Reading and re-reading New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. One of the best put together books on resistance training that I have seen (I will say this book is geared towards guys and the language is less than politically correct). Schuler has written for Men's Health and Muscle and fitness and Cosgrove is a very respected trainer in the LA Area and is known for putting together workouts that "Make fat cells surrender."
There are 10 different programs that are geared towards different goals Break-in - which is recommended for everyone regardless of what program they are interesting. I did this program for 2 weeks and had great results.
Fat-Loss 1,2,3 - Geared specifically towards fat loss. I start Fat Loss 1 tomorrow and will do this routine for the next 7 weeks.
Strength 1,2,3 - Geared towards increasing strength in lifts.
Hypertrophy 1,2,3 - Geared towards increasing muscle mass.
The book includes information about how to do particular exercises along with information for figuring out your calorie intake. It also gives very good information about how resistance training acts on the muscles and what sorts of exercises you can do for cardio beyond running, stairmasters, and treadmills.
Has anyone read Robin Robert's, of GMA fame, book, Seven Steps to Living? I think that's the title. Just wondering if it's as good as I've heard, before I sink big bucks in another "happy" book that isn't that good.
It's never too late to get it right.
Posts: 3473 | Location: Central USA | Registered: March 11, 2004
Every single one of you need to read A Thousand Splendid Suns. I wished I could have read it in one sitting rather than the 4 very busy days it took to read the 370 pages.
I think this book is even better than his first book The Kite Runner.
It is not chick-lit, yet I think that every one will feel for the women in this story - 2 Afghan women who have a common abusive husband. The book takes place over more than 25 years - just prior to the Soviet invasion of the country until almost present day (even 9/11).
A powerful read which stirs my social consciousness.
Now…what to move on to from there and what to take to NYC!!!
Originally posted by johnbol: Did you see that Oprah's new book for over the summer is Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides?
I know you've already read it, Sheri.
Yes! I laughed out loud when I was watching my tape of yesterday's Oprah and she said that her summer book club choice was Middlesex! Not only was it my favorite book the year I read it (2005, I think?) but I had JUST mentioned it to the coworker who loaned me Suns yesterday as one she should read!
I really hope she does an author dinner and discussion of that book in the fall! I'd love to see that. It was a very unusual but really compelling and enjoyable story.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7298 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Originally posted by SheriaVa: A coworker I often share books with shared one with me this morning that I'm quite excited about--A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. As Linda said, it is the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Kite Runner. My coworker said she read the book in 3 consecutive hours on Sunday morning, so I'm assuming that means it's a good one, since she will not stay with a book that isn't capturing her interest.
Sheri, I just read a review in People Mag. about this, I think the issue was a few months old but the book got great reviews. I loved The Kite Runner and too am looking forward to reading it. Let me know what you think.
Jill
Summer Challenge Goals: 1) Walk 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week 2) Plan weekly menus
A coworker I often share books with shared one with me this morning that I'm quite excited about--A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. As Linda said, it is the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Kite Runner. My coworker said she read the book in 3 consecutive hours on Sunday morning, so I'm assuming that means it's a good one, since she will not stay with a book that isn't capturing her interest.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7298 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
I finished listening to Carl Hiaasen's Basket Case yesterday. I had a quick one CD of Dorothy Parker, Ogden Nash and Phyllis McGinley poetry read by each then went into Hiaasen's first solo book Tourist Season. I laugh just thinking of the title the way Hiaasen means it. These books are good to listen to - there spicy enough to keep my interest.
I finished Iacocca's newest book on Saturday and am now more than 100 pages in Khaled Hosseini's sophomore book A Thousand Splendid Suns. I so loved his first book ]i]The Kite Runner[/i] I knew I was going to read this book as soon as it came out. so far, it is not a dissapointment.
I love Kris Radish's books, they are about women helping women. The one I am reading now, is about a woman who has died and sends her six best friends over her lifetime to a traveling funeral. She sends her first friend a box with red hightop tennis shoes, her trademark, and a letter with the names of the other 5 women. They don't know each other, but are only connected to this woman and now to each other, they travel from the east coast to the west coast picking each other up, to toss her ashes over the Golden Gate Bridge.....it it humrous, sad, enlightening in relationships between women, and just wonderfully delightful reading. The title of the book is: Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral. Amazon has copies in their used books fairly inexpensively. Once you get hooked on Kris Radish, you'll want to read all her books.
It's never too late to get it right.
Posts: 3473 | Location: Central USA | Registered: March 11, 2004
I'm reading Lee Iacocca's newest book Where Have All the Leaders Gone?. I really like it, but Mr. Iacocca represents my views. I started it yesterday and will probably finish it tonight.
I completed my second read of "Case Histories" by Kate Atkinson. I have never read a book twice in a row in my life, but I enjoyed it both times. I saw things the second time that I missed the first time and got some clarity about the interplay of the many characters. I recommend it highly, but it is on the darker side (though not teary), esp. re children/family, so may not be a great read for everyone.
I'm finally making headway on "A Walk in the WOods" by Bill Bryson and am enjoying it much more now than I was in the first third.
With the intense rush project I was working on yesterday and today, I didn't feel like reading at lunch so I did crossword puzzles. But I do need to bring in a new book to read at work. Thinking of (finally) reading the Bill Clinton autobio that was loaned to me a year or so ago.
Personal Healthy Habits Challenge - 10/1 to 12/31/08: 1. Exercise: Get back to consistently working out 3-5 X week. 2. Food: Get back to consistently preparing healthy lunches for the week with increased veg servings. 3. Behavior: Reduce intake of sweets.
Posts: 7298 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
It has been so long since this post has been at the top, I've been through another book and almost another.
Last weekend I read Helene Hanff's Letter from New York. Hanff wrote a favorite book which was turned into a movie: 84 Charing Cross which was a compilation of letters between Hanff and a London bookseller over a period of years. This book was a compilation of scripts from a 5 minute show she broadcast for the BBC.
I loved the book since I was able to visual so much of what she was talking about - which was New York City.
The book I'm almost done with is The Faith Club. It is by three women: 1 Muslim, 1 Christian, 1 Jew. They investigate what each respective religion means to the individual as well as how it is perceived by others. I highly recommend this book. It is enlightening.
Originally posted by Sheltieguy: I just finished Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five", a strange and interesting book featuring time travel, flying saucers, and the fire bombing of Dresden.
(The author was a POW in Dresden at the time.)
"Nothing happened that night. It was the next night that about one hundred and thirty thousand people in Dresden would die. So it goes."
I love, love, love Kur Vonnegut. I started reading his books in high school. One of my favorites is "Cat's Cradle".
Dawn
"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You have to set yourself on fire." anonymous
Posts: 4303 | Location: Indianapolis, IN | Registered: March 15, 2004
I just finished Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five", a strange and interesting book featuring time travel, flying saucers, and the real-world fire bombing of Dresden.
(The author was a POW in Dresden at the time.)
"Nothing happened that night. It was the next night that about one hundred and thirty thousand people in Dresden would die. So it goes."
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I'm almost done with a new book that I just read about a few weeks ago in the newspaper. It's The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein. Harry is now 96 and this is his first book. It's the story of part of his childhood growing up near Manchester, England where Jews lived on one side of the street and the Christians on the other. Not always an easy peace.
I recommend the book.
I just started listening to Carl Hiaassen's Basket Case. This will be typical Hiaassen - very enjoyable.
