Bone Building Body Shaping Workout: Strength Health Beauty in Just 16 Minutes a Day

i cut out and taped to my wall the various moves used to strengthen muscle and bone. Then I left the program for a while. Big mistake! I now show some bone loss. i am getting back imto this program at 68, to regain some lost strength and bone density. This is the best, most usable, information I have found.

This workout is great, although you may want to do ALL the designated warm-up exercises at the beginning of the workout, in order to avoid wasting time picking up and putting down the dumbbells between sections. If you do this I think it would be much easier to get the workout time down to where the book claims it should be. I own The 12-Minute Total Body Workout book, and in one respect, this book is better in that it contains a photo chart of all the exercises involved, which "12-Minute" does NOT have. I recommend that you buy a copy of this book, make a copy of the chart, then cut it up and paste each exercise onto index cards, so that you can mix up the order of the exercises every few weeks or so, as well as putting the warmups at the beginning of the workout. Both books are great.

I've been doing a combination of this workout and The Bathing Suit Workout, and feel a difference already. I have more strength and energy than I ever felt doing aerobics only. Weight training seems to lift my spirits as well, despite the fact that I still have approximately thirty pounds to lose before I reach my most comfortable weight.

I am about six weeks into using this program and I can't say enough about it. I am 50 yrs old. I am not a beginner, I have used free weights off and on for about 5 years. However, I never completely understood when or how to increase the weight. I was never sure if I was doing the right thing. This book clearly explains how to do the exercise, which muscle you should be using and how to adjust the program to fit your needs. I'm already thrilled with my results. I'm enjoying this program and I plan to continue using free weights. Thank you Joyce Vedral.

I have been using the book and its detailed, illustrated instructions for about five weeks, and I'm delighted. The workout is actually fun, and I'm beginning to see results. By gradually adding more weight and more reps, as the author outlines, I have been able to avoid sore muscles, even though I was sadly out of shape when I began. I wholeheartedly recommend it!