Real-World Fitness: Fun and innovative ways to help you sneak in activity at home, at work and with the kids

by Kathy Kaehler

"Grabbing exercise when and where you can really does count," says Kathy Kaehler, fitness trainer of celebrities like Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Aniston, and Claudia Schiffer. You've seen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582380260
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful for Beginners

If your New Year's resolution was to start exercising but you have no idea where to start, Real-World Fitness is worth checking out. This book is a great starting place for someone new to the world of fitness like me. If you are an experienced exerciser, you're bound to find some great ideas in here, but some might be a bit basic. The theme of the book is that a little exercise is better than none at all and once you get started, you'll find it easy to continue. PROS:+The only equipment needed are walking shoes, and maybe some small hand weights.+Kaehler writes in a very unintimidating tone.+Sections are included on healthy eating, target exercises (legs, abs, glutes, etc.), and benefits of exercise.+The final section, "8 Weeks to a Show-Off Body," is a great plan for the motivated beginner that can easily be followed after the 8 weeks is over.CONS:-As mentioned in other reviews, the constant celebrity name dropping is unfathomably annoying. So much so that you might want to look elsewhere if that sort of stuff bothers you. But if you can look past it, this book is a goldmine for the beginnner.

Tips for the REAL WORLD

This book is packed full of exercises you can sneak in here and there. The card trick is amazing! Also, a section dedicated to helping a certain body part is super helpful. The wire binding is a necessity for a workout book--you can place it flat on the floor or counter when going through exercises. VERY happy with this purchase--have had it for quite a while.

Great resource for occasional exercisers

I exercise in spurts. When I feel frumpy and need some ideas, I appreciate the chapter which gives a range of exercises for specific areas of the body. Maybe someday I will keep it up for more than a week at a time, but even then, I won't need any other books to do it! Great pictures, step by step instructions, and specifies the benefits for each exercise ("WHY am I doing this?").

The Best I've read.Great exercises,real results,easy to do!

Wow! This girl knows what she's doing. It is know wonder so many stars have her as a personal trainer. Her techniques are easy to do and easy to incorporate into your life. I have seen results very quickly. I think because she takes basic exercise to another level with techniques that are highly effective. The stars she trains are the very ones we look at and say, "I want to look like that". She meets Michelle Pfeifer every morning at 6:00 am and shares with you that hour routine. Then maybe it's Jennifer Aniston or Lisa Kudrows turn the list goes on. She even shows you the very exercises her clients like, and why. It's highly motivating to be able to refer back to that persons physique and think YES I can have that, too. Know gym required, all can be done at home. She covers every area of the body and even has a short section on exercises for pregnant women. A must have for someone that wants a great body yet doesn't want to work 4 hours a day at it. I tell everyone I can you must get this book it will change you inside and out. Finally, I've searched for a long time and have spent many dollars on other books promising the same results only to my disappointment. Those days are over! I'm looking better and feeling better than I have in ages. I'm amazed and you'll be too, Kathy Kaehler is really special! Simply a must!

This book is a great motivational tool for anyone to enjoy.

As with her excellent work on the Today Show, Kathy shines again with her new book "Real World Fitness." It is always a pleasure to learn about simple exercises that anyone can do anywhere and at anytime. Kathy actually makes exercise look fun and judging from her celebrity clientelle (Michelle Pfeiffer, Claudia Schiffer, Sam Jackson), her formulas must actually work. The key word with Kathy is simple. The book is unintimidating for all levels of exercisers and the motivational insights are fresh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.