Review: Excellent, well written, thorough - will refer to again and again!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2014
I love books on fitness and health and the Kindle store of low priced or free books is often a good way to read more about different aspects of exercise and fitness; but more often than not those "books" turn out to be a handful of pages with someone rehashing fitness advice one can read about in any old magazine!This was not the case with this book! I would happily pay good money for this  - it's a keeper and  one that I will refer to again and again!I am a fitness fanatic and typically work out 5/6 days a week mixing cardio, weights, yoga and swimming but I have read about the advantages of HIIT and started incorporating this into my workouts for about the last month with terrific results. I have dropped a little weight though that was not my ultimate goal and am more toned than ever - but this book takes it to the next level so I can really max out my workouts.This is a comprehensive guide: What is HIIT, how it began, what exercises are good for HIIT, truth and lies and so much more!  It looks at your metabolism  - foods and beverages that will speed up the metabolism - a real, common sense approach that is anti fad, anti 'miracle' pill  ! But where it really helps is looking at various forms of common and popular workouts such as Crossfit, P90X, Zumba , Insanity and evaluating them with what you will get out of such workouts.This book explores total overall fitness: eating, drinking, habits, exercise, stress, relaxation ; all of which go hand in hand with a good healthy lifestyle. Most books do not cover all these aspects, but being honest health and 360 is best met by a 360 approach which this book has!It then has HIIT for beginners, Intermediate and Advanced - something for every level. In the early pages there are diagrams of good, basic exercises that are part of HIIT, and at the end a suggested calendar based on examples of people with various fitness levels.I am going to keep them ,refer to it, use it and will actively seek out more work from this author!