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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very informative book!, March 3, 2006
This review is from: No More Cellulite: A Proven 8 Week Program for a Firmer, Fitter Body (Paperback)
Suffering from cellulite? Ah yes, cellulite...those stubborn
lumpy areas also known as dimples but not meant as a cute
description. There may be hope yet!
Wayne Wescott, Ph.D. along with Rita La Rosa Loud have to be
applauded for their well-written book entitled "No More
Cellulite".
The book starts with two very interesting and informative
chapters on "What is Cellulite" and "What Causes Cellulite". The
first step is to understand what you have and how it happened to
apply itself to your thighs! The writers go into explanations of
what aging does to our bodies; and muscle and metabolism - how
loss of muscle lowers our metabolic rate.
The writers give you a good starting chapter on "Understanding
Strength Training" and why strength training, along with
cardiovascular exercise, is essential for everyone. A training
program is provided along with different exercises using machines
or using free weights (dumbbells, elastic bands and body weight)
at the gym or at home (definitely my choice of exercise and could
be yours too as long as you can get yourself motivated to working
out at home). What I always found to be very helpful is when the
writers indicate the target muscles that each exercise uses;
which is what they have done for each of the exercises in this
book.
There is a wonderful chapter on stretching which enhances the
strength training program. Being a dancer, I already know the
benefits of daily stretching and how it helps your flexibility
and posture. This chapter goes into the type of stretch,
frequency, sets, posture, speed, range of motion, proper
breathing and muscle balance.
You'll love the chapter on endurance for your cardio program
along with the writers' balanced nutrition plan, a very healthy
plan consistent with the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, designed to
give you guidelines on how to change your eating habits, lose
weight if you need to, build muscle and is generally a very
healthy way of eating that everyone should follow. There are
sample menus to follow depending on the amount of calories you
need to support your present body weight or to lose weight and if
that's not all, the writers have thrown in some delicious recipes
for you to test your culinary skills with! Be sure to check out
the inspiring photos at the end.
After reading this book I would recommend it to anyone with that
"orange-peel", dimply cellulite and for anyone who wants a basic
book on weight training, cardio and healthy eating. All-in-all,
a must-have book in your diet/exercise/healthy living library.
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