip through fast, efficient workouts that counteract surprising changes in body shape, tone, and composition that women experience at major milestones like post-pregnancy and pre-menopause. -Fat Zone workouts zero in on the trouble spots of three common female body types: the Pear, the Apple, and the Inverted Triangle. -Fat Zone eating program includes 6 full weeks of menu plans developed with a top nutritionist, complete with shopping lists, quick tips and hints, and dozens of Denise's favorite delicious, low-fat recipes. -An interactive 6-week workbook helps track individual progress with measurements of the targeted fat zone, a detailed food diary, and workout plans based on goals, fitness level, and personal schedule. -Inspiring stories and before-and-after photos from Denise fans who've seen major results from her workouts.