Product Description

Dr Joyce Vedral, one of America's leading fitness experts, offers an easy-to-follow guide to weight training. The book is intended for beginners of any age of weight.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #265744 in Books
• Published on: 1997-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

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In this fully-illustrated manual, Joyce L. Vedral guides readers through four steps to a fit body: Learning the Moves, Establishing a Muscle Base, Sculpting and Defining, and the Finishing Touch. By proceeding through these clearly defined workout levels, beginners get a safe and effective workout with weights.

Customer Reviews

Great starting point
I really like this book. It was easy to get into a workout routine with relatively little soreness and surprisingly quick results. Dr. Vedral starts you off slowly and builds you up in what was a very safe and pleasant experience for me. I used this only for the weight training and did not use her dietary suggestions. Changed the shape of my body very quickly without a lot of fancy equipment or time.

Oh, am I sore!! Horray!!!
This book can take you from beginner to advanced (advanced is a great challenge for those "seasoned" women who already weight train!) You can build that muscle base your body so badly needs, define it and fine tune it for the perfect body you've always dreamed of! Also includes an eating program for maximum effectiveness. This author doesn't fool around! I'm an "on again, off again" weight trainer and it's been a long time since I've found something that gave me that great feeling of accomplishment that this book did!

Good beginner book
There are both rave and slanderous reviews on this page. I am a certified personal trainer. Let me try to help the consumers with this issue. Joyce Vedral has written a very concise and helpful book for a beginning female weight trainer who perhaps does not have the means to join a gym and/or hire a professional trainer. The book has solid information that illustrates proper form for a full-body safe workout. There are no miracle cures for weight loss. Joyce simply speaks the truth about this. Yes, cardiovasuclar exercise and calorie curbing are necessary for weight loss if weight loss is your goal. Weight loss is not the only reason for doing weight training. Adding muscle mass through weight training improves the body's toning and definition (one will not see the improvement however, if body fat reduction is the goal and the other two components for successful weight loss are eliminated from the program). You don't have to follow Joyce's advice on diet to benefit from her weight training program. Yes, you can go to Weight Watchers and do this program. There is nothing magic about weight loss. Adding muscle mass will also increase metabolism slightly. The fringe benefits include increased bone density and when done properly, reduced risk of joint or back injury. My advice would be to hire a nationally certified personal fitness trainer if you have the means. If not, I believe this book would be a useful tool for a woman beginning weight training. Yes, some of the exercises are "outdated" in the sense that the industry keeps inventing new tools and new ways to vary a workout and make it more interesting and sometimes safer. However, the exercises Joyce teaches are perfectly sound and helpful in a beginning program. Be far more cautious of books claiming miracles than one offering solid, no-BS advice. I have Joyce's book in my fitness library and have recommended it to women over 40 who cannot afford a personal trainer. Joyce's success is an inspiration to others - that in itself is quite an attribute.