Women's HealthWomen's Health The Woman's Guide To Strength Training: Dumbbells: Get strong arms, legs, and abs—with around 30-minute workouts you can do in your own home!

This is an awesome product! The information is easy to read and follow. I love how simple the exercises are.

I love this book. It is spiral bound so it lays flat when open. The workout lasts approximately 30 minutes which is perfect for parents with afterschool activity commitments and limited time to exercise. I will add an additional 30 minutes of stationary bike riding using the bike’s program if I have time, but sometimes I ride the bike on my lifting rest day due to scheduling. I really like riding a stationary bike, but I believe any cardio would be great. I was concerned if I would be challenged with this self study plan. Each week gets more challenging so have faith that it will get harder. Lastly, I feared that I would have no plan once the 12 weeks end. I jumped ahead and read what will happen. We will repeat weeks 9-12 again with slightly heavier weights. I will write a follow up review once I complete week 12.As a former high school athlete now in my late 40s I need weights in my routine. Cardio is not enough. This plan offers a routine that is actually possible to complete without needing a gym and it’s easy to follow. It’s tough getting started but everything is tougher the older we get.

I should take off half a star for the "jumping exercises - which are never good for weights!) but all in all, satisfactory, and I'm enjoying these works out. They're quick and most of them, reasonable. I can adjust as needed. Book quality is appealing.

This is an excellent book but you almost need to be in pretty good shape before starting this. I think it’s geared more to the younger crowd. Day 1 is 3 sets of 20 each pushups and same of squats. I’m in pretty good shape but no way can I do 60 pushups right out of the shoot. I plan to follow this but need to work up to it.

Probably the best book ever on strength training. Well organized.

This book is great if you’re looking for new workout ideas or if you’re just new to working out. I received this book free with my Owmen’s Health app subscription and my daughter liked it so much that I ordered her a copy of it as well. I like that’s it spiral-bound and has an index showing how-to’s for each exercise.

Exercises are good (with average explanation in the back of the book) for beginners. However the layout of the weeks is confusing. In the first couple pages there are two “Week 1” with different splits. I’ll keep the book but suggest the author do a better job.

This is a great book that's easy to follow. The pictures of the exercises are clear and the written explaination of each movement is also easy to follow. After only three weeks, I feel much stronger and more in control of the movements modeled in the book.