The BEST exercise book I've EVER purchased.

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	• Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You Jillian Michaels Three Rivers Press, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 109 reviews view larger image
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Sexy you in 30 days - pace yourself!

This book is a challenge. I had to flip back and forth from the daily workouts to the pages that showed the exercises that I hadn't done before. Lots of flipping pages during the workouts. She recommends stretching after each workout for the day but I didn't find a section on particular stretching exercises to do. I know to stretch but it would've been nice to have ideas/examples in her book. I'm still using her book but have found I'm not doing the exercises in the 30 days time so take your time, don't hurt yourself, follow the exercises but work at your pace.

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Good complement to any workout program

After developing a strong workout ethic after 35 consecutive 30 Day Shred workouts, I was ready to find out Jillian's point of view regarding diet.
The book begins by making clear that it is for those with 20 pounds or less to lose. Jillian empahsizes the importance of strict adherence to the program in text peppered with what I will call "Jillian toughisms" (e.g.,"....Over the next 30 days you are mine, and this is your bible....", "..., skipping any part of this book is NOT AN OPTION....").The book continues with a fitness test, explanations of how to take body measurements, and information on the importance of counting calories.
Central to the book is a 49-question Metabolic Typing Test that helps an individual determine their metabolic type and three separate 30-day meal plans (breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner) for each of the three metabolic types...and recipes (15 breakfast, 38 lunch, 43 dinner, and 16 sauces, snacks,and sides).
The latter part of the book features 103 exercises (44 with photos of Jillian performing the exercise) to be performed in the 30-day routine(which includes rest days)outlined (while some of the exercises that use gym equipment can be modified for performance at home (e.g., dips and tricep presses),not all can be modified (e.g., wide-grip lat pull-downs and leg presses))and a 7-day diet for shedding water and "getting ripped up for that jaw-dropping effect we all need from time to time." Note: the rountines DO NOT outline warm-ups or cooldowns. The only statement referencing a cooldown is "....And don't forget to stretch after your workout--remember to hit all the major muscle groups used that day." That being the case, you would have to devise a warmup that works for you and a cooldown that, as the book says, hits all the major muscle groups used.
This would be a good complement to any workout program. It provides good basic nutritional information, motivation, exercises that can be substituted for those in the 30 Day Shred workouts from time to time to keep them interesting over the long haul, and routines that can be alternated with any workouts.
Good offering.

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Making the Cut

Making the Cut is an awesome workout that includes a 30 day meal plan. It's a workout that can be done at home with band and 5 pound weights. I'm down 15 pounds and my body is looking better everyday

marking the cut

the book was in excellent shape and just what I was looking for to help me lose weight .

The BEST exercise book I've EVER purchased.

This program is only for the serious goal-minded person! I am average athletic and wanted to drop a few pounds, but mostly get cut. I did it in 30 days. All by myself. No expensive trainer needed! It is important to read this book throughout before starting. It helps to have a gym membership or a home gym with all items needed. I strongly recommend following the diet...the recipes are DElicious! You have to be driven and focused and if you follow thru you will have AMAZING results! Trust me :)

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