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Total Body Transformation: A 3-Month Personal Fitness Prescription For a Strong, Lean Body and a Calmer Mind
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List Price:
$15.95
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$10.85
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Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9780786887323
ISBN: 078688732X
Label: Hyperion
Manufacturer: Hyperion
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2005-01-12
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date: 2005-01-12
Studio: Hyperion
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Editorial Reviews:
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Now in paperback, the groundbreaking system that combines yoga and the gym, from one of the country's most highly sought after professional trainers. Looking for a personal fitness prescription for a strong, lean body and a calmer, focused mind? Whereas other training methods tend to focus on either bodybuilding or yoga, the revolutionary approach developed by Steve Ilg emphasizes interconnectedness and brings results that simply can't be achieved any other way. Total Body Transformation gives readers -- hardcore athletes and novices alike -- the secret to having it all: strength from lifting weights; flexibility from yoga; a lean body from the right nutrition and cardio; and all the benefits that come from mindfulness, meditation, and true physical and emotional well-being.
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: A good book, take with a grain of salt.
Comment: I really like this book. It is wonderful guidance. The only thing I don't love about the book is the over the top "spirituality" of it.
The guide to living mindfully is wonderful.
The book really shows how fitness and transformation must take place in all aspects of life.
The workouts, yoga, and meditation guidance is top notch.
But, like I said, it does get a bit cheesy from time to time, so just know that going into it.
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Summary: Best training book I've read so far
Comment: This workout program is well thought out, very balanced, and it works. It's genius to recognize the importance of meditation to making gains at the gym. I had never done yoga before reading this book, and have worked hard to teach myself the moves in this book. I "try" to do yoga three times a week in my office, and I have found Il'g positions to be far more challenging then ones taught in classes around here.
This program works.
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Summary: All one will need is this book.......
Comment: An excellent mind/body wholistic health educator, that not only gets one into to great shape, but also help's one deal with the whole range of emotional issues that accompanies a fitness program. I have found that the techniques learned in this book extends way past the gym, and into every aspect of my day-to-day life. One doesn't need to purchase useless pills, prepared meals, or powders to full-fill the author's well thought out programs and nutritional advice. In fact, one can do most of the book's mind/body exercises on the local walking trail or in one's bedroom, and all the proper foods can be purchased at one's local grocery store.
PS. I've also lost 30 lbs and I'm in better shape now at the age of 36, than I was at the age of 18.
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Summary: With these used prices, the best deal in fitness.
Comment: This a very thorough book. I continue to like it more as time passes. It has detailed instructions for weight training, yoga , and aerobics. Who else will give you a superlative set of istructions for 'downward dog', and soon after do the same for 'overhead squats'?,(usually used as an adjuct to olympic weighlifters' training regimens). Ilg understands that the three systems must each stand alone technically to be done properly, but he also understands the synergy of the three. To paraphrase one of Ilg's thoughts: Yoga gives one the body awareness to improve at weight training, and weight training gives one strength to improve at yoga. This a wonderful insight, and it's this type of thinking that adds up to making this sytem the single best for most fitness seekers. (( It's available from Amazon's 'new & used' sources for quite a low price. )) I only have one complaint: Many of Ilg's promotional photos show him using yoga blocks, but the book uses no blocks .
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Summary: Steve Ilg Rocks!
Comment: This book is phenomenal.
I really love Steve's focus on functional strength, as opposed to
strength for strengths sake.
Ilg combines Yoga, Strength, Cardio, Meditation and Nutrition.
The workouts are challenging and extremely effective, they will transform your body (and mind) if you follow through. Steve's encouragements all throughout the book are very helpful/motivating.
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