Bone Building Body Shaping Workout: Strength Health Beauty In Just 16 Minutes A Day [Paperback]

Joyce L. Vedral (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0684847310 | ISBN-13: 978-0684847313 | Edition: Original

Women need extra-strong bones at every age -- from adolescence, through pregnancy, and especially after menopause. All you need is 8 minutes a day four days a week, or 16 minutes a day two days a week -- to achieve a strong, sexy, shapely body while you build protective muscles and denser bones.

Vedral's groundbreaking program includes:

* Easy-to-follow strengthening exercises for the most vulnerable body parts

* Safe and simple body-shaping exercises to tone, slim, and beautify your entire body

* Targeted muscle- and bone-strengthening exercises to guard against injury for dozens of sports -- including tennis, skiing, running, bicycling, dancing, and golf

* Mother-daughter secrets of putting BONE-IN-THE-BANK -- creating extra reserves of calcium to draw upon as you grow older

* Nutritional information for jump-starting your weight-loss, healthy-body program

* Handy 6-page cutout wall chart to make exercising even easier!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Joyce Vedral promises you can strengthen and shape your body and build bone in only 16 minutes a day with this illustrated program. This author of numerous exercise and health books (including Eating to Trim and Weight Training Made Easy) and frequent talk-show guest offers basic exercises that purport to work every major muscle group effectively. All of the exercises are compiled into handy pullout charts for quick reference, and dozens of photographs show Vedral's sleek and sculpted 54-year-old body illustrating the maneuvers. In addition to the program, you'll find plenty of solid information about building muscle and bone.

Vedral relies on research indicating that working out with weights aids in building bone density. However, some strength-training experts would advise women to work out with heavier weights if they are strong enough to handle them, rather than the one- to three-pound weights Vedral recommends for her beginners' program. She does say you should raise the heft of your weights when the program becomes easy, so don't miss this point with her emphasis on light weights.

If you're a young woman, Bone-Building Body-Shaping Workout is not only for your mother: according to Vedral, weight training helps you put "bone in the bank" so that you have more to draw from decades from now, and it will increase your fat-burning rate. --Joan Price

Review

Betty Welder Co-founder, Shape Magazine Thank you "Dr. Joyce" for knowing that our insides are as important as our outsides -- and showing us how to shape them both up!

Jude Barbera, M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Downstate Medical Center, New York I highly recommend this book and predict that it will be the bible of bone building and muscle strength and beauty, and, what's more, I recommend it for balance, strength, and agility in sports in general.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone; Original edition (June 2, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684847310
• ISBN-13: 978-0684847313
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Quick Workouts

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is definitely a must have and a must use!, April 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bone Building Body Shaping Workout: Strength Health Beauty In Just 16 Minutes A Day (Paperback)

I am about six weeks into using this program and I can't say enough about it. I am 50 yrs old. I am not a beginner, I have used free weights off and on for about 5 years. However, I never completely understood when or how to increase the weight. I was never sure if I was doing the right thing. This book clearly explains how to do the exercise, which muscle you should be using and how to adjust the program to fit your needs. I'm already thrilled with my results. I'm enjoying this program and I plan to continue using free weights. Thank you Joyce Vedral.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book provides a great workout., March 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bone Building Body Shaping Workout: Strength Health Beauty In Just 16 Minutes A Day (Paperback)

I have been using the book and its detailed, illustrated instructions for about five weeks, and I'm delighted. The workout is actually fun, and I'm beginning to see results. By gradually adding more weight and more reps, as the author outlines, I have been able to avoid sore muscles, even though I was sadly out of shape when I began. I wholeheartedly recommend it!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended, October 13, 2004

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This review is from: Bone Building Body Shaping Workout: Strength Health Beauty In Just 16 Minutes A Day (Paperback)

I bought the hardcover edition of this book used from Amazon and am very pleased with it. This is a very readable book, with most things clearly explained. When I say 'most', I mean that I still have questions as to WHY the pyramid method works better than other methods, and I also think it should be explained WHY the exact order of the workout matters (by body part, not by specific individual exercises within a body-part group). I am confused too because other books say to constantly vary your routine or to even change it completely every other week, where-as this book says that you must follow this exact routine every time. Aside from those points of confusion, the explanatory material is quite good. The work-out itself is excellent, and well suited to the woman who prefers a good at-home dumb-bell workout. Joyce must have the routine memorized, and do it without any rest periods at super-speed in order to finish within the time she says it will take. I have the extra time to put into it, so that is not a problem. If your goal is to build bone to prevent osteoporosis, this is a great program, or even if you just want to have a nice dumb-bell routine to build strength and re-shape, I also recommend it.