Callanetics Fit Forever
by Callan Pinckney
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Author: Callan PinckneyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-01-01
ISBN: 0399522638
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Perigee Trade
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Book Review: Cardio section not strenuous enough
Summary: 3 Stars
The best thing about the book is the straight run-through of most of the original Callanetics exercises (the ones you'd find on the blue VHS tape and in the original blue book), with clear instructions. If you are already familiar with the exercises, you will not miss pictures or the tape at all--in many cases, they are the exact words from the tape. Make a copy to take with you when traveling.
As for the cardio section, it is very disappointing. Not only is the model wearing a dark leotard, making it difficult to see exact leg placement, but for many exercises you have to flip back and forth between the steps. Directional arcs drawn onto the pictures would help greatly. Also, the instructions are not clear at all--it is as if someone else wrote them. If this is the same cardio workout that is featured on the new DVDs, I wouldn't bother buying them.
Unless you were completely sedentary to begin with, this cardio section is not strenuous enough to give a decent aerobic workout. You would be better off doing a 20-30 minute power walk with light hand weights, and/or wearing a weighted vest, or a low-impact step-type workout, or even the original BodyFlex breathing for 40 breaths to get your heart rate up and then do the Callanetics as your muscle workout/cooldown. Also, the other shortcoming of Callanetics, a lack of upper body exercises, was not addressed either, so you still need to do something for those arms, like pushups.
The rest of the book has some useful tips on healthy eating (though no recipes) and dealing with stress.
Not a bad book, but not as good as her others.
Summary of Callanetics Fit Forever
The creator of the Callanetics exercise plan tailors her program to fit the special needs and limitations of women over forty, offering a balanced fitness program to battle the effects of aging and improve cardiovascular health. Reprint. AB. PW.General Books
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