41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Encouraging and inspiring!, December 25, 2007
This review is from: Kim Lyons' Your Body, Your Life: The 12-Week Program to Optimum Physical, Mental & Emotional Fitness (Paperback)
I am a huge fan of "The Biggest Loser" and I do like all the personal trainers - but I have always been drawn to Kim Lyons the most. She seems to be able to find that fine line between being motivational yet compassionate at the same time. I was excited to hear that she would be coming out with a book and anxious to see if her personality translates as well on paper as it does on television.
In "Your Body, Your Life" Kim Lyons manages to combine her gentle encouragement, common sense and knowledge into a book that will motivate even the most exercise-resistant! This is not simply an 'exercise book' - it is a lifestyle book. Starting off by listing the gear that you need before beginning as well as basic body information, Lyons begins to hammer together a winning combination of nutrition, exercise, positive thinking and journaling. She suggests setting get-real goals based around your current lifestyle and condition (she even gives you a series of tests to see how fit you are before you begin!).
The routines are set up in three levels and I can assure you that they are challenging but highly doable. I am a pretty fit person but I was feeling a good burn and sweating quickly from her regimes! The workouts are circuit based, which means you do a bunch of different exercises in a set routine and then repeat the circuit two or three times. Some of the routines involve plyometrics, which is a newer fad that involves a lot of jumping around. She reminds you to keep your knees soft to prevent injury but I found I needed to do this part on a heavily carpeted area - this made my joints much happier!
The nutrition part and meal plans are very easy to understand and delicious. She even recommends a 'cheat day' which of course, I love as I am a chocoholic!
The entire book, you feel as if Kim is right there, in her friendly and kind manner, rooting for you. There is a tone of non-judgement and self-love here that makes this book very recommended for people who want to work out but don't respond well to the yelling hard-nosed drill instructor type of fitness expert. I really enjoyed reading this and am feeling that Kim's workouts are giving my regular routine a good shakeup!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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She makes me feel as if she is explaining this in person to me!, June 14, 2008
This review is from: Kim Lyons' Your Body, Your Life: The 12-Week Program to Optimum Physical, Mental & Emotional Fitness (Paperback)
I really enjoyed reading this book. I'm a fan of "The Biggest Loser", so I wanted to read her thoughts on weight loss. The book is well-written and very easy to read. The book is divided into four subjects: It's All About You(Gear, Mind, Body, Goals; Journals; Fitness); Your Workout(Exercises); Your Nutrition (Food; Meal Planning); Your Future. I found the section on posture(Chapter 2) to be interesting. She goes into the different types of posture, which is helpful to me.....I have a swayback posture. She lists the muscles that I would need to work on to correct this bad posture. I haven't found too many authors who expound on this subject in a diet book. At the end of each chapter, she gives you "homework." Suggestions to help you prepare for this program, which ultimately is a lifestyle change. These suggestions are not mandatory, or hard to do. I am finding the "homework" is helping me to plan better and be well organized in my approach to beginning this program. This was lacking in my earlier attempts at losing weight. She is very big on planning and writing things down. There are three levels of weight training exercises, and there are some stretching moves. There are pictures of her performing each step to an exercise so that you do it correctly. I can't say that the information in this book is new, but it is the way that she presents it that makes the difference to me along with a few things that she does personally to motivate herself. I feel that the book is written as if she were sitting in a room explaining this in person to me. I felt her enthusiasm as I was reading. I've read other good diet books, but I can honestly say that I didn't feel any real enthusiasm coming from the authors. I think that this is a good book. She shows you how to safely go about losing weight, being healthy, and keeping the weight off for good. I highly recommend it.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
complete fitness package, January 3, 2008
This review is from: Kim Lyons' Your Body, Your Life: The 12-Week Program to Optimum Physical, Mental & Emotional Fitness (Paperback)
Great book! It talks about all the aspects that you would need to address in order to gain complete fitness--diet and nutrition tips as well as all the little steps that you need to follow in order to become physically fit. Very well-written with nice illustrations.
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