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Body Defining | 
 enlarge | Author: Ellington Darden
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 324480
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Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 0.4
ISBN: 0809232324
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9780809232321
ASIN: 0809232324
Publication Date: April 1, 1996
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Men are the bigger sex, writes Darden, but women are the fatter sex. A woman's hormones--coupled with pregnancy and childbirth--conspire to add fat throughout her life, making the average woman's body a little over 47 percent fat by the time she's 50. Darden believes that there's only one way to permanently change this equation--to turn on the body's natural fat-burning mechanisms--and it's not aerobic exercise. He's a passionate advocate of strength training as the best method for improving a body's ratio of muscle to fat. Darden also asserts that there's only one way to effectively strength train, and that's using the excruciatingly tedious Super Slow system. He makes a convincing argument for the system, but he's among a tiny handful of exercise professionals who believe that people should train one way and one way only for the rest of their lives. Virtually everyone else says you should frequently change training methods to keep your body from getting so used to one type of exercise that it stops making improvements. Those who have purchased one or more of Darden's 42 previous books will recognize most of the information in "Body Defining." But if you're new to his work, you'll find provocative ideas about how keeping your body cooler helps it burn more calories, and why you should drink much more water than you're consuming now. The actual exercise and nutrition programs are pretty strict, but Darden peppers the book with before-and-after photos of women for whom it worked. --Lou Schuler
Product Description
The correct combination of diet, exercIse, water, and rest produces a well-defined body, according to top fitness expert Dr. Ellington Darden. In fact, if you're an average woman and if you follow his proven six-week plan, featured in Body Defining, you can expect to lose: - 13 pounds of fat
- 2 3/4 inches off your waist
- 2 1/4 inches off your hips
- 3 1/2 inches off your thighs
During the fat-reduction process, you can also expect to add 3 1/2 pounds of body-enhancing muscle, making your physique stronger, firmer, and more symmetrical. Body Defining includes a wide variety of routines that tighten and shape hips and thighs, flatten the stomach, and work out the shoulders and arms, helping to counterbalance a dominant lower body. The entire program is easy to follow and includes carefully researched menus, at-home exercises, strength-training equipment instructions, and maintenance guidelines. In addition, Body Defining is illustrated with inspirational before- and-after photos of women who have transformed their figures through Dr. Darden's effective six-week program. Dr. Ellington Darden was recently honored by the President's Council of Physical Fitness and Sports as one of the Healthy American Fitness Leaders. His 43 books have sold more than four million copies, and his lectures and workshops are popular throughout the United States and Canada. Darden lives in Gainesville. Florida.
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 semi-starvation June 21, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm shocked that so many reviewers raved. First of all, the calorie count was too low for me. I was very hungry. Personally, I believe when you get used to being very hungry, or you get used to quite a bit less food, it is a sign that your metabolism is slowing down. I've had the pendulum swing too often to go through that again. Secondly, I found the last repetitions of the exercises such unpleasant experiences that I dreaded working out as time went on, whereas in the past I would get happier about working out the farther into a program I went. Third, it is very rare to find a body builder, and they are the experts at shedding fat, who doesn't believe that aerobics should be included in training, or who recommends Superslow. Schwarzenegger even reported (long ago) that he and a training buddy tried slow reps and abandoned the technique because it was not getting them the results they were used to. Fourth, I resent that the cover model was a woman who didn't need to lose any body fat. In fact, she didn't have to follow the eating plan at all. Lastly, even though there is in the reviews an example of someone who kept the weight off, I really wonder how the majority of people do after this cycle. It doesn't seem to teach realistic life skills. It certainly is not a health benefit to limit your foods to such narrow choices. Modern hunter gatherers (who most likely eat more like early humans, whom we mostly likely resemble in metabolism) often eat nearly a hundred fruits and vegetables with vastly more natural fiber that you could get in this regime. In additon, my endurance in dance classes did not increase nearly as much as when I switched to weight training plus jogging with intervals of rope jumping. However, it's nnot a terrible book, and if you can take the low calorie count, it is better than programs that don't have a good exercise component. But don't beat yourself up if you hate it. You can always try it again later (if ever) when you more ready for the severity. Or do something that takes the weight off more enjoyably even if it is slower.
Book is great...personal experience November 19, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book be da bomb. I know the girl on the cover and she still looks like that, and that picture was taken in 1992 before she tried out for a remake of FAME at the local hipadrome. I know this because that is my main man holmes baby's mama. For real though, she is 35 has 3 kids and still looks like dat. She ocassinally does the diet in the book and ocassinonally smashes down a couple big mac's from our local McD's and washes it down with a jumbo slurpee but still is a pretty hot mama. I guess I got a little off track, but I'm trying to hollar at yall and let you know that this diet does work. Give it a try and you too will be looking like my man holmes baby mama shell-dawg.
guaranteed sucess August 6, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This program works!!! it's not easy-it's not hard,IT WORKS, I have lost 100 lbs in 1 year and totally reshaped my body and changed my metabolism,Thanks to the TRUTH in this book!!!!!!!!!!
 It's a good book, but... February 26, 2001
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
It is a good program and I'm sure it does work as advertised, however there are some drawbacks. First, some of us can't use it. For instance, as a nursing mother I can't superhydrate until after I'm done nursing, nor can I cut my calories as drastically as advocated without jeapordizing my milk supply (I realize this is a temporary problem). My other major difficulty is that it is a 6 week program, and doesn't really provide much information or helpful advice on what to do when you're not following the program. Frankly I'm more interested in what I weigh a year from now, than what I weigh 6 weeks from now.With those quibbles aside though, it's otherwise an excellent book and program.
It worked for me! December 12, 2000
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I too came upon this book while looking for something on weight training. The before and after pictures got my attention as well as the uphill trendline for female weight gain over time. I like being able to exercise effectively in the privacy and convenience of my home. The weight lifting is immediately rewarding as each session brings improvements. After three weeks of exercise and diet, the weight loss and inches lost becomes dramatic. I lost 13 pounds and many inches in six weeks. His diet recommendations are not very practical for someone cooking for a family; I modified the diet recommendations using other resources to maintain a 1200 calorie/day low fat diet. After the initial six weeks I have maintained the weight loss by lifting weights 2-3 times a week. This book appears to be a dumbed down version of the men's book, Living Longer Stronger, which my husband uses, in that it offers far less theory but I wouldn't call that a major drawback. The bottom line is that the program works. I have recommended it to at least 8 others.
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