The Miracle Seven: 7 Amazing Exercises That Slim, Sculpt, and Build the Body in 20 Minutes a Day (Spiral-bound)

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Product Description

A 20 minute per day weekly plan, featuring 7 amazing Tiger Moves and the Transformetrics Training System, that are guaranteed to sculpt the entire body with incredible speed.

About the Author

Bronze Bow Publishing, and the author of Pushing Yourself to Power. He created the Transformetrics™ Training System that maximizes strength and fitness as well as wellness

Wendie Pett is the National Sales Director for Koechel Peterson & Associates and the author of Every Woman's Guide to Personal Power.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 199 pages
• Publisher: Bronze Bow Publishing (October 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932458174
• ISBN-13: 978-1932458176
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,584 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miracle Seven the Best of the Best, February 14, 2006

By	Joe L. Libbey - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Description:

Miracle Seven is 197 pages written by Mr. John Peterson and Mrs. Wendie Pett and published by Bronze Bow Publishing (October, 2004). Both John and Wendie model the presented exercises. The Miracle Seven course features 56 exercises including the John McSweeney Tiger Moves (the "foundation" exercises of the book) and 49 more exercises for developing specific body parts. The additional seven work-outs are as follows: (1) chest, shoulders, and triceps, (2) arms, back, and neck, (3) Quads, glutes, hips, and calves, (4) abs and core, (5) arms, back, and the bridge, (6) legs, glutes, hips, and (7) additional strength exercises.

The book's emphasis is on natural bodybuilding through an exercise system called Transformetrics. Transformetrics is an exercise system that incorporates Dynamic Visualized Resistance (DVR's), Dynamic Self Resistance (DSR's), calisthenics, and isometrics for the purpose of achieving overall good health and body sculpting. The book also contains personal stories, information on nutrition, and deep breathing techniques.

High Points:

It provides a step-by-step lesson approach that is easy to follow and understand. It clearly lists the exercises for each body part and proscribes recommended sets and repetitions. It features exercises for both men and women that can be done anywhere at anytime.

The course has considerable content considering the variety of exercises (56) and the types of exercises (Calisthenics, Isometrics, Dynamic Visualized Resistance (DVR's), and Dynamic Self Resistance (DSR's)). Exercises are accurately explained in text and accompanied by photo illustrations as to how to perform them correctly.

Miracle Seven presents a chapter on nutrition organized into five food "lists" from best to worst. There's also a section simply explaining the importance and misconceptions of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. With these basic tools a person can design a healthy eating program.

I believe that Miracle Seven could act as stand alone fitness manual for a person; purchase this course and a person would have enough exercise material to last a lifetime and be strong and fit by most standards.

John Peterson and Wendie Pett are in really good shape and do a wonderful job in posing. Both John and Wendie made excellent models and demonstrate the effectiveness of the system.

Miracle Seven is a great book for people new to bodyweight conditioning, but this book would be useful to Olympic caliber athletes.

Miracle Seven makes a great travel companion as its dimensions are 8.8 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches, making it easy to pack. Despite its small size it packs a lot of information; when I travel I take only Miracle Seven with me.

Suggested Improvements:

Additional isometric exercises should have been added for more variety. I count a total of five presented in Miracle Seven, at least each of the seven sections should have listed one isometric exercise.

Miracle Seven sometimes times uses too few pictures to demonstrate exercises.

Score:

I gave this book a rating of five out of five stars. This book serves as an excellent complement to other bodyweight exercise books or other fitness programs. I highly recommend its purchase. It's a great addition to any fitness library.

77 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Use Your Mind To Develop Your Body, November 8, 2004

By	strength builder (United States) - See all my reviews

This book contains exercises that are thousands of years old and yet are the most efficient and effective way to exercise in the twenty first century.

They have their origin in the ancient Yoga and Kungfu tensing exercises.

They require no special equipment or clothing and give you the ability to exercise anywhere and anytime.

The resistance is provided by your own mind using your imagination and visual imagery.

The course consists of stretching and tensing exercises that are fun to do and because of the intense concentration you are developng your mind at the same time that you are developing your body.

Give them a try-I bet you'll get hooked even if you don't like to exercise.

73 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Workout From JP That Works , October 28, 2004

By	Evanston Guy - See all my reviews

I just got my copy of this book yesterday, read it last night and I am going to start this program today. I have total faith in this program, because I have been following the exercises in the other book by John Peterson "Pushing Yourself To Power". In fact I wrote an early review of that book on Amazon as a reader from Evanston. I have no association with the author or publisher (Bronze Bow), other than reading and following his previous book and website forum. So I have nothing to gain by writing this review. I am writing it because I just want others to learn what a GOOD thing this book contains. Since following the advice in John Peterson's first book for about the last 5 months, I have lost 35 lbs. and gained a lot of muscle. ( I probably could have lost more weight if I been able to competely avoid my nemesises, pizza and chocolate.) I now like seeing myself in the mirror when I am getting dressed in the morning. My shoulders and upper body are getting nicely defined, and I can't wait to see what I will look like by next summer. In fact, my lady friend just the other day commented on how my arm is all muscle. So this program has other benefits than just good health (for those of you reading this who are a little slow, let me spell it out for you_it helps attract the babes). I still have quite a way to go to achieve my perfect body, but with the tools of the Miracle 7 and Pushing Yourself To Power I know I will achieve it. The most amazing thing to me is the fact that I am 53 almost 54 and my body is in better shape than when I was 30. John Peterson himself is in his 50s and looks fantastic. Imagine what you can do if you start this program while you are still in your 20s or 30s. I personally have tried many other ways of working out, (e.g. the health club route), but with Mr. Peterson's methods I don't have to pay expensive fees, get in my car and travel to the health club. I also have a heck of a lot less nagging aches, pains and injuries, than I had when I was lifting weights. This program is not magic, however, you have to be persistant and consistant, and do it on an almost daily basis to achieve results. (I am averaging about 5-6 days a week doing the workouts. When I started I could hardly do any of the Furey push-ups (about ten), but just the other night I did a set of 46.) However, there is a variety of exercises so you can mix it up and not get bored. I reccommend getting both of John Peterson's books to get the total picture. Obviously, I am a man so I can't comment on the portions of the book contributed by Wendie Pett other than to say it looks like the program works good for women as well, judging by how great Wendie looks. Anyway to sum it up if you are looking for a fitness program that gives great results, costs very little, you can do at home with no equipment (except for maybe a chinning bar), and you can do pretty much for the rest of your life, Check this out.