Synopses & Reviews
As women age, their metabolisms slow, and over a 20-year period, the average woman packs on about 30 pounds of fat. So, in order to lose weight, women turn to diet plans that not only restrict calorie consumption, but also are very difficult to maintain.
Now, with Get Stronger, Feel Younger, you can shed the fat that you've accumulated over the years, while regaining and maintaining a healthier body composition and a faster metabolism-without depriving yourself of the foods you love.
Acclaimed fitness experts Dr. Wayne Westcott and Gary Reinl present their proven strength training program that has helped over 3,000 research participants shed fat, regain atrophied muscle, and experience dramatic increases in resting metabolic rate. Using cutting-edge exercises and brief high intensity workouts, in as little as 10 weeks you can experience a 15-pound improvement in body composition and physical appearance: up to 12 pounds of fat loss, 3 pounds of new muscle, and a 6 percent increase in resting metabolic rate.
There are two programs: the Standard Strength Training Program, which requires only 20 minutes for completion in 2 days a week, and the Advanced Strength-Training Program, which requires 30 minutes 3 days a week. Dr. Westcott and Reinl also provide a natural nutrition plan that not only may enhance your results, but also is realistic and easy to follow. They explain how using brief high-intensity workouts and strength training can transform your body-as well as help prevent diabetes, heart disease, stroke, osteoperosis, low back pain, arthritis, and several types of cancer.
Synopsis
Now women can regain the body and metabolism of their 20’s in as little as 20 minutes a day, 3 times a week—in as few as 10 weeks What woman wouldn’t like to shed extra pounds of fat, dramatically transform her body composition, recharge her metabolism, and gain new muscle that makes her firmer, fitter, and stronger? Noted fitness expert Wayne Westcott’s proven strength-training and nutrition plan shows women how to get the body they want once and for all.
Prevention’s 20/20 Plan presents two strength-training programs that will meet the needs of any woman, along with a natural nutrition plan—combining vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and nuts with targeted protein sources—that is realistic and easy to follow. The 20-minute standard program is suitable for anyone with little strength-training experience and those who have limited time available for exercise. For those ready to work a little more intensely, there is the 30-minute advanced option that maximizes muscle performance for a highly productive, half-hour workout. Featuring testimonials demonstrating the dramatic changes in body shape and health the program produces—an average 9 pounds of fat loss, 3 pounds of new muscle, and 6 percent increase in resting metabolic rate in just 10 weeks—Prevention’s 20/20 Plan is the real deal.
Synopsis
Eating food is not the problem, and losing "weight" is not the solution!
Most of us have been led to believe that the best way to lose body weight is through a low-calorie diet plan that reduces the number of calories we consume. Some of us, who have more enthusiasm for exercise, have learned that regular aerobic activity can also contribute to weight loss by increasing the number of calories burned. However, few of us have heard that remodeling muscle is by far the most effective means for achieving permanent fat loss. That’s right—building muscle through safe and sensible strength training essentially guarantees fat loss.
Conversely, less muscle leads to a lower resting metabolic rate, which is largely responsible for an increase in a person’s fat weight. Because low-calorie diets almost always result in further muscle loss, dieting alone is likely to do more harm than good in the long run.
Strength training builds muscle tissue and increases your resting metabolic rate, allowing you to burn more calories even when you are not working out—meaning, you will burn calories all day long!
Remember, you are not trying to lose weight. You are trying to lose fat.
About the Author
WAYNE WESTCOTT, PHD, is a member of Prevention's advisory board. His solid research and years of experience as an adviser to Nautilus, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, the American Council on Exercise, NFL teams, and the YMCA have made him an icon in the fi tness industry. He lives in Abington, Massachusetts.
GARY REINL is a medical exercise program development specialist. He is a consultant to Nautilus and several national health care companies. He lives in Naples, Florida.