Men's Health the Body You Want in the Time You Have: The Ultimate Guide to Getting Leaner and Building Muscle with Workouts That Fit Any Schedule

by Myatt Murphy

Book Overview

Men's Health The Body You Want in the Time You Have The former fitness editor of Men's Health magazine presents the ultimate no-excuses workout book for time-pressed men and women at every fitness... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594862435
• ISBN13: 9781594862434
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Couldn't agree more

What a cool book! All the books I've ever bought about exercise always assume that you have 3 days to work out and that's it. Well, that's not me and this book accomodates anyone, whether you got one day to give yoursefl that week or seven days. Very nice. I used it last week when I had 5 days to work out and it made it so easy to switch workouts to match my schedule. This week, I'll probably only have two days and sure enough, it let me change my wotkouts once again, yet the results never change. This thing is addicting if you like--or hate--to exercise.

Very helpful

I am a gym beginner who was looking for a solid introduction to weight training and fitness. My primary goals were learning a variety of exercises along with the proper form for each. Let's face it - for a lot of us, lifting weights is boring stuff, but I figured that more options might keep me going back to the gym. And who wants to get hurt at the gym, or spend hours without any results? As the book explained, though, the variety of exercises presented provides other benefits - as you continue to work out, changing your routine can not only alleviate boredom but help you pass a plateau. Of course I'm not at that point yet, but I imagine that the well-illustrated 48 "anytime exercises" the book presents will be very welcome when I do. Another thing I was looking for was an actual routine. Other books I looked at felt like they'd leave me wandering around the gym confused, wondering which exercise to perform next. But this one gives you an order in which to perform the exercises (and I like that each exercise has a couple of variations, so if the station I need next is occupied, I can do the exercise on a bench or stability ball instead.) The book breaks workouts into the number of days you can commit to working out, and within each day, the number of minutes you can dedicate to your workout (10, 20, 30, 45, and 60 minutes.) Each time period offers 4 distinct workouts - weight loss, definition, strength, and a combination of the three. A couple of bonus features are a good chapter on stretching, and some brief but solid nutritional advice. I distrust a lot of the "super food" talk in some of these books, but at least this one doesn't shill supplements. Despite the cover and the publisher, it also avoids the "guys in a locker room" attitude of some other books, and has a few specific tips for women and a female model demonstrating some of the exercise variations. It also has a short section on how to put a home gym together. The book is definitely geared more toward weight training, and while there are some cardio tips, many of the shorter "complete body" workouts exclude cardio work altogether (while the shorter "lean body" workouts offer only cardio work.) One other complaint - as I suggested, there's a pretty wide variety of exercises offered, but I would have liked more tips on substituting variations into the workouts presented. Each workout is very structured, but there are no tips to replace the given exercise with another unless you move on to one of the longer workouts. Those complaints are minor, though, and if you're looking for a solid introduction to the gym or a way to maximize the time you spend there, I'd recommend this book.

Very cool Concept!

I got this book along with three other books this year to pull off my New Year's resolutian and this is the only one that I wold recommend. All the rest are so confusing to stick to, but this one is so simple to use. I had to bail on working out for two weeks and this book teaches you how to use shorter workouts that take less time to stay on track. It's hard to believe no other writers have ever tried to makea book like this, because it's a book I can't magine ever selling or getting rid of because I can see it coming to my rescue every time I need it.

The last exercise book you'll ever need!

With three kids and a job that requires me to be out of town a few days a month, I have no time to join a gym. I picked up this book because the title intriged me and I hoped to find a few workout tips I could add to my routine. But the book ended up being so much more! It's really a workout manual you can use anytime based on when you think you can work out! Now instead of adding a few pointers and getting rid of the book, I take it with me on all my business trips and use it to plan a workout based on my schedule. I've never found a book that so easily works around YOU, as opposed to telling you what to do and how often to do it! If you really want to lose weight and get in shape, this is the only book you'll ever need!

No more excuses

I have been looking for a workout book that would allow me to do some lifting before work. I never seem to have the time, because my workout stretches to an hour. The way this book works is, you first determine how much time you have a week to workout, then you just turn to the section and look at those workouts. For example, I chose 30 minutes a time, 3 days a week. It really works well. You get a core set of workouts that target your whole body. I highly recommend this book for people who think they have "no time to lift".