Synergetics: Synergetics

by Taylor Hay and Joanna Hay

Requiring only two non-impact, 12-minute workouts a day, here is a revolutionary new fitness plan that is safe and effective. Nine years of research have created a unique system that activates one's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671673971
• ISBN13: 9780671673970
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

No floor mats, no machines...just you and results!

While the name "Synergetics" will not roll off the tongue easily- it sounds like something I would have failed at in high school- I love this book. The bookstores are littered with countless fitness programs that promise a low impact workout that you can fit into your lifestyle but somehow we never do, do we? Synergetics on the other hand hooked me when I came across it the early 1990's. Authors Taylor and Joanna Hay (she is the pretty-in-pink woman on the cover) come off not as obnoxious gym rats but everyday people like you and me who just so happened to have discovered a fountain of youth. Incorporating such elements as Tai Chi, Synergetics rhythmic twisting and turning at just two 12 minute intervals a day gave my abused bag of bones a tingle it had not felt in a long time. Taylor claims that this idea came to him in a dream and I have no doubts since the movements seem natural and graceful. The body here is its own exercise machine. A machine that we can use anytime, anywhere. What a concept! I would love the Hay's to update this book (along with their new handy tool, the Pocket Gym). Their "fabulous faces" alone-exercises to give you face a youthful appearance without surgery- is a nifty concept that will always have customers.

No pain, all gain

I first encountered this book about sixteen years ago when losing weight was not an issue for me. I did want to be in better shape, though, and in three months of using the Synergetics program, I lost seven pounds and a dress size and got compliments from friends. Somewhere I heard that, in order to get into a smaller dress size, you have to lose twelve pounds, so my assumption is that I gained some lean muscle (muscle weighs more than fat) in the process. After all that, what did I do? Why, I stopped using the Synergetics program because I wanted to go on and prove that I could get super-fit by lifting, pushing, struggling, and toughing it out like a good brainwashed fitness enthusiast. Sixteen years and numerous strains and sprains later, I have started over again with Synergetics because the ensuing years have brought stress, bad health habits, and eighty pounds that I absolutely need to get rid of. I have been doing it again for only a week, and the anecdotal evidence is that I am sleeping better, moving faster and more gracefully, and walking with much better balance. After only one week. I have every confidence that, three months from now, I won't have any super-wow stories of dramatic weight loss and transformation into Michelle Pfeiffer's twin, but I will be a different, healthier person. Synergetics is, as far as I am concerned, not at all for those who have anything to "prove" about their fitness. It's definitely for those who want simply to do something good for themselves and get a good result.

Great exercises

I have been doing these exercises for about a month and absolutely feel great. I also have the video and was wondering if there were any additional videos with more advanced moves. I never thought that these simple moves could make me feel so much better and give me increased energy.

Excellent set of exercises

The exercises are truely amazing and I am speaking here from my own experience. I started the exercises half heartedly - but was pleasantly surprised to see and feel the results in only a couple of weeks. The exercises look so simple but yet gives the benefits of aerobics , stretching and weight training - all in one package and in only about 12 minutes. I have tried yoga etc earlier but this stuff is the best I yet got.