Stronger Legs and Lower Body

Stronger Legs and Lower Body
by Keli Roberts, Linda Shelton

Stronger Legs and Lower Body
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Author: Keli Roberts, Linda Shelton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-05-31
ISBN: 073603403X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Human Kinetics

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Book Review: If You Like A Truly Challenging Lower Body Workout, You'll Like This
Summary: 5 Stars

I checked this out of the library and wanted to keep it, so I bought it. This has a truly challenging lower body workout - and a variety of ways to do the exercises.

One reviewer noted that many of the exercises need to be done on gym equipment, and another noted that you can do many of them at home, with dumb bells, etc. I agree with both assessments. I like using dumb bells and "home equipment" more than gym equipment for strength training anyway, so I'm not likely to use gym machines. Plus, the gym in my apartment building doesn't have a lot of that kind of equipment, and I'm not joining a gym when mine is just fine...and free. But, yeah, you can do most of these exercises either place. If you're a gym rat, that's fine, and if not, that's fine, too.

It's also got exercises I've never seen before - which I ALWAYS like. I hate it when I review several workout books and they all have the same exercises...nothing new under the sun. This has new ones, believe me.

I'm getting in shape for foot surgery soon. I'll be on crutches, a walker, a wheelchair, a medical boot, and a cane. I had foot surgery last year, and used all those things for the first time...and got my BUTT KICKED. I was not in shape for using any of it. Knowing I'd have to do surgery on my other foot eventually, I said, "Getting my butt kicked AGAIN is not an option." So I looked into several programs, including the "Stronger" series of books. I need to work my quads, my hamstrings, my butt, and my hips, because they're all involved in using recovery equipment - especially the crutches, the walker, and the medical boot. (I got some nice little hamstrings with that thing, because I couldn't put any weight on my foot for the first six weeks. My thighs had to hold up a ten-pound boot!) So I can't "play" with my workout routine. I need one that WORKS - because it works ME. This one does. And I can even use some of my old recovery equipment for these. In the ones using a straight body bar, my cane works just fine. This made me realize you can use whatever you have on hand for these exercises, if you like to improvise.

Oh, yes, definitely, get this book. If it can help get me in shape for using recovery equipment after foot surgery, I'm sure it can help other people who want to get stronger, look better, or both.

Summary of Stronger Legs and Lower Body


Get fit, look better, and improve performance with Stronger Legs and Lower Body, the only book solely devoted to developing both the physique and fitness of the lower body. It's not just about looking good; it's also about becoming more active, moving better, and performing better in sport.

Two internationally recognized fitness experts wrote this book for those who want to enhance athletic performance as well as body aesthetics. As a personal trainer, Keli Roberts has helped hundreds of clients?including many Hollywood celebrities?achieve their fitness goals. Linda Shelton, fitness editor for SHAPE magazine, has more than 30 years of experience in exercise instruction. In Stronger Legs and Lower Body, Roberts and Shelton combine their expertise to show you how to

- improve muscle tone, strength, and body shape with progressive resistance-training exercises, including exercises that target every muscle group;
- increase flexibility and enjoy greater freedom of movement;
- get results with proven eight-week programs; and
- customize your own program to meet your training goals.

This comprehensive book includes strengthening and stabilizing exercises to target every area of the lower body?hips, buttocks, hamstrings, quadriceps, lower legs, and calves?making it easy for you to focus on the specific areas you need to work on. You'll find clear guidelines for conditioning and training, plus progressive eight-week programs that yield swift results: toning and shaping programs for quick and visible progress, conditioning programs to improve your athletic performance, and fat- burning cardio programs to keep your body looking and feeling good. There's also an entire chapter dedicated to showing you how to design your own program.

Whether strength, athletic fitness, or fat burning is your goal, you'll look better, feel better, and perform better with Stronger Legs and Lower Body.


Whether you're a recreational exerciser looking to create a shapelier bottom half, a competitive athlete focused on increasing your leg power for your sport, or anywhere in between, Stronger Legs and Lower Body presents 124 clearly illustrated exercises and drills that will satisfy any fitness level or goal. The exercises use machines, body weight, free weights, body bars, steps, ankle weights, stability balls, bongo boards, and bands to work the calves, thighs, and buttocks. But the book is more than an excellent collection of exercises--you'll get information about setting up a strength-training program, assessing your level, training effectively and safely, and much more. Both women and men will find enough information and exercises to create a personalized program for strength, body sculpting, power, and performance.

Keli Roberts is a celebrity trainer and an international fitness instructor. She is the author of Fitness Hollywood: The Trainer to the Stars Shares Her Body-Shaping Secrets. Exercise physiologist and fitness consultant Linda Shelton is fitness editor for Shape and Fit Pregnancy. Stronger Legs and Lower Body is highly recommended for exercisers of all levels designing their personal lower-body strength program. --Joan Price

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