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| The Biggest Loser Fitness Program: Fast, Safe, and Effective Workouts to Target and Tone Your Trouble Spots--Adapted from NBC's Hit Show! | 
 enlarge | Authors: The Biggest Loser Experts And Cast, Maggie Greenwood-robinson
Creators: Jillian Michaels, Kim Lyons
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8598
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 7.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1594866953
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9781594866951
ASIN: 1594866953
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
Release Date: September 18, 2007
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Product Description
Thanks to The Biggest Loser, NBC's unscripted hit show, dozens of overweight contestants have improved their health with dramatic weight-loss transformations. Thousands of inspired fans of the show have undergone personal weight-loss journeys, using the tools and tips provided by the show's experts and medical professionals. Now, the workout moves used by the show's trainers to train and tone the Biggest Losers on television are available for you to use at home or in the gym. The trainers will reveal: -The most efficient and effective move for a toned belly -Time-saving workouts designed for today's busy schedules -Beginner and advanced modifications -Sensible and real-life eating advice from the show's nutrition experts Not all of us can be on television, but everyone can use this fitness program for improved health and weight loss. Complete with advice from the Biggest Losers themselves and built-in motivation from the show's trainers and experts, The Biggest Loser Fitness Program will inspire you to fight fat and beocme the biggest loser!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 A bit overhyped July 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I tried to like this book, but it truly is for fans of the show. If you cut out all the references to participants from the show, it's about 1/2 as long! (And since I wasn't a follower of the show, the names have no meaning for me. Diet and fitness books always have an overabundance of "success" stories anyway. That's great, but that person's work schedule, lifestyle, food preferences, health history and body type aren't mine, so I can't relate.)
But what bothered me was the misnomer "time-saving," because it definitely isn't, and for any workout to succeed for me, it has to be one I have time to do. People on the show worked out for hours each day. (And why do personal trainers think finding a couple of hours to work out every day as no big problem for those of us in the real world?) Nowhere in the book does it ever say how long you can expect these workouts to take. By my estimate, 45 minutes to 90 minutes, at least 3 times a week - more days a week if you add a separate cardio as suggested). In fact, as you get more fit the workouts take even longer. This is neither time-saving nor time-efficient. If this is the block of time I have available to work out, that time isn't going to increase just because I'm fitter, and this book doesn't account for that at all.
One other note: although the book lists the equipment you need, they left out a step or bench. You'll definitely need that, too, for one of the exercises.
All in all, this is book for fans of the show who have very flexible schedules. For everyone else, I'd suggest looking elsewhere.
Good Recipes, Good Advice May 30, 2008
I don't watch the show but thought the information that I previewed in the book was good, sound advice so I bought the book. I'm not trying to lose weight just wanted a new perspective on food choices and recipe ideas as well as advice and a fresh perspective on exercise. This book gives it!
 Judia's Review May 21, 2008
I love all the products from Biggest Loser! I wish I could do more than just read the books! Ha Ha
Good Book - Bad Message May 11, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Let me say from the outset that if I were evaluating just the book then I may have been inclined to give it a much better rating. Unfortunately the book is touted to be based upon the hit TV series of the same name which I find to be shockingly irresponsible in its design and message. I understand that in order for a TV series to be successful it has to generate high ratings but to promote fitness programs that risk permanent damage to the participants and implicitly suggest that this is the best route to rapid and permanent weight loss is absolutely unacceptable from where I stand as a physician. When I see massively obese people being coerced to jog at full gallop; jump on trampolines with already injured limbs: punch heavy bags that a pro-boxer would find challenging, I have to raise some serious objections to the message being conveyed.
One of the most important points for those starting out on a weight loss program is to start off slow and avoid injuries. The injuries you sustain in an effort to lose weight too quickly can rapidly derail a weight loss program and can lead to long term damage that can come back to haunt you.
Sure, anyone can lose weight in a concentration camp environment; but to lose weight, and keep it off in a normal life setting is an entirely different situation. Having personally lost almost 60 pounds in less than six months and kept it off for over nine years, I can attest to the fact that you need to integrate a good diet and exercise program into your everyday lives and begin with a safe and effective program. I implore people to ignore the "boot camp" type approach to weight loss and instead incorporate a realistic program that does not risk permanent injury to the joints, tendons, spine and heart.
That said, I do believe that this book has some very useful information, which I might add, is quite different from the message conveyed in the show. I especially like their emphasis on a combination cardio and circuit training.
Marc L. Paulsen, author, Dump Your Trainer
Great!!! February 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is very interesting and didactic. Full of tips to make the reader really gets into the good shape and good health worlds. The book not only has many pictures to help the reader to execute the movements properly, but also it has a lot of tips to make the exercises more difficult. Unfortunately, the book does not do the entire job by itself. We have to go to the gym!!!!!!!!!
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