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Summary: This is bad advice
Review: This book is really not very good. I mean how can 30 minutes possibly be enough exercise. There are definitely better books out there that someone can buy to learn how to exercise properly.
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Summary: Quick Fix...again!
Review: This book is typical of quick fix solutions. The same authors have a book about high protein low carb dieting, which has also been proven to be unsafe, and not sustainable in the long term. Also, they slag every other type of exercise but their suggestions, which makes me question what they say. I've spoken to many trainers in my gym and they all have heard of this book and think it's garbage. I agree. 30 minutes of exercise a week is just a quick fix. We all know this might help a little for someone who has never exercised and eats poorly. After all, 30 minutes may be better than nothing, but it really just doesn't cut it for people who want overall health and want to lose weight and build muscle for the long term. Like they say, any exercise program that tells you it's this way or no way, or any diet that tells you to cut out foods groups all together, are probably all bogus. That's just what this book is - bogus!
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Summary: a rational book
Review: Finally, someone has written a rational book about exercise, w/o any mumbo jumbo on how you can be in great shape w/o doing anything. Most books promise a lot and give a little. This promises a lot and does follow though on it..
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Summary: Slow Burn is Different
Review: I'm amazed at how this way of weight lifting works. I have tried numerous times over the years to lift weights. Every time I had trouble with my ligaments, tendons and joints so that I had to stop. The same thing happened with Pilates. I started doing the slow burn 6 weeks ago (the at home plan) and to my amazement I have not had any problems other than minor sore muscle aches. I'm not sure about the claims that this is the only kind of exercise you need to do. But as someone who is 55 years old, and with osteoporosis I really needed to be able to lift weights and the slow burn is working . I'm grateful and amazed.
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Summary: It works for me
Review: I dread the workout each week and it's not a great deal of fun. But I am no longer sore and feeling beatup all the time from three workouts a week, and I am getting great results. So I can handle 20-30 minutes of not-having-much-fun each week. The old workouts weren't all that much fun either ... For someone whose recovery time is not what it once was, and whose time is otherwise limited, this is a great plan.
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Summary: 16 weeks and I feel great
Review: My neighbor and I started this workout as soon as the book came out and I am in the best shape of my life. It is amazing that 30 to 40 minutes a week is all I need to get the most out of my workouts. But don't be fooled, it isn't easy. The workouts are very intense. I'd recommend a training partner for most people because it forces you to do your best and your partner can also help you time your workout and tell you if you're losing your form. Which is important especially near failure. When it's getting tough, and it will if you're doing the workout correctly, just remember that you only have to do this once a week.
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Summary: No need to bash other forms of exercise....
Review: It's one thing to wax enthusiastic about your exercise concepts, but quite another to say that virtually every other form of exercise is unsafe, or a waste of time. That kind of approach just makes your own claims suspect. This book has a better home workout (you may have seen excerpts in women's magazines quite a while back) but it, like Power of 10, really would rather have you working out in a gym. What a shame, the concepts can easily be applied to working with free weights, and you could get a good workout using a book like Joyce Vedral's 12-Minute Total Body Workout with the concepts presented here. It's kind of a toss up as to which book between Slow Burn and Power of 10 to buy, they both have their faults mixed in between the good stuff. This book has more "how and why it works" to wade through. I think they should have given more pages to making a better home workout instead.
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Summary: Much ado about nothing.
Review: There's nothing new here folks. Super Slow weight lifting has been around for decades. It's just a slow motion version of High Intensity Training (HIT). There's nothing "revolutionary" about it at all. The book is full of hype about how slow lifting is safer and more productive than other forms of weight lifting, and is the only form of exercise you need.... The authors even claim that many other forms of popular exercise are dangerous and should not be done. All of this is straight out of Hutchins book and just does not bear close scrutiny at all. You can hurt yourself doing anything, even super slow weight lifting, and it's just wrong to try to convince people that the aerobic exercise they've been getting is harmful to them and could be replaced by weight training once a week for 20 -30 minutes. I found the claim that you should not sweat when lifting weights to be very amusing. In short, if you want to give this a try go ahead, but I and lots of people I know found it to be relatively unproductive and quite tedious. Weight training should be fun and enjoyable, and this is anything but.
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Summary: If you want to get fit for life, follow Mr. Hahn's advice!
Review: I'm a 55-year-old female who needed this book! I've tried everything to get fit but finally have the answer through this excellent program and my spirits are lifted just knowing I am finally on the right track. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to be fit and in particular for women of my age. As far as the "Word for Word" reviewer, I thought I'd best check this out myself and I bought and read "Super Slow" and am baffled as to what the reviewer means. There are a number of trainers who believe in the theory of "slow burn exercise" and it's silly that Mr. Hahn can't do his own book just because the basic belief is similar. After carefully comparing the two books, I realized there is nothing to base "Word for Word" on and such negatively is very damaging and will only hurt the sales for "Super Slow." Shame on that reviewer! This kind of nastiness never works. I will recommend "The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution" to those I know who are fighting to get fit, and that's about everyone I know! Anyhow, the main cause is to "get fit!" So, Get Slow Burn and do just that! Thanks Mr. Hahn! (J. Sasson from the Deep South)
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Summary: 'the best' from nyc
Review: this is another excellent book which tells how to get fit in only 30 min a week. i dont have to ask myself everyday when shall i work out. i feel free and know my percentage of fat is lowering as my muscle weight is growing.
to the reviewer from sherman oaks, calif....did you read the book or do you just like throwing negativity around?
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