Hot Point Fitness: The Revolutionary New Program For Fast And Total Body Transformation - Softcover

Zim, Steve; Laska, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738206032 ISBN 13: 9780738206035

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2002

Synopsis

Turn traditional exercises into super-exercises and get fit fast

A complete plan for total body transformation, Hot Point Fitness introduces more than 100 unique super-exercises, demonstrating routines that exact 100 percent muscle output for leaner and denser muscle in a fraction of the time standard weight-training and aerobic exercises take to get results. When seen through MRI scans, muscles actually glow red hot after these incredible workouts. Focusing on precision in movement and on exercise variation, Hot Point Fitness presents amazing three-, four-, and five-day-a-week workouts as well as advice on the optimum foods to fuel the body, manipulate metabolism, and burn that stubborn fat.
"Hot Point Fitness got me in shape quickly and made me ready for competition. A wise man once said 'the more you sweat in the gym, the less you bleed in the ring.' That sweat has really paid off for me. I feel great. People tell me I look great. And to date I have not bled in the ring!"--Leila Ali, top-ranked professional boxer
"Whatever your needs, this book will outline a personal workout program that will improve your physical and mental performance."--Jeff Cirillo, All-Star, Seattle Mariners

About this title

Review:

Hot Point Fitness author Steve Zim is a personal trainer/gym owner who has "a small army" of personal trainers that uses his method. Zim personally trains mostly celebrities and professional athletes, especially Olympic figure skaters and professional baseball players. His clients aim for optimal physical appearance as well as physical performance. Their sports depend on strength, agility, flexibility, and speed. According to Zim, you can achieve your own best personal fitness level by using the Hot Point Fitness program. The goal: to transform your body into the best shape ever.

The main difference between Hot Point Fitness and most fitness books is intensity and structure. Zim leads you through each workout, much like your own personal trainer would. "Hot Point Weight Training is designed to work each muscle to 100 percent of its capacity, and consequently completely transform the way the muscles in your body look," writes Zim. "The point of Hot Point Nutrition is to speed the metabolism and make it burn calories at a white-hot pace. Hot Point Aerobics will super-heat your muscles, and burn fat from your body quickly, safely, and forever," he says.

Zim's program is precisely structured and divided into three 28-day phases. During phase 1, you become a regular exerciser by spending one hour at the gym, three days per week. Phase 2 keeps you in the gym for 90 minutes, four days per week, and gets you to the point of "needing" to exercise. Phase 3--up to two hours a day at the gym, five days per week--brings you to an athlete's level of fitness (strength, flexibility, and endurance).

Zim developed his weight-training exercises by using MRI technology and infrared imaging to examine which muscles work during which exercises, and how hard. He was amazed to learn that traditional weight-training exercises only work 20 to 30 percent of the targeted muscles. He altered exercises and perfected techniques to build muscle density (not necessarily muscle mass), optimally by working muscles to exhaustion.

Zim describes the exercises clearly, with plenty of attention to technique. Each is illustrated by several photographs, which vary in quality (sometimes the lighting or clothing color doesn't provide enough contrast between model and background). Experienced exercisers will find almost all the exercises familiar, but will learn much from the technique recommendations that make the difference between a humdrum workout and an effective, muscle-blasting one. --Joan Price

About the Author:

Personal trainer Steve Zim has worked with Hollywood stars, professional baseball players and boxers, and Olympic hopefuls. Founder and owner of Los Angeles' hottest gym, "A Tighter U," Zim is the trainer most often called upon by high-powered sports agents on behalf of their clients.

Mark Laska is a professional writer and publicist and co-author of The Pilates Powerhouse and Body-Fat Breakthru! He lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0738206032
• ISBN 13: 9780738206035
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256