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Readers of Body-for-LIFE find the books straightforward, no-nonsense approach and specific step-by-step instruction help clarify the often-confusing assortment of mixed messages and contradictions sur
rounding fitness.
In language that is vivid and down-to-earth, Body-for-LIFE guides you, step by step, through the Program, which reveals:
How to lose fat and increase your strength by exercisi
ng less, not more
How to trade hours of aerobics for minutes of weight training—with dramatic results
How to make continual progress by using the High-Point Technique?
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Countless studies show that high-intensity training burns fat more effectively than low-intensity exercise, plus the addition of strength-training exercise allows you to not only increase your metabol
ic rate, but change the actual shape of your body. This is why Body-for-LIFEˇ¦s combination of targeted strength-training workouts and high-intensity cardio workouts is so effective.
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Testmonials
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Phillips arranges all his own training program into a 12-week program, along with nutritional and motivational tips. Be warned that the nutritional advice gets a little spacey. For example, he puts "
carbohydrates" and "vegetables" into separate categories, and recommends three daily doses of a nutritional supplement called Myoplex, which his company manufactures. (Fortunately, he gives tips on ho
w to make each dose taste different, such as by adding drops of peppermint extract.) Despite this strangeness, Body for Life still motivates because so many others have achieved astounding results in
similar 12-week windows, and the pictures and testimonials are here as evidence
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Most people in America have been conditioned to believe they should 'coast' through life as much as possible -- they should avoid 'pressure situations' and gravitate toward circumstances where no one
is demanding anything from them, explains Phillips in the book. "You see, the truth of the matter is that it's through pressure or 'stress' that we evolve -- that we grow."
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