Product Description

The Body Sculpting Bible for Abs: Women’s Edition
Includes Free DVD

The follow-along DVD designed to help every woman get that toned and slender waistline.

The Body Sculpting Bible for Abs: Women’s Edition shows women how to get the abs she wants...and her man desires. The abdominal muscles, stomach, and waistline are targeted in this unique book and DVD combo, featuring the best exercises, the best nutrition plan, and the best training schedule out there.

The invigorating 14-day program includes a follow-along DVD to jumpstart the break-in workout. Combining traditional and trendy exercises, this book uses the periodization principle to teach a quick, easy way to burn body fat and create a slender but toned waist. Inside you’ll find:

• just-for-women features like a focus on reducing body fat and motivation techniques

• dozens of specially selected abdominal exercises, from traditional crunches to stability and medicine balls

• an all-new 30-minute follow-along DVD to keep you motivated

The Body Sculpting Bible for Abs: Women’s Edition has everything that made the original editions so popular, without the gimmicks, diet pills, or gadgets.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #197551 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-11
• Released on: 2007-12-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
James Villepigue has over 16 years of certified experience in the health and fitness industry as a nationally certified personal trainer with the American Council on Exercise and the International Sports Science Association. He has received a degree from the New York College of Health Professions and the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching. He has appeared on national television programs and publication in nationally recognized health and fitness magazines such as: Live with Regis and Kelly, Maury, CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, The WB, Fitness, Women’s World, Oxygen, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Muscle-Mag International. He lives in Oyster Bay, New York.

Customer Reviews

Warning: Equipment needed!
For people who have the equipment and the physique necessary to complete these exercises as prescribed, they might work. Here are the obstacles that arose for me (age 56, abdominal muscles injured during pregnancies, overweight, former gymnast):
In the VERY FIRST workout grouping, called the "break-in" workout, there were two problems:
First, you're supposed to do a "slow sit-up." I just plain am not able to do this. The authors state in their instructions for the "slow sit-up" that "having to use momentum to get your body going is an indication of an abdominal weakness that needs to be corrected." Huh? Corrected how? Surgically? If the "slow sit-up" is nearly the first exercise in the regimen, how are we supposed to correct the weakness?
Second, you need a Swiss ball. That isn't SO bad, but could be a barrier for some people.
Then, in the second "break-in" workout, you are supposed to do an exercise while dangling from gym equipment. Well, I belong to a gym, and it DOESN'T HAVE that type of equipment! I can't get to the gym very often, because it is not nearby and so forth, but even so -- the equipment is not available! What if I lived in Montana or somewhere? No gyms in the vast mountainlands. . .
The main model used in this book looks as though she just walked in from a Scandianavian brothel. This is a weird book, and is not for everyone. It seems not to be for me, and despite my physical challenges described above, I do lap swimming and other weight workouts.

Easy to follow Ab routine!
I just bought this book, and it is very easy to read and understand. Each exercise is simpily explained, and shown in helpful photographs. At the end of the book there are a bunch of different workout plans to follow, from basic "break-in" workouts to more challenging ones. I'm excited to get started!

Great exercises, clear, easy to read
This is a really great book. The exercises are killer and there's a whole section on fitness balls (they call them Swiss balls in the book), which are really fun to use. I also liked the fact that they give you lower back exercises, too. Also, it's not too stupidly expensive, like some of the other workout books out there. I give it thumbs up.