The Woman's Guide to Strength Training from Women's Health- Featuring Weight Training Workouts to Help You Get Toned, Burn Body Fat, Increase Longevity, and Pursue a Healthy Lifestyle!

I'm just getting into weightlifting and have been really enjoying this workout plan. The exercises have clear explanations and helpful photos. I particularly like the way the workouts are structured. The worksheets to keep track of weight and reps are nice as well. Highly recommend.

I decided to give this a try based on a friend's post on Facebook. I tend to favor e-books and apps, but this really spoke to me. Some of these books are kind of fluffy and won't get you anywhere. This is a good resource for those who want a compact, home routine. You can assemble a decent workout fairly easily with minimal equipment. I also felt that the exercises weren't too extreme, as in I didn't want to be visiting my ortho or PT in the near future.

I like the exercise ideas but I don’t have everything at home that I need so I may need to look up something similar I can do for this exercises. I like how it tells me how to do each one correctly and allows a log for me too.

When this arrived, I thought it was small for the price, but ended up very pleased with it. Nice large photos for each exercise. Clear instructions for individual exercises and routines. I recommend spending the extra for the spiral binding so it lays nice and flat when trying to exercise and read it!

I bought this after I ditched a super expensive personal trainer. Wow, I wish I would’ve found this beforehand. The pictures and descriptions of the workouts are good. If you need some further clarity then a quick online YouTube search will pull up a video if you need it. I don’t go to the gym exclusively so this is a 1-2 days a week with other workouts like running and yoga a few times a week as well. It’s to help me work different areas and minimize running injuries. I’ve been injured twice in the last year. I’m getting too old to run exclusively and needed to vary my workouts that I do 4-5 days a week. The workouts can be adapted to use any weights you’d like to use and you can make notes in the log so you can repeat or increase the next time you do the workout plan. I’ve only done the first phase, but I love it. I some times add on 1-2 more exercises to make it a bit longer. It’s a shorter workout plan. But I imagine the later phases will increase in intensity. The book clearly states the items you need either in your home gym or in a community gym. I go to a gym and I bring this slender book with me and review it and make notes. It’s a keeper! I hope this fitness guru makes more workout books because I really like it.

Much Better Books Out there, not alot of pages but a nice cover. I should have sent it back after I received it, thankfully I received another that I LOVE. I won't mention the name.

Overall it is a great start for someone new or someone who wants to pick up a few ideas.

I thought about purchasing this book for over a month, as I really wanted a book geared toward women's strength building without bulking arms using dumb bells. I was hesitant because of the price, but went ahead and ordered it paying extra anazon shipping to get it quicker. Pro, book geared toward women. Cons- , book is $$$$ for what you actuakky get. 2nd, the binder book came damaged (spiral are is smashed to where pages were a little dented/wripped to where you cannot fully turn pages). 3rd, there wasn't as many dumb bell exercises as I thought there would be. So overall, I would not recommend this book, very dissapoinred. You can get more dumb bell arm exercises by googling them for free vs. buying this book.