Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength Review
"Body for Life" is probably one of the most motivational fitness books of all time! Bill Phillips not only gives very effective exercise and nutrition advice, but he also covers the important mental approach it takes to make it work.
Many different fitness programs exist, and some (not all) are effective. One improvement to the book's program I would make is simple....drink water and then eat first thing in the morning! The author recommends exercising first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. But eating the right foods immediately after waking is important because:
* Your body has just fasted for at least hours and needs nutrients ASAP
* It jump starts your metabolism for the rest of the day
* Exercising on an empty stomach first thing in the morning can potentially eat away at your muscles
You can use the "Body for Life" approach as is, but consider eating breakfast immediately for better results!
Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength Overview
This guide outlines Bill Phillip's fitness programme, comprising weight training, aerobic exercise, and a careful diet. In addition, it addresses the reader's own personal goals and encourages personal transformation mentally, not just physically. The "Body for Life" programme reveals: how to lose fat and increase your strength by exercising less, not more; how to tap into an endless source of energy with Bill's "power mindset"; how to trade hours of aerobics for minutes of weight training - with dramatic results; how to feed your muscles and starve your fat with the provided eating plan; and how resistance training can significantly increase your metabolic rate allowing you to burn fat and change the shape of your body.
Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength Specifications
Bill Phillips had been publishing bodybuilding magazines and marketing nutritional supplements for years when he had a weird revelation at a trade show: many of the most loyal and enthusiastic readers he had were totally out of shape. From that uncomfortable realization came his popular Physique Transformation Contest (top prize that first year: Phillips's own Lamborghini), now world famous, and this book.
The three-times-a-week weightlifting program in Body for Life is deceptively simple. If you've spent any time in the gym, you've already done all the exercises. But Phillips includes a couple of high-intensity sets at the end of each exercise that should compound the training effect on each muscle group. Same goes for the cardiovascular exercise he recommends: just 20 minutes, three times a week. But those 20 minutes are spent jacking the intensity up and down, accomplishing more in less time.
Phillips arranges all this into a 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips. Be warned that the nutritional advice gets a little spacey. For example, he puts "carbohydrates" and "vegetables" into separate categories, and recommends three daily doses of a nutritional supplement called Myoplex, which his company manufactures. (Fortunately, he gives tips on how to make each dose taste different, such as by adding drops of peppermint extract.) Despite this strangeness, Body for Life still motivates because so many others have achieved astounding results in similar 12-week windows, and the pictures and testimonials are here as evidence. --Lou Schuler
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Customer Reviews
great guide - onlineRNstudentBSN -
This is a great guide for those of us who are new to working out, and would like a body change.
I can't wait to start my 12 weeks next week!
Results Don't Lie! Just Look At All of the Before and After Photos! - Charles Prosper - Los Angeles, CA
What struck me most about this book was all of the incredible before and after photos of every day folk, like you and me, who started out in all manner of poor health and out of shape. Overweight women in the before photos become sleek and sexy sirens in the after photo. Men in their 50"s jump back 20 years in appearance in their after photos. Just to look and the before and afters is just breath-taking and awe-striking.
I found the book practical, easy to follow and sensible utilizing a combination of progressive weight resistance, correct eating and right attitude. This is the lay persons guide to fitness success. Results just don't lie.
Great nutrition & exercise program! - annie-minnie -
I have been using Bill Phillips' "Body for Life" program for years, at times when I need to lose some weight and get focused. I have always had success with this program. The premise is pretty simple, stick to the plan six days a week, and on the seventh day you can eat whatever you want. I won't get any more detailed because you need to read the book for yourself. The upsides: the plan works fast and I drop pounds quickly. I feel better with the exercise program, and the exercises are things I can do at home, no gym membership required. The downsides: the diet can get a bit dull after a while, and it really takes discipline to do all the exercising. I give this book five stars because I refer to it as my "tried and true" program.
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