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Men's Health The Body You Want in the Time You Have: The Ultimate Guide to Getting Leaner and Building Muscle with Workouts that Fit Any Schedule [Paperback]

Myatt Murphy (Author)
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December 27, 2005 Mens Health
The former fitness editor of Men’s Health magazine presents the ultimate no-excuses workout book for time-pressed men and women at every fitness level

For most people, the hardest hurdle to overcome in following a fitness regimen is simply finding the time to do it. But as this book shows, it is possible to burn fat, build muscle, and stay fit—no matter how much (or little) time one has! That’s the promise fitness expert Myatt Murphy makes in this fabulous new exercise guide—the first book that offers a wide range of workouts catered to any schedule.

Workouts are organized by how many days a week individuals have to exercise, and subdivided into 10-, 20-, 30-, 45-, and 60-minute exercise blocks. There are four variations on each of the above regimens—one for building lean muscle, one for weight loss, one for muscle power, and one that gives the best of all three. All in all, there are 120 workout choices, each specifically created to match the exerciser’s current goals! Murphy shows how to complete any workout in a time-efficient way and how to compensate for limited time with different exercises that will keep muscles challenged. More than 250 photographs illustrate the exercises, and sound nutritional tips round out this all-new approach to fitness—destined to be the workout bible for countless busy people.

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About the Author

MYATT MURPHY has written articles on exercise, lifestyle, nutrition, and sports for more than 40 worldwide magazines including Esquire, Fitness, GQ, Men’s Health, and Sports Illustrated. A frequent guest on national television shows such as CNN News and Good Morning America, he splits his time between Pennsylvania, Florida, and New York City.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books (December 27, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1594862435
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594862434
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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From magazines, books and illustrated novels, Murphy has strived to become one of the most versatile writers in the business of writing. Never content with penning one specific genre or style, he's spent the past decade trying to put his stamp on as many forms of literature as possible.

His ability to match any magazine voice has made Murphy one of the most widely-used, easily-adaptable writers in the magazine industry. He's worked with almost all of today's top magazine editors and is relied on consistently to deliver top-notch, entertaining copy. To date, Murphy has published over 900+ features, departments and editorials with over 50+ of the top international men's, women's and general-interest magazines. Working under four separate pseudonyms (both male and female), he's written on nearly every possible topic, including fitness and exercise, hard health matters, sex and relationships, celebrity profiles, first-person humor, gear, nutrition, travel and general service.

Myatt Murphy has written over 1,000+ departments & feature stories and continues to write on fitness and exercise, travel, lifestyle + exercise, nutrition, celebrity, first-person humor and relationships for over 50 national magazines including: Better Homes and Gardens, Cooking Light, Cosmopolitan, Details, Esquire, Fitness, Glamour, GQ, Health, Instyle, Maxim, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Men's Journal, Muscle and Fitness, New York Times, Outside, Parents, People, Playboy, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Shape, Sports Illustrated, Success, The Knot, The Nest and Yahoo.

Murphy also ghostwrites for TV and movie celebrities. Some of his clients have included Jaclyn Smith, Laila Ali, Ice T and many other media celebrities.

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Very helpful February 20, 2006
Format:Paperback
I am a gym beginner who was looking for a solid introduction to weight training and fitness. My primary goals were learning a variety of exercises along with the proper form for each. Let's face it - for a lot of us, lifting weights is boring stuff, but I figured that more options might keep me going back to the gym. And who wants to get hurt at the gym, or spend hours without any results?

As the book explained, though, the variety of exercises presented provides other benefits - as you continue to work out, changing your routine can not only alleviate boredom but help you pass a plateau. Of course I'm not at that point yet, but I imagine that the well-illustrated 48 "anytime exercises" the book presents will be very welcome when I do.

Another thing I was looking for was an actual routine. Other books I looked at felt like they'd leave me wandering around the gym confused, wondering which exercise to perform next. But this one gives you an order in which to perform the exercises (and I like that each exercise has a couple of variations, so if the station I need next is occupied, I can do the exercise on a bench or stability ball instead.)

The book breaks workouts into the number of days you can commit to working out, and within each day, the number of minutes you can dedicate to your workout (10, 20, 30, 45, and 60 minutes.) Each time period offers 4 distinct workouts - weight loss, definition, strength, and a combination of the three.

A couple of bonus features are a good chapter on stretching, and some brief but solid nutritional advice. I distrust a lot of the "super food" talk in some of these books, but at least this one doesn't shill supplements. Despite the cover and the publisher, it also avoids the "guys in a locker room" attitude of some other books, and has a few specific tips for women and a female model demonstrating some of the exercise variations. It also has a short section on how to put a home gym together.

The book is definitely geared more toward weight training, and while there are some cardio tips, many of the shorter "complete body" workouts exclude cardio work altogether (while the shorter "lean body" workouts offer only cardio work.) One other complaint - as I suggested, there's a pretty wide variety of exercises offered, but I would have liked more tips on substituting variations into the workouts presented. Each workout is very structured, but there are no tips to replace the given exercise with another unless you move on to one of the longer workouts.

Those complaints are minor, though, and if you're looking for a solid introduction to the gym or a way to maximize the time you spend there, I'd recommend this book.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
No more excuses February 7, 2006
By John
Format:Paperback
I have been looking for a workout book that would allow me to do some lifting before work. I never seem to have the time, because my workout stretches to an hour. The way this book works is, you first determine how much time you have a week to workout, then you just turn to the section and look at those workouts. For example, I chose 30 minutes a time, 3 days a week. It really works well. You get a core set of workouts that target your whole body. I highly recommend this book for people who think they have "no time to lift".
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Couldn't agree more February 22, 2006
Format:Paperback
What a cool book! All the books I've ever bought about exercise always assume that you have 3 days to work out and that's it. Well, that's not me and this book accomodates anyone, whether you got one day to give yoursefl that week or seven days. Very nice. I used it last week when I had 5 days to work out and it made it so easy to switch workouts to match my schedule. This week, I'll probably only have two days and sure enough, it let me change my wotkouts once again, yet the results never change. This thing is addicting if you like--or hate--to exercise.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Workout planning
I find this book to be very helpful. Easy to understand, good description of each exercise accompanied with good pictures with many different workout plans.
Published 1 month ago by Mario Morrell
Very Good for Everyone and Excellent for Beginners
The alternative exercises, using free weights or if necessary, nothing at all, make a useful alternative for when you can't make the gym and the general advice is good. Read more
Published 3 months ago by workoutsforbreakfast
Great for total beginner, I guess. Meh for anyone else
This book has a lot of useful, neatly-organized information in it. That having been said, most of it is what anyone with any fitness training experience would probably consider... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Neophyle
Excellent workouts!
NOTHING will get you in shape but diet and exercise... and as far as the exercise part (and there's a section on dieting too!) this book has you covered. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jeremy Smith
Friendly user book
This book is very easy to use. The only reason I gave it 4 star is because I have to flip to pages every time I move on to other routine since I don't have many equipment to use. Read more
Published 10 months ago by pinoy guy
Great resource for planning workouts
This book provides all the information I needed to feel comfortable creating and executing my own plans for working out, even though I had little to no experience prior. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Karl Rookey
great book
This book gives you the benefits of what workouts to do depending on how many days you have available to work with your busy schedule. Read more
Published 14 months ago by powers1238
Buy this book!
Hands down the best workout book I've ever purchased. Period. The upper body workout is fantastic. I have been doing the six day, 60 minute per day workout for 5 weeks now and I... Read more
Published on May 13, 2010 by A. J. Laws
Don't Know Where to Start? Buy This Book.
I'm middle aged and needed to get back in shape. A friend gave me this book and I found workouts that fit my limited time to work out. Read more
Published on December 8, 2009 by Green Bay Guy
The Body You Want in the Time You Have
I had very limited exercise experience, and this book gave me exactly what I was looking for: pre-planned workouts based upon the time I had. Read more
Published on December 7, 2009 by rbandms
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Twenty to 30 minutes a day. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
anytime exercise, reverse raise, incline exercise bench, elbows unlocked, low cable pulley, triceps extension, light barbell, shoulder press, cular exercise, light dumbbell, calf raise, triceps press, decline bench, stability ball, lower your hands, weight stack, overhand grip, larger muscle groups, keeping your arms, underhand grip, press the weight
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Spend Less Time, Legs Day
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