The Year One Challenge for Women: Thinner, Leaner, and Stronger Than Ever in 12 Months (The Thinner Leaner Stronger Series Book 2)

buy. this. book. period. First, PLEASE ignore the reviews that are complaining about the lack of detail in this book. This is a companion training guide to THINNER, LEANER AND STRONGER. This book lays out a complete year long training plan and functions as a notebook to log your progress if you like. You should definitely look at THINNER, LEANER AND STRONGER before starting this training plan.I bought this book for my wife who was looking to change up her workout this year. I had recently read Mike Matthew’s book for men and have really been enjoying and finding success with his suggested training program. I loved how simple and straightforward the workouts are. This is all stuff that you should be able to do in an hour at the gym, and there isn’t any silly, confusing nonsense. Strength training is really not that complicated. As Matthews explains, so many people are just confused by all of the misguided, contradictory information we’re bombarded with.My wife has been going to the gym fairly regularly for the past few years, but her time there hasn’t been very organized or focused. Occasionally she would ask me to write out “something to do” at the gym, and she would do that routine for a while. Its good that she has been going, but at some point you need practical advice and a program like Mike Matthews offers here to really get the most out of your time. i.e. Do these things on this day, this number of times, this many weeks, etc;I was really impressed by this book. She won’t be asking me to write out “something to do at the gym” anytime soon. The day’s training plan is written out clearly, page by page here for the entire year. She is set! More importantly, I was happy to see that she read through THINNER LEANER STRONGER and seems to have picked up a better understanding of both WHAT she is doing and WHY she is doing certain things.Fair warning: I kind of laughed during the first week when she was complaining how tired she was at the end of the day. She couldn’t understand it. I had the exact same reaction when I first started Mike’s program last year. For a week or so, I was incredibly wiped out at the end of the day. It was very disconcerting because we’re both pretty active people and no strangers to the gym. Don’t let it slow you down or worry you. My body adjusted and caught up to the new training, and I haven’t felt that level of exhaustion since.I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Every day I see people at the gym paying $50/hour to have a personal trainer do goofy, not especially effective exercises. For about $20, you can get the two THINNER, LEANER books, save yourself hundreds of dollars through the year and get way more out of your time at the gym. Be patient, follow the advice here and good luck!

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Edited to add: this book supplements his other books. It’s not a “how to” book. If you need to know how to do a specific lift, search YouTube for techniques. It’s an exercise log that spells out a year of workouts for you to do. It takes the guesswork out of creating a plan for yourself. My past practice was to try to get in as many different exercises as possible per session. This plan makes me focus on a few basic lifts done with heavy weights (that’s the basic premise). I love it so far but know what you are buying before buying.I have Mike’s other books, bought on a whim when I wanted to get back in shape. All his books are packed with information and the science to back it up. But this book is exactly what I needed to get it all going and put the plan into action.It’s a year of workouts that I just set my mind to, and do. No excuses. And no complicated moves or circuit training which I find impossible and kind of obnoxious to do at the local gym. (You know those types, they collect a pile of weights and hoard them in their area for a half hour or so, basically putzing around and taking up space.)This book lets me focus, do my simple but effective exercises, and move on. And it’s easy enough to switch around if I can’t get a flat bench right away or need to wait for the leg press machine etc.I’m in week two, I’ve had a brilliant first week with a few personal bests because I’ve been pushing myself harder to lift heavy. I am excited to see what the coming year brings. I’m fired up for the first time in years!

This is a massive book with a years worth of workouts and what to do everyday.Think there is a book before this about diet etc and probably need the two in order to do this one… Unless you have a great understanding of exercise. Mine is ok and I’ve been working out for over 2 years so this is a good book. Still think I need the one before itHowever buy this if you don’t know what to do in the gym