Strong Women Stay Slim: Shed Fat Forever with the Extraordinary Power of Strength Training! - Softcover

Miriam Nelson; Sarah Wernick; Steven Raichlen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553379453 ISBN 13: 9780553379457

Publisher: Bantam, 1999

Synopsis

From the bestselling authors of Strong Women Stay Young, an exciting, medically sound program to help you boost your metabolism and melt away fat!

Scientific research has shown that strength training increases metabolism--a key to permanent weight loss--by as much as 15 percent. In fact, a Tufts University study comparing women on identical diet plans found that the strength-training group lost 44 percent more fat than the diet-only group.

Strong Women Stay Slim has everything you need to shape up and feel great--no matter what your age or fitness level:

Fully illustrated exercises especially designed for weight loss
Up-to-the-minute information about weight, appetite, nutrition, and fitness--explaining why this program works
A hunger-free food plan, including menus and delicious recipes from award-winning cookbook author Steven Raichlen
Progress logs and extra guidance for the first ten weeks
Motivational secrets...and more

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Review

From the bestselling author of Strong Women Stay Young comes a metabolism-boosting plan that's completely hype-free. The basis of this book is simple: because muscle is metabolically active and fat is not, when you increase your muscle mass, you're able to burn more calories, even when at rest. The author, an assistant professor at Tufts University's prestigious School of Nutrition Science and Policy, has shown that of a group of women who followed a special weight-loss diet, those who also did weight-training exercises lost 44 percent more fat than the other women and increased their overall metabolic rates by up to 15 percent.

Nelson's plan is especially effective for women looking to drop postpregnancy weight. The book includes tests to determine your fitness level, injury-preventing stretches, dumbbell exercises that give quick results, progress charts, and pages of suggested menus and recipes that include handy shopping lists. The plan's goal is to increase muscle strength, not bulk, and it's geared toward first-time exercisers and those who lose motivation easily. For those who are skeptical of weight-loss books, rest assured that this one won't disappoint.

From the Back Cover

AN EXCITING, MEDICALLY SOUND PROGRAM TO HELP YOU BOOST YOUR METABOLISM AND MELT AWAY FAT

Scientific research has shown that strength training increases metabolism -- a key to permanent weight loss -- by as much as 15 percent. In fact, a Tufts University study comparing women on identical diet plans found that the strength-training group lost 44 percent more fat than the diet-only group.

Strong Women Stay Slim has everything you need to shape up and feel great -- no matter what your age or fitness level:
-- Fully illustrated exercises especially designed for weight loss
-- Up-to-the-minute information about weight, appetite, nutrition, and fitness -- explaining why this program works
-- A hunger-free food plan, including menus and delicious recipes from award-winning cookbook author Steven Raichlen
-- Progress logs and extra guidance for the first ten weeks
-- Motivational secrets...and more

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0553379453
• ISBN 13: 9780553379457
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336