Shape Up and Feel Great

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Good, worthwhile exercise results in more than just good looks. It can lead to a renewed zest for life in general and a happy and healthy middle to old age. It can provide a fighting force against one of the scourges^ of modem living- stress. Occasionally, as marathon nmners will testify, it can result in a totally altered, far more positive outlook on life.
Working Out provides comprehensive, step-by-step exercise routines to suit many different kinds of people. There are fast moving, aerobic work-outs for the youthful and strong, there are more slow-paced routines for the not quite so zestful, there is a guide to Hatha yoga movement, exercises for the beach, water and pregnancy and we even show you how to use weights. Lovers of dance movement wUl enjoy exploring the section on ballet-based exercises.
All these routines have been carefully devised by leading exercise expert HeJene Johnson who runs her own dynamic fitness club. The Body Studio, in Croydon. Beautiful, top quality... Tovább

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Good, worthwhile exercise results in more than just good looks. It can lead to a renewed zest for life in general and a happy and healthy middle to old age. It can provide a fighting force against one of the scourges^ of modem living- stress. Occasionally, as marathon nmners will testify, it can result in a totally altered, far more positive outlook on life.
Working Out provides comprehensive, step-by-step exercise routines to suit many different kinds of people. There are fast moving, aerobic work-outs for the youthful and strong, there are more slow-paced routines for the not quite so zestful, there is a guide to Hatha yoga movement, exercises for the beach, water and pregnancy and we even show you how to use weights. Lovers of dance movement wUl enjoy exploring the section on ballet-based exercises.
All these routines have been carefully devised by leading exercise expert HeJene Johnson who runs her own dynamic fitness club. The Body Studio, in Croydon. Beautiful, top quality photographs by leading photographer Peter Barry accompany most of the movements.
As well as the exercises themselves, there are helpful, and informative chapters on healthy eating, body types and posture. All these sections combine to offer anyone who is interested in their health and general weU being, a sensible, useful and fuUy comprehensive guide to becoming newly-fit.
Ann Carpenter was bom in 1949 in Kent. Her first job in journalism was in the Beauty Department of Woman's Own magazine where she worked for four years. From 1971 she worked as Deputy Fashion Editor on the London Evening Standard. Four years later she left to join the London Evening News as Fashion Editor. Ann now works as a contributing writer for Hair & Beauty magazine and as a visiting lecturer in fashion jovuTiahsm at the London College of Fashion. She has had articles on health, beauty and exercise pubhshed in many leading magazines. She has regularly attended an ILEA evening class in Hatha yoga, twice weekly, for seven years.
Helene Johnson is Director and Teacher of The Body Studio, Croydon. She has been in the exercise field over 12 years and was trained in Los Angeles by a top expert in the field, has contributed to other exercise books and magazines and has appeared in a B.B.C. television series demonstrating exercises.
Achnowledgements:
Forest Mere Health Hydro, Liphook, Hampshire
The Body Studio, Croydon, Smrey
Stevi Brooks and Flexatard, Los Angeles, U.S.A. Vissza