Keep the Connection: Choices for a Better Body and a Healthier Life

The trainer who helped Oprah and millions of others, make the mind-body connection now shows readers how to keep their bodies looking and feeling better than ever! In Make the Connection, millions of readers joined Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene in their groundbreaking and highly successful campaign of weight loss and exercise. Now Greene helps readers take the important next step, keeping the weight off and developing and maintaining great muscle tone. In this series of step-by-step instructions for firming up those hard-to-change body parts such as thighs, hips, abdominals, and upper arms, Greene offers the same no-nonsense and highly manageable strategies that made Make the Connection a godsend for so many struggling dieters. Each exercise in the book is illustrated with photographs of Greene and his clients, allowing readers to work out safely and effectively. In addition to his exercise tips, Greene provides motivational techniques on looking and feeling great, as well as delicious, low-fat recipes that are easy to prepare. By showing readers that it is possible to achieve their goals without fads or quick fixes, he offers the tools to reach a whole new level of health and well-being.

Exercise physiologist, certified personal trainer (to famous client Oprah Winfrey) and coauthor (along with Winfrey) of Ten Steps to a Better BodyAAnd a Better Life, Greene encourages readers to maintain a lifetime commitment to health and fitness. Eschewing fitness fads and guru didacticism, Greene advocates a common-sense approach to nutrition and fitness. As he candidly notes, "People, for the most part, know what to do to stay healthy. Let's face it, most of us know that we should eat sensibly and get some regular exercise. It's not a news flash anymore!" In the chapter entitled "Motivation," Greene takes a strong philosophical stance, addressing the psychology behind motivation and drawing a distinction between those who merely talk about change and those willing to effect change in their lives. He defines "the connection" as making choices based on love as opposed to fear. Emphasizing the association between self-awareness and positive self-esteem, Greene provides a series of exercises and questions to help readers get in touch with themselves. Subsequently, he offers general guidelines for a well-rounded fitness program that includes flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, abdominal and back fitness and muscular strength and endurance. While Greene prods readers to forget about dieting, he recommends seven practices (such as eating three meals and two snacks a day and limiting the amount of fat in your diet) for improved nutrition. In promoting self-choice and responsibility, Greene takes an encouraging, roll-up-your-sleeves approach to weight loss, healthy eating and exercise.
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