Short description
A Hollywood trainer reveals the three key secrets of the Hollywood Body System: sculpt with fun and innovative new weight-resistance techniques; nutrition with his highly effective and easy new method to balance protein, good carbs, and healthy fats, and heart, a new way to melt off body fat with enjoyable cardio exercises at the right intensity and frequency.
Long description
"Steve Zim's plan helped me drop my body fat more quickly than with any other program I've ever tried. I couldn't be more pleased." - Jessica Biel, actress, "Stealth" and "The Illusionist". Now, everyone can have a fantastic new body like a Hollywood star without spending a fortune. Top trainer to the stars Steve Zim reveals the three key secrets of the Hollywood Body System: Hollywood Nutrition (Zim's effective, easy method for balancing protein, good carbs, and healthy fats), Hollywood Heart (a new way to melt off body fat through cardio exercises), and Hollywood Sculpt (fun, innovative weight-resistance techniques). This individualized, interactive 6-week program will get the reader ready for a grand entrance with a sleek new Hollywood body. Steve Zim (Los Angeles, CA), a top Hollywood trainer, is the regular fitness expert on the Weekend Today show. He has appeared on "Extra", "Access Hollywood", and "VH1". Mark Laska (Coupville, WA) is a professional writer.
Review
Despite its tabloid-ish title, this book contains detailed workouts designed to create a toned figure. Using a few simple props (stability ball, dumbbells, a chair), Zim takes readers through upper body, lower body and abdominal workouts that are described in detail and illustrated with photos. Although many may be familiar, some are tweaked to get the most out of the exercise. The Hollywood Kickout, for example, works the inside and outside of the triceps by slightly twisting the dumbbell and isolating the muscle. That, says Zim, is what gives triceps that nice line of definition. The goal is to create the sculpted but symmetrical physique so many stars possess these days. Most people plan their workouts around what I call mirror muscles, says Zim, referring to the front half of the body most people see in the mirror. For a lot of people, their backs and rear delts are not in balance with the front.
Zim, who owns a gym in Culver City, has trained Jessica Biel and Ashley Judd, and says he understands why people covet celebrity bodies: They have the wow factor, he says. ( Los AngelesTimes, March 27, 2006)
Table of contents
- Acknowledgments.Introduction: What Is the Hollywood Body?1 Hollywood Body Goals and Motivation.2 Secrets of the Stars.3 Hollywood Nutrition Principles.4 Hollywood Heart Principles.5 Hollywood Sculpt Principles.6 Your Hollywood Body Initiation the First Two Weeks.7 What's Your Hollywood Body Type?8 Four Weeks to an Ectomorph Hollywood Body.9 Four Weeks to a Mesomorph Hollywood Body.10 Four Weeks to an Endomorph Hollywood Body.11 The Final Cut: The Hollywood Body Lifestyle.12 What Next?Index.