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Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For much of the twentieth century sweating was considered unladylike and girls grew up believing physical exertion would cause their uterus to literally fall out. It was only in the sixties that women began to move en masse. Friedman reveals the hidden history of contemporary women's fitness culture, and shows how exercise evolved from a beauty tool pitched almost exclusively as a way to "reduce" into a path to mental, emotional, and physical well-being....
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Designed to maximize fat burning while minimizing workout times, and focuses on strength training to build lean muscle, cardio to burn fat and ab exercises that hit all five regions of the abdominal muscles. Exercise to music only, or music with instructions.
11) Hard bodies
Author
Publisher
Dell Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1986]
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Life & Style
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides a two-week workout plan based on isotonic and isometric exercises that work each muscle group to effectively build lean muscle mass and sculpt one's body in just fifty-seven minutes a day.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xvii, 138 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Elite trainer and fitness guru Mark Lauren shows you that the best and only equipment you need to get in shape is free and always accessible: your own body. Featuring 120 different exercises in five movement categories--pulling, squatting, in-line pushing, perpendicular pushing, and bending--and with three ascending levels of difficulty, ...ensures that you'll never get bored by the same static workout."--Provided by publisher.
14) The New! abs diet for women: the 6-week plan to flatten your belly and firm up your body for life
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xix, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains how women can lose pounds quickly and dramatically reshape their bodies, while maintaining the principles of a safe, healthy, and nutritionally balanced diet, covering such topics as preventing osteoporosis and managing menopausal symptoms.
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