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Title: The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution : The Slow Motion Exercise That Will Change Your Body in 30 Minutes a Week by Fredrick Hahn, Mary Dan Eades, Michael R. Eades, Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades ISBN: 0-7679-1386-8 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.98 (63 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Slow Burn, tough work-out
Comment: Using laymen terms, the book does a good job in explaining the muscular physiological changes that take place during and after this exercise "revolution" program that promotes good muscular strenghening and increased overall stamina.
I, being impatient, immediately went to the section that defines the 11 separate exercises and illustrates the proper technique to use. The program can be achieved with a minimal of equipment and cost. Even some home made devices such as gallon water jugs filled with water (approx 8.2 lbs)can be used for the proper weight lifting requirements. This made the book valuable to me, since I travel 6-8 months out of each year and can therefore easily pack everything I need. An option of exercises using typical fitness center equipment is also illustrated. The in-home and fitness center equipment is illustrated clearly with step by step instructions for each of the 11 separate exercises.
Using this book, and maybe one visit with a trainer to review your technique, is all you would need to strike out on your own. After going through one sessions, believe me when I say, you feel like you worked out in the gym for 3 hours. For an example: Try doing a typical pushup using 7 seconds to touch your chest to the floor and about 7 seconds to return to the starting position. WOW!
I eventually went back and read every page. It makes sense not to beat your body up with jogging, impact aerobics and other potential muscle damaging exercise du jour, especially at my age of 60. Thank you, both my husband (age 65) and I feel confident that the technique recommended in this book will be safe. We will be coaching each other.
Rating: 3
Summary: some 'ifs' and 'buts':
Comment: Under ideal conditions, slow training has to be done with: 1/special equipment, because when lifting slowly, the weight that is correct at the beginning of the movement will require more speed to move later . This is the point behind the original Nautilus and MedX machines:asymetrical pulleys,(cams), change the leverage advantage to keep the resistance appropriate throughout the exercise, allowing slow productive exercise in the full range. (Also , the machine must be designed with very low friction, a costly production procedure, as friction can add unaccounted for and arbitrary resistance during slow movment.) This cannot be done nearly as well with free weights, and 2/Expert coaching,(ie "Superslow",tm). Properly executed slow training is SO HARD that without someone monitoring your technique and effort, and giving you encouragement, a full effort is unlikely, and sustained effort over the necessary months impossible. Even with all of the proper equipment and help, slow training can be _very_ discouraging at plateaus, and is quite expensive.
Rating: 4
Summary: Valuable Information - Doomed to be Forgotten
Comment: Like many other "scientific" books written for the layman, this book is doomed due to political reasons. Before I comment on Slow Burn, may I first say that it is a horribly written book that is otherwise very logical in content. If you can withstand the book's repetitiveness, you might discover some real truths about being fit, building muscle, and burning fat. Quite frankly, it puts Arnold's Encyclopedia to shame. In fact, it dispels so many myths that it infringes on every other commercially laden product or philosophy. Thus, Slow Burn will be trashed by every single other fitness expert - till it loses its appeal and vanishes. BUT - WARNING the exercises presented at the end of the book are inappropriate and perhaps even dangerous. For example, imagine doing deep knee bends to the point of muscular failure, and then having little or no strength to save yourself from gravity's harsh pull.
Apart from the exercises, this book is either dead right or at least on the right track. Read it or get a copy now before the so called "know-it-alls" find their way to erasing it from existence. Thank you for your time.
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Title: Power of 10: The Once-a-Week, Slow Motion Fitness Revolution by Adam Zickerman, Bill Schley ISBN: 0060008881 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Slow Burn : Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower by Stu Mittleman, Katherine Callan ISBN: 0062736744 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Protein Power Lifeplan by Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades ISBN: 0446678678 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution by Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades ISBN: 0471430501 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 21 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Low-Carb Comfort Food Cookbook by Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades, Ursula Solom ISBN: 0471267570 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 22 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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