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Monday, January 11, 2010

Totally Toned Arms Review & Giveaway (5 Winners)

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Once Barack Obama joined the presidential race and attended events with wife at his side, the media, bloggers, and people everywhere started buzzing about Michelle's toned arms--and asking how on earth she does it. Even at the Presidential Inauguration, much of the talk was about Michelle's amazing arms. Media outlets from GMA to CNN to MSNBC have covered the story, inspiring women across the country to call their personal trainers and say, "I want Obama arms!"
Certified personal trainer Rylan Duggan, creator of the successful (and pricey, at $70 each!) e-book series Go Sleeveless!, constantly gets calls from clients and reporters asking for the training secrets behind Michelle's arms. Duggan is the expert quoted in much of this coverage, and in FIGHT ARM FLAB, he offers his 21-day program to get those sleek and sexy arms.

In this low-priced paperback, Duggan reveals the program (combining strength training and cardio) including a 7-day jumpstart maintenance plan, and essential diet secrets designed to shed fat and reveal toned muscle, plus 50-60 black and white photos throughout to illustrate. This is a simple program that anyone can do, no matter what their fitness level, at home and with little equipment. With this series of 25 easy exercises, anyone can have Obama arms--in a matter of weeks!

Visit RylanDuggan.com
Or check out GoSleevelessBlog.com
You can also follow @CoachRylan on Twitter.
MY REVIEW:

I thought that the book had great advice to get in shape through diet and exercise. I liked how they talked about the principles of nutrition and explained why you should eat/drink some things and not other things. They even give you 10 Nutritional Commandments that you should follow. All of these guidelines are easy to follow and aren't anything drastic. They really are things you should be doing anyways, such as eating vegetables every day and 10-12 glasses of water each day.

The 21 day program was easy to follow and I loved the pictures that were included with all of the steps. I'm a visual person, so that really helped me! One thing that I really liked about the exercises is that they gave you a "home version" and a "gym version" so that way you can either use these exercises at home or at the gym.

These are somewhat intense exercises and for me I didn't have a problem with them, but I have heard from a few others that if you're not in very good shape, you may want to hold off on the exercises and first work on the strength building exercises and follow the diet. Then once you feel like you are ready, then begin the 21 day program.

I liked the book, but I will be honest that I haven't started the 21 day program yet. I don't really need to lose weight (and lifting my son every day has made my arms pretty tough). I did try out each of the exercises though and I can already tell that these exercises will work. My arms really killed the next day after I did a full exercise! I am picking a few exercises and doing them each day to tone up, but I am really excited to use this book after I have my second baby. My arms were very flabby (and so was everything else) after I had my son. The diet guidelines will also come in handy when I'm trying to lose my baby weight. So, if you want fabulous arms and are looking to tone up, I would highly recommend this book!

GIVEAWAY: Thanks to my membership at The Product Review Place , I have 5 copies of the book to giveaway!

MANDATORY: Tell me why you want to win!
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This giveaway will end on January 27th at 10pm (MST). The winners will be drawn by random.org and will be notified by e-mail as well as announced on this blog. The winners will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner(s) will be chosen. Good Luck to all of you!

**I received the product I reviewed free of charge so that I could do an honest review. No monetary compensation was received. My reviews are 100% my own and others may have different opinions. A BIG thanks to Hatchette and my membership at The Product Review Place for allowing me to do this review and giveaway.**

176 comments:

Rebecca Graham said...

I would like to win this because my arms need all the help and advice I can get.

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Perfect Blue Moon said...

I want to win because it's my new years resolution to get back in shape, next winter we hope to have a second child and before I get pregnant again I want to make sure my body fully recovers from the first one! and this chub has been hanging on for almost 3 years now! :O

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Amy Moriah said...

I would love this! I have always wanted the perfectly toned arms. My arms aren't bad, but I would like some toning. I love workout books!

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I have decently toned arms but am getting sick of doing the same routine over & over again & want to change it up.
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Julie Fulmer said...

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Evan and Brighid said...

I take excellent care of my body inside and out. But, would love to get my arms in better shape. I could really use some help in that department. Ever since I quit ballroom dancing my arms have been gaining a little looseness... I would loooove to tighten them up!

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Why I want to win? Well, right now I am trying to improve myself with exercise. In fact I am going to the gym tonight.

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