Fit and Female: The Perfect Fitness and Nutrition Game Plan for Your Unique Body Type

243 Pages·2006·10.18 MB·english

by  Geralyn Coopersmith

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it emale
the perfect fitness
and nutrition
game plan for
your unique
body type
geralyn
coopersmith,
M.A., C.S.C.S.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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f f
it emale
the perfect fitness
and nutrition
game plan for
your unique
body type
geralyn
coopersmith,
M.A., C.S.C.S.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Copyright ©2006 by Geralyn Coopersmith, M.A., C.S.C.S. All rights reserved
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey
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Illustrations by Frank Spinks. Copyright ©2006 by Geralyn Coopersmith
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Coopersmith, Geralyn.
Fit and female : the perfect fitness and nutrition game plan for your unique
body type / Geralyn Coopersmith.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13 978-0-471-73903-6 (paper)
ISBN-10 0-471-73903-0 (paper)
1. Reducing exercises. 2. Physical fitness for women. 3. Women—Nutrition.
4. Somatotypes. I. Title.
RA781.6.C66 2006
613.7'1082—dc22
2005032764
Printed in the United States of America
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To Logan: You are the light of my life. I love you more
than you will ever know.
To Evan: The guy with the blue hair who took my breath
away some twenty-three years ago. Thanks for being my partner
on this strange and beautiful journey called life.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 What We Want to Look Like—and Why 11
2 What We Do Look Like—and Why 19
3 The Secrets of Female Fitness: How We Get Fat,
How We Stay Fit 31
4 The Six Female Body Types: What Shapes We Come In 39
5 Which Woman Are You? Finding Your Body Type 47
6 Which Exercises to Do—and Why 53
7 How to Work Out for Your Body Type 69
8 How to Put It All Together: From Warm-Up
to Cool-Down 121
9 How to Think about Diets and Dieting 145
10 How to Eat for Your Body Type: Your Body Type
Eating Plan 169
11 How to Embrace Your Shape: Loving Your Body Type 195
Appendix: Getting Geared Up: A Fitness Checklist 203
A Glossary of Common Fitness Terms 209
Resources 215
Index 221
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