12-Day Body Shaping Miracle: Change Your Shape, Transform Problem Areas, and Beat Fat for Good

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 240 pages
• Published by: Wellness Central; Reprint edition March 5, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 044669827X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0446698276
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 12 ounces

Product Description
Wonder why all those hours spent on the treadmill or lifting weights aren't getting you the results you want? According to Thurmond, if you're not working out in a way that's just right for your individual body type, you're wasting time and energy. In 12-DAY BODY SHAPING MIRACLE, Michael Thurmond presents his breakthrough exercise program for getting your body into a better proportional balance. Using Thurmond's exclusive "blueprinting system", you'll identify your unique metabolism and body type. You'll then discover a personalized exercise plan to quickly target your specific problem areas and transform your body shape in just 12 days. For example, if you are bottom heavy, you learn how to trim your thighs and hips while building up your shoulders and back, giving your body that trimmer, more hourglass-like shape. Thurmond's unique program focuses on sculpting muscles through select, easy-to-do weight training techniques with cardiovascular activity. And, no matter what your starting weight, level of fitness or shape is, Thurmond guarantees rapid results.

About The Author
Michael Thurmond has been featured on Extra, as well as in People, Time, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and more. More than 13 million viewers a week watched Thurmond on ABC?s Extreme Makeover, where he was the show's Body Makeover Specialist and member of the "Extreme Team."
Maggie Greenwood-Robinson is the bestselling author of the TV tie-in The Biggest Loser and a freelance writer who has worked on such national bestsellers as 6-Day Body Makeover as well as Dr. Phil McGraw's The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution books.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: 12-Day Body Shaping Miracle: Change Your Shape, Transform Problem Areas, and Beat Fat for Good (Hardcover) if you are an optimist, this is another exercise book that will, at best, work as it claims, and at worst, give you more exercises and foods that will improve your health and looks. The claim of this book is that Thurmond can help you change your shape and problem areas through targeted foods and diets. This is a myth, according to some, but the author seems to have success, so I'm going to give it a try. He believes that there are various body types that react differently and have specific responses to forms of exercise and foods. For example, I don't want to gain weight in my thighs so I would do more reps of lower weights to keep up muscle tone but not build up the muscles in that area. Pretty basic for some, but a good reminder for the rest of us. And, since the newest recommendations for women who want to prevent heart disease are to work out for an hour to an hour and a half a day, I will add this to my possibilities. (Thurmond's exercises do NOT take this long, so would supplement other workouts.) Comments (2) | | (Report this)