Great book for everyone | Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength

Great on workouts but consider something else for diet | Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength | Bill Phillips, Michael D'Orso

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	• Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength Bill Phillips, Michael D'Orso Collins Living, 1999 - 201 pages average customer review:based on 943 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Body for Life Fan

I've been using BFL on and off for the past 3-years. If you stick with it it really works. Just tailor it to suit you. If your a woman you might want to substitute some of the excercises for those that are geared towards women. Awesome book for just getting started and workout junkies.

Great book for everyone

I own this book, and would buy it again. The great thing about it is that it's easy to read, well laid out and simple to understand...for the most part. I find the high point technique a little hard to master, mostly because it is subjective and not definitive, but it is well explained. The "diet" portion of the book is very simple, and while he mentions supplements, that is just as an alternative to eating six small meals a day, to save time. When I did it, I ate 5 small meals a day and had great results.

I started just doing the food portion of this book, and lost about 10 pounds. Then I started eating whatever I wanted and did the exercise portion of the book, and lost an additional 5 pounds. I can only imagine what the results will be if I can just do both at one time! I plan to start my next 12 week effort again, and will incorporate both aspects of the program - diet and exercise together - to see what the results will be.

This does work if you do it. I agree with other reviews that it requires discipline. Definitely check out the Body for Life website for additional info and inspiration! This will work for all fitness levels because it is customizable to you. And you can start anytime, anywhere! No need to buy a lot of fancy equipment. You can walk for the aerobic portion and just use basic weights (or whatever you have on hand - books, canned goods, etc will all work) to work out with. I would recommend upgrading to dumbbells eventually, though.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at www dot beautipage dot com backslash marieolson. Good luck!

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Great on workouts but consider something else for diet

I've been using these workouts for about 3 years. The book and companion websight has saved me hundreds of dollars in personal trainers. I rate the wisdom in the weight training and running sections better than the trainers I've known. Other readers have surely benefitted more than I, staying more disciplined.... but I'm so happy with the efficient workouts. I've reaped a lot more than I could have hoped for otherwise.

Bill Phillips also has the guts to be honest and say that this workout does not fill the bill as an easy, quick fix thing. You have to stick with it; it's hard and takes discipline.

However, as other reviewers have explained much better than I could, yes, he does push his supplements in the book. This is why I don't give the book 5 stars. I recommend The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II, John Robbins, and Howard Lyman for a more researched viewpoint on what foods bring vibrant health.

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This "diet" works. Period.

I have read many of the reviews for this book and I am dismayed at those people who have given it less than four stars. I seriously doubt they have actually followed through with the program. Pick up a copy of Men's Health magazine. They are preaching the same thing: high-protein, moderate carbohydrate meals, six times a day. EVERY issue gives specific recipes supporting this eating lifestyle. Heck, I picked up a Fortune magazine a few weeks ago, and they said the same thing: six small meals a day. Bill Phillips just figured it out before everyone else did.

I am 41, five foot ten inches tall, but I am very athletic for my size. I am seven weeks into the program. I have lost 20 pounds of FAT (272 down to 252). I have kept my muscle. I had been lifting (340 lb. bench press, 400 lb. squat) for about a year and a half, but could not drop the weight, no matter how much I exercised. I found my answer in Body for Life!

Is it hard? Yes, the running and lifting are, but not the diet part. How can you be hungry eating six times a day? Do I take the EAS protein shakes? Yes and no. I buy a two lb. tub of EAS whey protein ($13 at Wal-Mart, or $.26 per shake, plus the cost of the skim milk) instead of buying the ready-made shakes. They mix up much better than other whey protein I have tried, and they taste great. I also eat protein bars, made by MetRX. They taste just like a candy bar. 330 calories and 32 grams of protein. I run three miles three times a week and lift upper body twice and lower body once. AND I splurge on Sunday (free day)!

Simply put, this program works. It isn't starvation. Does it get plain? I mix it up: chicken, steak, fish, pork loins. But seasoning is the key. Zatarain's makes an awesome blackening seasoning. Put some on talapia fillets. Doesn't get better than that! The key is preparation. You have to make your meals the night before. When I work I make chili. Easy to warm up. It's not hard, and I feel it helps me overall with my time management.

I can't say enough about this book. I didn't get caught up in the whole "EAS propaganda" like so many others seemed to dwell upon. I think a lot of people just don't believe it will work because they have been burned before by other diet promises. THIS WORKS! I am proof. My goal is to get to get a flat stomach, but I want to stay big, and keep my bench and squat maxes the same. I think this is very doable. And anyone else can do it to. Just buy the book!

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I gained 10 lbs of muscle!

I love this book. Before reading it, I knew very little about working out with weights (although over the years I have consitently ran and done calisthenics). I decided to try to develop some more muscle once I hit the big "40" and found this book to be the perfect guide. Following its principles, I gained 10 lbs of muscle! Not exaclty Mr. America, mind you, but hey I'm not complaining! I highly recommend it.

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