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Stronger Legs and Lower Body

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This book is a veritable dictionary of lower body exercises. There are stabilizing exercises, resistant exercises, exercises done on the floor, using exercise bands, etc. Most of these exercises are ones you've probably seen or done if you're a regular exerciser but some are alternatives to those standbys, which can be great if you're tired of doing the same old squats and lunges.

My main gripe about this book is that a good deal of the really great exercises need to be done in a gym with gym equipment. For many people, this is fine but for people like me who don't want to sign up to a gym nor have the time to go to one, I just wished that they provided at home alternatives usings dumbells.

Not a ground breaking, revolutionary book but not a bad one either. A good book to have if you problem or main focus is the lower body. (Buy it used or rent it out from the library)

A complete, concise and comprehensive reference with 124 different exercises for legs, and lower body (gluts, abs, lower back).

It has exercises for strengthening, stabilizing, toning, shaping, and conditioning. There are even cardio programs for fat-burning. Each exercise is fully illustrated and described in detail, including setup, action, and safety information.

I disagree with the previous reviewer, since the book has dumbbells and barbells exercises alternatives (squats, dead-lifts and lunges) that can be used at home. I own this book, and it has been very illustrative to help me pick the right exercise to workout at the gym, and at home.

If you are lloking for an at home exercise guide, you might want to consider "The Men's Health Home Workout Bible".

I checked this out of the library and wanted to keep it, so I bought it. This has a truly challenging lower body workout - and a variety of ways to do the exercises.

One reviewer noted that many of the exercises need to be done on gym equipment, and another noted that you can do many of them at home, with dumb bells, etc. I agree with both assessments. I like using dumb bells and "home equipment" more than gym equipment for strength training anyway, so I'm not likely to use gym machines. Plus, the gym in my apartment building doesn't have a lot of that kind of equipment, and I'm not joining a gym when mine is just fine...and free. But, yeah, you can do most of these exercises either place. If you're a gym rat, that's fine, and if not, that's fine, too.

It's also got exercises I've never seen before - which I ALWAYS like. I hate it when I review several workout books and they all have the same exercises...nothing new under the sun. This has new ones, believe me.

I'm getting in shape for foot surgery soon. I'll be on crutches, a walker, a wheelchair, a medical boot, and a cane. I had foot surgery last year, and used all those things for the first time...and got my BUTT KICKED. I was not in shape for using any of it. Knowing I'd have to do surgery on my other foot eventually, I said, "Getting my butt kicked AGAIN is not an option." So I looked into several programs, including the "Stronger" series of books. I need to work my quads, my hamstrings, my butt, and my hips, because they're all involved in using recovery equipment - especially the crutches, the walker, and the medical boot. (I got some nice little hamstrings with that thing, because I couldn't put any weight on my foot for the first six weeks. My thighs had to hold up a ten-pound boot!) So I can't "play" with my workout routine. I need one that WORKS - because it works ME. This one does. And I can even use some of my old recovery equipment for these. In the ones using a straight body bar, my cane works just fine. This made me realize you can use whatever you have on hand for these exercises, if you like to improvise.

Oh, yes, definitely, get this book. If it can help get me in shape for using recovery equipment after foot surgery, I'm sure it can help other people who want to get stronger, look better, or both.

I have several other books on the same subject;this book does have some good usefull information.

Happy with the purchase and very satisfied with the service.