Look Great Sleeveless: The Ultimate Workout Guide to Awesome Arms, Beautiful Bust, and Sultry Shoulders [Paperback]

Brad Schoenfeld (Author), Minna Lessig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

For millions of women, staying fit and toned is a battle often fought but never actually won. Many women are looking to develop a leaner, more shapely upper body and arms yet no exercise program or training regimen ever seems to work-until now. The sequel to Look Great Naked, this cutting-edge book shows how to target problem areas and get spectacular results.

With this customized upper body program based on Brad Schoenfeld's High Energy Fitness "TM" system, women will learn how to tone muscles while simultaneously reducing body fat. Including the same bodysculpting information readers would receive from a personal training session with Brad himself, this supercharged method of exercise focuses on the most nagging trouble zones: eliminating bat wings (drooping arms), firming the breasts, and sculpting the shoulders. The High Energy Fitness "TM" system is incredibly time efficient as well, requiring only 15 minutes of training per day for each trouble zone. And each of the 45 exercises is described in detail and accompanied by illustrative diagrams and photos demonstrating how they should be performed.

From the fat-burning benefits of cardiovascular exercise and strategies to help stay motivated, to healthy recipes from some of the top fitness models in the world and even a one-week program on how to get into top shape for a specific event, Look Great Sleeveless is a must-have fitness book for anyone in search of a more shapely upper body.

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About the Author

Brad Schoenfeld, a Certified Personal Trainer, is a renowned expert on fitness and sports nutrition. He is the best selling author of Look Great Naked and Sculpting Her Body Perfect, a columnist for Fitness Magazine, and a regular contributor to such major magazines as Cosmopolitan, Self, and Shape. He has been featured on television’s CBS Evening News, CNN Headline News, and Fox’s Good Day New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735203040
• ISBN-13: 978-0735203044
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,183,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm best known as a fitness author, educator, speaker, trainer. Fitness is my passion, and I've devoted the better part of my life to helping people get into shape. I consider myself lucky that I actually make a living at what I enjoy most. I am committed to helping people achieve their fitness goals and welcome the chance to interact with readers on Amazon.com. You can check out my books, SCULPTING HER BODY PERFECT and 28-DAY BODY SHAPEOVER, here on Amazon.com. For my complete bio and lots of cool fitness info, visit my website at www.lookgreatnaked.com

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60 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great upper body workouts, January 4, 2002

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Sylvia Lopez (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Look Great Sleeveless: The Ultimate Workout Guide to Awesome Arms, Beautiful Bust, and Sultry Shoulders (Paperback)

I have read all of Brad Schoenfeld's books and think he is one of the best fitness authors around. He explains things in a very understandable fashion and his approach is very cutting edge. This book is particularly good. It has specific workouts for the upper body muscles. Those who own his book, "Look Great Naked" will be familiar with a good deal of the material as he uses the same basic principles to create the routines (combining 3 different exercises that work different parts of the muscle). The exercises are very unique. I've been training for a long time and never even heard of some of them. He gives lots of alternatives for variety which is good because it stops you from getting bored. I will be using these workouts as part of my routine for many years to come.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars be buff now!, June 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Look Great Sleeveless: The Ultimate Workout Guide to Awesome Arms, Beautiful Bust, and Sultry Shoulders (Paperback)

I love this book! It is very well written and extremely easy to follow. I was on weight watchers and going to the gym when I hit a huge plateau, that last 20 lbs just wasn't budging. When I say gym, I mean religiously, 3-4 day's a week for at leat 2 hours sometimes more. On weight Watchers I was eating excactly what I was supposed to. So I tried this. Not only did he explain why I wasn't getting results at the gym, but he also explained why I wasn't getting results with the diet part. I kept to my points but tweaked my food intake around and did the workout as per the book and... viola! The weight came off and I have definition! Yippee! I also bought the other book "Look Great Naked". Again, the workouts were great, but the nutrition information was exactly the same (I beleive he states that somewhere) I wish he would have put both books together... oh well. Good luck to all of you trying this!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice compilation of exercises..., August 7, 2002

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D. Reis (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Look Great Sleeveless: The Ultimate Workout Guide to Awesome Arms, Beautiful Bust, and Sultry Shoulders (Paperback)

After reading "Look Great Naked" I wasn't sure how this book would be, but since I was looking for something specifically targeting the upper body I decided to give it a try. This book is a useful source of advice for upper body training. Schoenfeld provides a nice array of exercises for the shoulders, chest, biceps and triceps, though I would have appreciated more guidelines on starting weight ranges for the exercises. There are pictures to help guide you and ensure you are doing the exercises properly.

His nutritional advice is somewhat better in this book than in his others, and while some of the recipes are duplicates from his other books, there are a few new additions that are more palatable. He outlines a carb depletion/carb loading plan to follow if you have a "big event" coming up and want to look your best (though I'm not sure how good of an idea the plan really is, health-wise). As with many fitness books, this one has a number of useful tips that I have made use of, and a lot of filler that I could have done without. If you've already read "Look Great Naked", a lot of his advice will be redundant as he's obviously just copied some of the general chapters from that book. Overall, the exercises are good and get the job done.