“Tom Holland is the supportive and informative coach, the motivational voice and the personal touch that you crave when you start any workout regimen.” —Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazine
Tom Holland was voted one of the Top 10 Trainers in America by Women’s Health magazine and is a frequent fitness expert on TV’s Good Morning America. In Beat the Gym, he provides the inside scoop on how to get the most from your gym experience and reach your peak exercise and weight loss goals—offering personal trainer secrets without the personal trainer price tag. The first book of its kind, Beat the Gym offers essential tips and exclusive workouts to help you save thousands of dollars and still build the body of your dreams.
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"This book will take your through workout routines with the best exercises and techniques to accomplish all your fitness goals! Get "Beat the Gym," and find out what you've been missing."
--Brady Quinn - Quarterback Denver Broncos
“Everyone needs a dedicated guide to the gym. Tom is it: the supportive and informative coach, the motivational voice and the personal touch that you crave when you start any workout regimen.” (Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF magazine )
“Tom has made it easy and affordable for you to take the first step toward reaching your goals! Everything you need to know that the gym and trainers won’t tell you is right here in this book Beat the Gym!” (Tamilee Webb, Star of Buns of Steel Series )
From the Back Cover
Are you:
Fed up with all the mixed messages on how to be fit and lose weight?
Intimidated by the gym's machines, weights, or classes?
Discouraged, as you've worked out in the past but have seen no results?
Frustrated that you can't afford a personal trainer to help motivate and guide you?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, Beat the Gym is the book for you. I know what works, and I want you to love the gym and finally achieve the body and level of fitness that YOU want. I have spent decades sculpting bodies in the top gyms of New York City—those of celebrities, CEOs, professional athletes, weekend warriors, and "real people," and now I am ready to share all my personal training secrets. Beat the Gym demystifies fitness and diet, and, best of all, includes more than fifty of my best and most proven workouts.
Together, we can beat the gym and get you the body you deserve.
Tom Holland is an exercise physiologist committed to helping people better their lives through fitness and through his message of "Believe in Yourself." Tom has encouraged and coached thousands of people to reach their fitness goals; from losing weight to climbing mountains, running marathons and completing Ironman triathlons. He received his BA in Communications from Boston College and his Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Sports Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University.
Tom is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association [NSCA-CSCS] and has also been certified by the American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM], the American Council on Exercise [ACE], the National Academy of Sports Medicine [NASM] and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America [AFAA]. He began as a personal trainer and fitness instructor in New York City, working at such facilities as the Reebok Sports Club, Equinox, Crunch, The New York Sports Clubs and the Cardio Fitness Center. He then struck out on his own, founding TeamHolland LLC and expanding into new areas of the fitness industry.
A competitive athlete himself, Tom has run over 50 marathons and ultra marathons and recently won the 2007 Dutchess County Classic marathon. Some notable races include the "Run to the Sun" ultra marathon, a 36-mile run from sea level to the 10,023 foot summit of Haleakala on the island of Maui, the JFK 50-mile ultra marathon and the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon. He is a 18-time Ironman triathlete, having competed in Ironman China, Malaysia, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Florida, Arizona, Lake Placid and California. He has been a member of PowerBar's Team Elite since 2003 and is the marathon coach for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
For two years Tom hosted "Real Fitness with Tom Holland," an hour-long live national weekly radio show broadcast on the Lifestyle Talk Radio and the Business Talk Radio Networks. Guests included Jack La Lanne, Lance Armstrong's coach Chris Carmichael, numerous Olympic athletes and many more.
Tom designed and stars in the fitness videos Tom Holland's Total Body Workout, Tom Holland's Total Body Workout II & Tom Holland's Total Ab Workouts. He is the host of the new 11-DVD fitness program Supreme 90 Day as well and the Abs Diet Workout, a home workout based on the best-selling book by Men's Health Editor David Zinczenko. He is the author of The 12-Week Triathlete and the The Marathon Method, both published by Fair Winds Press. Tom writes for various media and has been published in such magazines as Self, Fit, The Journal of the American Athletic Association, Inside Triathlon, Running Times and IDEA Personal Trainer. Tom has appeared as a fitness expert on NBC, CNN Headline News and ABC's Good Morning America. He is a highly sought-after presenter, lecturing on various fitness topics for such organizations as the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, The American Medical Athletic Association and More Magazine. Tom is on the advisory board of Oxygen magazine and is a frequent contributor to magazines including Self, Fitness, Hers, More, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Bride's, Men's Health, Newsweek, Men's Fitness, Muscle Media, Oxygen, Organic Style and Cooking Light.
Tom's fourth book, Beat the Gym: Personal Trainer Secrets Without the Personal Trainer Price Tag, was published by Harper Collins in 2011.
This book covers more than just the gym. It's a general fitness and exercise workout book.
Chapter one discusses the ins and outs of a gym.
Chapter two covers cardio and cardio machines.
Chapter three is by far the largest chapter, with many photos illustrating the exercises. Here's a list of the major topics covered. Common gym machines Free weights: barbell and dumbbells Bodyweight exercises Ab and back work
There's also a little bit on the Swiss ball, BOSU, the balance board, and balance discs.
Chapter four is a quick explanation of classes such as spinning, yoga, pilates, Zumba, the core, boot camp, tabata, the total body, yogilates, kettlebells, kickboxing, and TRX suspension training.
Chapter five is a short section on food and nutrition.
Chapter six has over 20 workout plans with different focuses.
This book is excellent for the beginner and the intermediate.
I got the book on a Wednesday and read it all by Saturday (unheard by me, not a big reader). I am so excited after reading the book, and I am excited to incorpoate some of the workouts from the book. You don't have to be a gym member or own a lot of equipment. I've wanted a book like this FOREVER that tells it like it is and without all of the mumbo jumbo things as in fitness type magazines. Those type of magazine REALLY seem to want to push supplements non-stop and Tom' book is straight to the point and brutully honest too. I just want to be fit and some muscular build and this is what he teaches the reader. Thanks for all that you are doing and I am a Team Holland supporter forever. Who knows I'm not much of a runner but I know that he just might get me to becoming a runner as well.
This book is great. I use the top 20 workouts at the gym and am always changing my routine. There are also great pictures that show you how to use the equipment at the gym and how to perform exercises correctly (which I am a newbie so it gives me more confidence). This book should be called the "Gym Bible". I made mini versions of the workouts and laminated them, and I keep them in my gym bag. I take out the workout that I am going to do for the day so I don't forget what to do! I am also using this and reading the Eat Clean series by Tosca Reno. I think that her books and this book compliment each other for a healthy lifestyle change. If you want to know what you are doing at the gym, buy this book!!
