Sat, Jul-24-04, 17:30
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Senior Member
Posts: 503
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 270/247/160
BF:
Progress: 21%
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Hi Ves, all you need for a great home workout is dumbells and a vcr or dvd player. I love working out with Kathy Smith (which is great for beginners) and I've recently been doing her Lift Weights to Lose Weight 2 dvd, which is fun and gives a good workout for beginners (it would probably be boring for intermediate/advanced). I recently ordered from Amazon, Kathy Smith Kickboxing, Minna Emergency Workout and Tamilee Webb I want that body. When I recieve them next week I'll let you know how they go.
I know what you mean about preferring to lift weights. It is much slower and easier to do on days when you feel 'blah'.
A good book for beginners (which I love) is Bottoms Up by Joyce Vedral. This book incorporates weight loss with changing your body profile, and the workouts use dumbells. If you want a book about working out on machines that is interesting to read and focuses on your body type, I would recommend 'Vixen'. Be warned, however, the author is extremely vain and brags endlessly about how great shape she is in and how people approach her all the time and tell her she's the sexiest woman alive *rolls eyes*. If you can get past her narcissism, then its a pretty good intro to weight machines, particarily as they pertain to the area of your body you want to work on most..... although, to be honest, I am sure there are better books out there, I just havent read them yet.
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