The Bottom Line
Overall, this is an excellent book for all women, focusing not just on losing fat, but creating a healthy, balanced life based on realistic fitness goals and expectations. Dr. Peeke provides great information about the different stages women experience, how we change over time and how to change our eating and exercise programs to fit where we are in life.
Pros
- The focus on mind and body helps women embrace exercise for more than just a tool for fat loss
- Detailed pictures and instructions for strength and flexibility exercises
- An emphasis on dealing with daily stressors and creating a healthy, balanced life
- Her sound nutritional advice explains women's physiology and how that affects weight loss
Cons
- Emphasis on strength training may intimidate new exercisers
Description
- Dr. Peeke offers A 12-week exercise and diet program for women to get healthy and fit
- Her holistic approach offers tools for both mind and body, emphasizing balance and self-care
- The program is based on women's physiology and her specific nutritional and exercise needs
- The eating program is based on making smart choices, like whole grains instead of processed carbs
- The exercise program encourages heavier weights to challenge the mucles, build strength and lose fat
Guide Review - Book Review: Body-for-LIFE for Women
You've probably heard of Body for Life by Bill Phillips and now Dr. Peeke offers the same program for women, focusing on the unique issues women face in becoming healthy and fit. Dr. Peeke takes a holistic approach to fitness that includes a healthy mind, a nourishing diet and a solid exercise program to fit the milestones in your life, from puberty to post-menopause. The tools and techniques are specific to those milestones, detailing our changing needs in each stage of life. The mind portion offers some basic principles and tools to deal with stress, exercise obstacles, balancing caregiving with self-care and other issues unique to busy women. The nutritional sections offers a simple eating program designed to help women choose 'Smart' foods to provide essential nutrients, as well as a blank food diary to track your eating. The exercise plan includes strength training 2-3 times a week and 30 minutes of cardio for 3-5 days a week, emphasizing quality, quantity and frequency. The remainder of the book offers descriptions and pictures of strength exercises along with a 12-week training schedule. Overall, this is an excellent book for all women, focusing not just on losing fat, but creating a healthy, balanced life based on realistic goals and expectations. The exercise and eating programs are realistic and the success stories peppered throughout the book offer more motivation to make these simple lifestyle changes. This is one book I'll definitely keep!
