For release: December 2003 Groundbreaking New Book From Matt Roberts Internationally Renowned Personal Trainer Fit For Your Shape Learn to Exercise and Eat for Your Body Shape with Breathtaking Results Ever wondered why you just can't seem to change your body shape or lose weight, no matter how hard you exercise and diet? Are you a typical English pear who just can't reduce the size of their bottom and thighs no matter how much time is spent toiling away on the step machine? Chances are you've been exercising wrongly for your natural body shape for years. Matt Roberts, one of the world's leading personal trainers and best-selling health and fitness authors, has devised a revolutionary new approach to exercise which promises you incredible results in just a few months. This book is all about getting Fit For Your Shape. Matt has identified four very distinct body shapes, apple, pear, tube and hourglass, each with very specific characteristics and needs when it comes to keeping slim and toned. Pear This is the classic female shape, with rounded shoulders, slim upper body, slight waist and generous hips and bottom. Rachel Stevens and J Lo are typical celebrity examples of pears. Apple This is the reverse of the pear, with shoulders and upper body wider than the hips. Apples tend to have slim legs, small bottoms and a tendency to put on weight around the waist, tummy and back.
Think Dawn French in the extreme and Drew Barrymore for a less accentuated apple. Hourglass This shape has a nicely balanced top and bottom, with a well-defined waist, but with a tendency to lay down fat. Kylie is the perfect little hourglass, whilst Catherine Zeta Jones is the Hollywood equivalent. Tube the tube is straight up and down, with no waist and a flat bottom. Cameron Diaz is an excellent example of a tube who has worked out perfectly for her body shape. 2./ The Premise The first part of Fit For Your Shape helps readers decide which of the body shapes best describes them, and is packed full of useful information, hints and tips. This section not only tells readers what they should be doing but very importantly, what they should avoid too.
As ever, Matt completes the section with some crucial goals for each shape and a lead in to the workouts that will best achieve them. Fit For Your Shape then divides itself into six comprehensive workouts, including four that are gym-based and two that can be done at home. Each body shape has a choice of at least three workouts from this six (two gym-based and one home-based), each of which is referenced with clear body shape 'icons' to ensure that readers are absolutely clear on which programme they should be following. All workouts are extremely easy to follow and provide a great variety of exercises to keep readers motivated. Gym workouts make use of free weights and exercise machines to tone specific muscle groups, whilst home workouts comprise of circuits that test the whole body using exertubes, fitness balls and own body weight. Each workout consists of ten to twelve step-by-step exercises that can be done in sequence. All readers need to do is follow them through from start to finish to achieve a well-toned body of pleasing balanced proportions - whatever their natural shape. Fit For Your Shape by Matt Roberts is published 8th January 2004, priced £12.
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