Hot Bod Fusion: The Ultimate Yoga, Pilates, and Ballet Workout for Sculpting Your Best Body [Paperback]

Robin Forward-Wise (Author), David Wise (Author), Steve Ladner (photographer) (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 2004

Who doesn’t want the tight abs of a Pilates instructor, the toned legs of a ballet dancer, and the firm butt of a yoga aficionado? Now, exercise enthusiasts can achieve all that and much more with the revolutionary new fitness program Hot Bod Fusion. Robin Forward-Wise, a personal trainer and certified Stott Pilates instructor, has developed an easy-to-use workout guide that combines the best moves that yoga, Pilates, and ballet have to offer, giving readers a unique and highly effective way to build a long, lean body and a refreshed mind. Written in a fun, energetic style, Hot Bod Fusion offers readers eight different thirty-five minute workouts they can mix and match to shake up their routine, a step-by-step photographic guide for each move, and modifications and intensifiers that allow them to adjust their workout to their own level of fitness. “Tips from Your Personal Trainer” featured throughout will also help readers avoid common mistakes in technique, breathing, and alignment. A total-body workout that is both challenging and invigorating, Hot Bod Fusion will give readers the svelte, toned body they long for and the energy they need to maintain their busy lifestyles and feel great.

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About the Author

Robin Forward-Wise, a personal trainer and known fitness authority, has been featured in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, among other publications. She is currently attending medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. David Wise is a professional writer with more than fifteen years of experience and hundreds of articles published in both newspapers and magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Marlowe & Company (April 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569244731
• ISBN-13: 978-1569244739
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #505,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and Effective!, May 13, 2004

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"shansen111" (Santa Barbara, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Bod Fusion: The Ultimate Yoga, Pilates, and Ballet Workout for Sculpting Your Best Body (Paperback)

I'm so happy I can do this workout in only 30 minutes and still hit all my problem areas. I really feel it in my abs the next day! And the ballet is definitely giving my rear a nice lift. I've been doing pilates for over 4 years and it's nice that this book includes advanced options and 2 chapters that use the pilates circle. It makes things challenging and interesting for me. I'm newer to yoga and ballet but finding these routines easy to follow because of all the pictures. Many of the exercises show modifications, as well, which has helped me ease into them. It really is the quickest and most effective workout I've tried!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Newly Flexible Runner, May 14, 2004

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"fionata2" (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Bod Fusion: The Ultimate Yoga, Pilates, and Ballet Workout for Sculpting Your Best Body (Paperback)

I come from a runner background and have been looking for a workout to improve my flexibility. I saw Hot Bod Fusion and bought it since it includes pretty much every discipline known for flexibility. What's great about this book is that each chapter only takes me about 10 minutes--cool. Exercises also include `tips' from the author that help keep me on track and focused. I've done the routine 8 times now. Do I feel more flexible? Yes, definitely-and my `core' is stronger to boot!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great exercises!, January 10, 2008

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Laura Swim "Fitness Guru32" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Bod Fusion: The Ultimate Yoga, Pilates, and Ballet Workout for Sculpting Your Best Body (Paperback)

This book has pulled together the best Pilates, ballet, and yoga exercises and put them all in one place. It is nice because you can mix and match what you want, using your body weight and nothing more. They do use one piece of equipment- a pilates ring. You will want a standard yoga or pilates mat for the exercises and you are good to go.

The pictures show you what you should be doing and everything is easy to follow. I really like how this book is set up. Do what exercises you feel like doing that day, and some cardio-- and you have a great weight loss/ toning program that you can do at home.