Product Description Shape up without bulking up, and get a strong, feminine body, in the gym or at home. The Strength Training for Women Deck includes workouts that will boost your metabolism, so you can burn calories even when not working out. The information in this deck is clear and concise. It combines straightforward information with a fresh, clean design in a portable, easy-to-access format.
Portable Gym in a BoxJanuary 11, 2007 Rebecca Johnson(Washington State) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful
"Strength Training" is like a mini-portable gym in a box. The 52 cards take you through a series of exercises that use a fitness ball (small one you can lift over your head), resistance band (one size/strength will do), yoga mat, exercise ball (size needed according to height), 3-5 lb hand weights and ankle weights. If you have been exercising for years, you may have these items, but you could also use cans instead of the weights or a pillow cover filled with rice for the fitness ball.
Once you have the items needed to follow along with these cards, you will find them very useful in most workout videos. If you have been doing workout videos, a quick glance at the cards is all you will need to start the exercise. The back of each card does give detailed instructions for each picture shown on the front of the cards. I find this pack of cards especially useful and healing when I'm listening to CDs (books, lectures or music) and it makes me feel like I'm making progress physically while I also educate my mind.
Some of the Cards Include the Following Exercises:
Side Stretch
Wall Push-Up
Front Lunge
Alternating Biceps Curl
Side-Lying Lateral Raise
Advanced Planks
Calf Raise
Lat Row
These cards are perfect for travel since they come in their own little sturdy box. Keep one of these with you wherever you go and you will always have an exercise routine. I also loved the Stretching and Reflexology Card Sets.
If you do the Strength Training, Stretching and then the Reflexology Cards all in a row, you will feel strengthened, more flexible and emotionally nurtured. The Reflexology Cards can be done alone with a little creative adaptation.
I was amazed at how easy it was to follow along with the exercises and how good I felt after I had tried most of the cards. If you don't like an exercise, you can skip it and move along quickly, unlike with a DVD where you have to fast forward, etc. You can also organize the cards in any order you prefer for a customized workout.
On the information cards, there are Recommended Sequences so if you like to alternate Upper Body with Lower Body you can take out just the cards you need. I like using all the cards for a full-body workout and even enjoyed discovering a few new twists on some old favorites. If you enjoy working out, you may recognize exercises from Weight Lifting, Pilates, Yoga and Ballet.
~The Rebecca Review
Great Deck of Exercise Cards!December 7, 2006 E. Byrd(OH) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A friend, knowing I sit at the computer all day and hate to exercise, gave me a copy of Strength Training. I read the book and decided to make my own short, beginning exercise program. I put post-it note tabs on all the pages and numbered them in the order I would do them, thinking after I learned them all I wouldn't have to refer back to the book anymore, which would speed things up. Well, the book sits unopened with all the tabs sticking out...THEN I got the Strength Training Deck of Exercise Cards...since I was familiar with the book I shuffled through the cards and found the exercises I wanted to start with, put them in the order I wanted to do them in and started right in! It's so easy to refer to the cards while I'm learning the correct way to do the exercises. Plus I can always refer to the book if I want to refresh my memory about how a particular exercise functions in my workout!
Excellent IdeaJanuary 9, 2007 Booklover 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What is great about the deck is that you can pick and choose the cards with exercises you feel you can tackle at a given time. It works especially well for the periods I can't manage a full workout but know I have to do something to stay in the game. I particularly like the "Four for Life" exercises. Along with these and a few from the warm-ups and cool-downs, I select 3-4 from the lower, upper and core groups, and I'm good to go. Very practical, easy to use, and the colors and packaging are beautiful and inviting.
Great!December 8, 2006 Josh(New York, NY) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the perfect stocking-stuffer or small gift for any occasion. It is practical, clever and beautifully packaged. And more than this, it sends a positive message of solid exercise know-how in a portable system. I use the exercises daily, even when I'm traveling.
Proven Training MethodMarch 11, 2007 Wellness Fan(Cleveland, OH) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of Joan Pagano's programs for the past six months - with great results. It is a program any age can do - you increase the intensity to your own level. The results are obvious in toning and strenghtening. The Training Deck makes it easy to vary your workout and simple to pack in a suitcase with a stretch band.
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