Westcotte, Wayne & La Rosa Loud, Rita. No More Cellulite (Buy it at Amazon
Suffering from cellulite? Ah yes, cellulite...those stubborn lumpy areas also known as dimples but not meant as a cute description. There may be hope yet!
Wayne Wescott, Ph.D. along with Rita La Rosa Loud have to be applauded for their well-written book entitled "No More Cellulite".
The book starts with two very interesting and informative chapters on "What is Cellulite" and "What Causes Cellulite". The first step is to understand what you have and how it happened to apply itself to your thighs! The writers go into explanations of what aging does to our bodies; and muscle and metabolism - how loss of muscle lowers our metabolic rate.
The writers give you a good starting chapter on "Understanding Strength Training" and why strength training, along with cardiovascular exercise, is essential for everyone. A training program is provided along with different exercises using machines or using free weights (dumbbells, elastic bands and body weight) at the gym or at home (definitely my choice of exercise and could be yours too as long as you can get yourself motivated to working out at home). What I always found to be very helpful is when the writers indicate the target muscles that each exercise uses; which is what they have done for each of the exercises in this book.
There is a wonderful chapter on stretching which enhances the strength training program. Being a dancer, I already know the benefits of daily stretching and how it helps your flexibility and posture. This chapter goes into the type of stretch, frequency, sets, posture, speed, range of motion, proper breathing and muscle balance.
You’ll love the chapter on endurance for your cardio program along with the writers’ balanced nutrition plan, a very healthy plan consistent with the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, designed to give you guidelines on how to change your eating habits, lose weight if you need to, build muscle and is generally a very healthy way of eating that everyone should follow. There are sample menus to follow depending on the amount of calories you need to support your present body weight or to lose weight and if that’s not all, the writers have thrown in some delicious recipes for you to test your culinary skills with! Be sure to check out the inspiring photos at the end.
After reading this book I would recommend it to anyone with that "orange-peel", dimply cellulite and for anyone who wants a basic book on weight training, cardio and healthy eating. All-in-all, a must-have book in your diet/exercise/healthy living library.
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