Smart Girls Do Dumbells

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Best Workout Book Ever - Rated
Judith is incredibly inspirational and encouraging without being the slightest bit patronising. She's not some 25 year old gym bunny you just want to smack, she does look fabulous for her age however.

The 30 days worth of workout recipes are really useful. What I do is put a bookmark on the page that has the day I'm working on, and then have the book open to the exercise recipe I'm doing. It's easy to flip back and forth if you do it smart ;)

Agree that a poster for the wall would be a GREAT inclusion in the book, but I don't think I'd put it up. I really appreciate the fact that a set of dumbells and this book are all my "home gym" need contain, and that's easily stowed away and out of sight.

I don't think illustrations are as important as words when describing an exercise - Judith explains in the words what muscules you'll be working, exactly how you should position your body, and what you should feel. She also explains why your hands go in certain places and warns you against injury. The photos are simply complimentary to the words. If she were your personal trainer, she'd be telling you what she's written in the book, not just handing you a bunch of pictures and fobbing off.

Very difficult book to use - Rated
Well written and really positive and 'go-getting', but unfortunately very difficult to use.

There's way too few pictures, so you regularly have a guess about the technique, and the layout means you're constantly having to stop and hunt out pages elsewhere in the book.

I wish they'd do a new version that was spiral bound, had more pictures and told you exactly where to find all the cross references!

Good book - shame about the title.. - Rated
I bought this book a month or so ago and I use it.
I can't say I've followed it religiously - I managed the first 10 days of the plan and then I got a virus which forced me to take a week off everything apart from survival chores and work. I picked it up and now I'm on day 15.
I haven't lost weight and I haven't lost any inches yet so no miracle cure found yet but yet - I think at least five people have asked me if I've been dieting and have been told I've lost weight. - I have no idea what exactly is going on but if this is improving the way I look it's got to be a bonus. The other thing is that I've noticed my running pace pick up over this time.
I note the comment about the layout but it's always really difficult to teach form with weights unless you are in a one to one situation - over time you won't need to flick so much and it will get easier. I really don't think a poster is the solution because I haven't got the room on my walls and due to space constraints I do my exercises in the hall way or on the "office" (don't ask). I reckon that a ring binder thing like the ones my kids have with swapping clothes on characters might work for all of us. 'Til then this isn't a bad start - I think it's great for those of us who can't spend hours at the gym 3-4 times a week and the way it splits things out day today means it all gets done in the long run.

Really awful - Rated
Lots to read, few pictures - and b&w ones at that. Might've worked if the book was not so 'happy happy happy' and if the actual workout pictures were firstly in colour (or should I say color) and secondly all on a pull out chart which you can pin up on a wall at home to follow more easily - when will fitness books ever learn that trick I wonder? Don't misunderstand, I like reading, just not when I want to be doing exercises.

Wonderful! - Rated
This is very encouraging and positive book that has inspired me a lot. This amazing and wonderfully explicate book is definitely a book for me! I advise you to check it out! There is another great book that is a must read and you should not miss it - ( How to be a Super Hot Woman: 339 Tips to Make Every Man Fall in Love with You and Every Woman Envy You by Mandy Simons ) Both books Rock!!!