Real-World Fitness: Fun and innovative ways to help you sneak in activity at home, at work and with the kids [Spiral-bound]

Kathy Kaehler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1998

Featuring:
Exercises that get reasults for each part of your body--arms and upper body, legs, buttocks, and abs.
Advice and motivation to help you squeeze fitness into your busiest days
Easy steps to better, healthier eating--without dieting

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"Grabbing exercise when and where you can really does count," says Kathy Kaehler, fitness trainer of celebrities like Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Aniston, and Claudia Schiffer. You've seen her dispensing fitness tips on the Today show and in several exercise videos. In Real-World Fitness, Kaehler presents sneaky ways to get your exercise while you're involved in your daily life. There's a lot of name-dropping in this book (with testimonials from Kaehler's celebrity clients) and tantalizing glimpses into the fitness habits and challenges of the stars. Schiffer, for example, was planning a workout video yet couldn't do three pushups when Kaehler met her. Pfeiffer used to be a two-pack-a-day smoker.

Kaehler describes exercises that can be done with whatever you've got around the house: jumping over a garden hose, picking up toys, throwing snowballs, raking leaves. She presents a basic workout for the major muscle groups of the upper body using free weights and of the lower body requiring no equipment except a chair. Her "8 Weeks to a Show-off Body" is a progressive program suitable for motivated beginners, incorporating daily aerobics and strength training. She includes valuable information about goal setting, motivation, body image, weight loss, and the cumulative value of short bouts of exercise. --Joan Price

Review

"Kathy Kaehler has a way of breaking down what can be tedious and complicated into very digestible segments. She's just amazing at coming up with simple ways to get you thinking about fitness." --Matt Lauer

"Kathy's really helped me learn to enjoy working out. She really knows what she's doing, she's got a great attitude, and she makes it fun. And she's definitely creative about exercise. I can do things on my own using things I found aruond my house as opposed to having to go to the gym and work out on machines." --Penelope Ann Miller

"With all the stamina that I have from working with Kathy, all day long I can run up and down stairs, and I don't think about it. I can grab both of my kids at the same time, put them on my back, and run." --Afre Woodard

"What intrigued me the most about Kathy was her warm personality. She's very approachable. And I like that her exercises are very simple but very efficient." --Claudia Schiffer

"I had a baby and wanted to get back into shape so I got Kathy's number. Now I have more stamina, I feel stronger, I just feel healthier. It helps with my whole sense of self." --Nancy Travis

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 192 pages
• Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition (December 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582380260
• ISBN-13: 978-1582380261
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,312,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a terrific book for do-it-yourself exercisers!, April 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Real-World Fitness: Fun and innovative ways to help you sneak in activity at home, at work and with the kids (Spiral-bound)

Scoff at personal trainer dependency? Hate gyms? Refuse to buy expensive equipment? Buy this book! (Incidentally, I work out at gyms and use weight machines regularly but I still refer to this book!) The author offers many practical toning exercises. Great pictorial book format with clear and concise instruction. I would give this book 5 stars, but I have two reservations. First, the author's constant referral to Hollywood clients began to sound like relentlessly insecure "look at who I train!" name-dropping. The author's strong credentials stand on their own -- she doesn't need to underscore her legitimacy by constantly fawning over her Hollywood clients. I just want the exercises, not the dirt about Penelope Miller! Finally, the book seems to skim the upper body workout, while focusing on some (admittedly wonderful) ab, glute, and leg workouts. Aside from these two shortcomings, I feel this is a superb hands-on fitness book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for occasional exercisers, July 13, 1999

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kcmc "kcmc" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real-World Fitness: Fun and innovative ways to help you sneak in activity at home, at work and with the kids (Spiral-bound)

I exercise in spurts. When I feel frumpy and need some ideas, I appreciate the chapter which gives a range of exercises for specific areas of the body. Maybe someday I will keep it up for more than a week at a time, but even then, I won't need any other books to do it! Great pictures, step by step instructions, and specifies the benefits for each exercise ("WHY am I doing this?").

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best I've read.Great exercises,real results,easy to do!, April 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Real-World Fitness: Fun and innovative ways to help you sneak in activity at home, at work and with the kids (Spiral-bound)

Wow! This girl knows what she's doing. It is know wonder so many stars have her as a personal trainer. Her techniques are easy to do and easy to incorporate into your life. I have seen results very quickly. I think because she takes basic exercise to another level with techniques that are highly effective. The stars she trains are the very ones we look at and say, "I want to look like that". She meets Michelle Pfeifer every morning at 6:00 am and shares with you that hour routine. Then maybe it's Jennifer Aniston or Lisa Kudrows turn the list goes on. She even shows you the very exercises her clients like, and why. It's highly motivating to be able to refer back to that persons physique and think YES I can have that, too. Know gym required, all can be done at home. She covers every area of the body and even has a short section on exercises for pregnant women. A must have for someone that wants a great body yet doesn't want to work 4 hours a day at it. I tell everyone I can you must get this book it will change you inside and out. Finally, I've searched for a long time and have spent many dollars on other books promising the same results only to my disappointment. Those days are over! I'm looking better and feeling better than I have in ages. I'm amazed and you'll be too, Kathy Kaehler is really special! Simply a must!