Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You

Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You | Jillian Michaels | Workout is hard - didn't do the diet

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	Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You Jillian Michaels Three Rivers Press, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 113 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A MUST HAVE for those that LOVE a FITNESS CHALLENGE!

This book has proven to be more than just a purchase. It has become my motivation, personal trainer and fitness staple all in one! If you stick to it, it really shows some results. I also paired the workouts in this book with the 20 minute workouts from the 30 day shred on days that I didn't have time to make it to the gym...AWESOME combo! Thanks Jillian!

Workout is hard - didn't do the diet

I loved the workouts in this book. I'm on day 28 of 30, and I am so much stronger than I was before. I have visible definition in my arms, legs, and back that wasn't there. I even have pretty visible abs.

I didn't do the diet because the foods were kind of gross, and it didn't work out with at-home dinners (husband's not doing the book, and it's a hassle to make two dinners or have him make his and watch him eat something much more appetizing to me). Even so, I got results. I lost about 3 pounds (again, I didn't do the diet, so I'm sure I would have gotten the promised results if I'd totally committed).

Bottom line: these are great exercises. Yes, you need access to a gym for some freeweights, but it's worth it. Also, I'm not sure who's serious about fitness and doesn't have access to a gym/freeweights. At any rate, even though the program's over, I'm going to work in a pair of her workouts once a week into the future. They're great, and so much better than just lifting one day then cardio the next.

A note on the pushups - I NEVER could do push ups before, but I can now. Even so, the plyo pushups where you're supposed to clap in the middle are still impossible for me. I've stuck with the plan, and I'm just plain not strong enough for those. That kind of thing is the exception, not the rule, I've found with her exercises, though.

Oh, and I didn't start out awesomely in-shape before the book. I've seen reviews saying this is for tiny skinny girls or gym rats, and it isn't. I weighed 150 pounds at the start, and usually just walk or do elliptical or do light weighlifting at the gym.

Highly recommended!

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Making the Cut

Although she straight and to the point, which really made me want to work hard, the diet was difficult to follow. The "shopping list" didn't match the menu. I had some left over food. Also, I had to shop for extra food because they were needed in recipes but weren't on the list. It was very frustrating. I also bought the video, which is a great workout.

Not crazy about it

You have to be pretty motivated already to get something from this book. It is filled with hollow platitudes about loving yourself, blah blah blah. That's something you can't get from a paragraph.

The recipes are all over the map, and a lot of them make four, or six servings. Unless your whole family is on this plan, that makes it really difficult to just cook for yourself.

That said, it is effective in plotting a workout plan and showing you just how much you have to put into it to get something out of it. I appreciated the variety of exercises, and it is a kick in the [...]!

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