The Micro-Workout Plan: Get the Body You Want without the Gym in 15 Minutes or Less a Day

by Tom Holland, Denise Austin (Foreword by)

Overview

Ditch the gym! It’s not about how long you exercise—or where—but about the type of moves you do. Bowflex Fitness Advisor Tom Holland introduces micro-workouts for optimal health that will help you achieve the body you want.
 
Does the prospect of spending long hours at the gym deter you from exercising? Tom Holland has a much better approach: “excessive moderation” utilizing manageable micro-workouts that provide maximum, long-term results by engaging your full body, elevating your heart rate, accelerating physical conditioning, and increasing circulation and energy. They’re perfect for the busy people who don’t have time for the gym and want to exercise when, where, and for however long they want. In The Micro-Workout Plan, Tom shares the knowledge he’s gained from 30 years in the fitness industry, debunks myths, explains why micro-workouts succeed, and offers a motivating, manageable method for fitness well-being. He provides actionable steps with 30 5-minute mix-and-match micro-workout routines: just two to four 5-minute micro-workouts a day done whenever and wherever you want will target your whole body and help you achieve the daily activity required for optimal health. Plus, there’s a step-by-step photographic section of 80 exercises teaching proper form. With this book in hand, you can ditch the gym and get the same experience at home.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454934295
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	06/02/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	305,623
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Tom Holland is an author, corporate consultant, exercise physiologist, and elite endurance athlete. As a Bowflex® Fitness Advisor, he creates content, markets new products, and hosts weekly fitness videos online. He has served as a celebrity ambassador for Core Hydration, ElliptiGO, FRS Healthy Energy, PowerBar, FitVine, Sportwater, and other companies. He has hosted numerous bestselling fitness DVDs, including The Abs Diet Workout, Supreme 90 Day, and Herbalife 24 Fit, which have sold more than one million copies. He has made more than 100 TV appearances, including on Anderson Cooper, CNN Headline News, Good Morning America, HLN, HSN, QVC, and Today. Holland has hosted two national radio shows and appears frequently as a guest on ESPN, SiriusXM, NBC, and Bloomberg Radio, and the Wall Street Journal and Yahoo video channels. He also hosts an iHeartRadio podcast, Fitness Disrupted. His fitness advice appears regularly in national newspapers and magazines. He lives in Darien, CT.

Table of Contents

Foreword viii

Introduction xi

1 Be Like Bill 1

2 Myth-Busting 6

3 The 5 Components of Fitness 33

4 Excessive Moderation 38

5 60 Minutes 45

6 The Power of the Interval 51

7 Mixing It Up 57

8 The Most Important Muscle 63

9 The Fountain of Youth 69

10 Prehab vs. Rehab 76

11 Focus on the Negative 82

12 John's Story 88

13 Susan Strong 93

14 Thirty 5-Minute Micro Workouts 97

15 5-Minute Exercise Routines 101

16 Exercise Descriptions 112

Acknowledgments 193

Sources 195

Index 203

About the Author and the Foreword Writer 210