Top Shape: 12 Weeks to Your Ideal Physique

by Joyce L. Vedral

A fitness program for men provides instructions on how to improve muscle definition, increase metabolism, slow the aging process on muscle and bone, and lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446395331
• ISBN13: 9780446395335
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Perfect Book to Start you off and more

If you are the target for this book just stop looking and get it. I have been promising myself forever that I was going to start excercising but I just never seemed to start. I finally got serious about it but I wanted to do weight training -not just cardio. I did this out of vanity since I wanted to have something to show for my hard work on the outside, not just the inside. Anyway I am a skinny guy and I did a little lifting in HS/college but now that I'm a little older, I have the wisdom to know you just can't wing it. I searched for a book that will break it down as simple as possible: Do ___ step by step. Well this is the book. I have been doing it for 4 months now and there has been a dramatic difference in my upper body. That's the funny thing -in the book Joyce tells you that the initial workout concentrates on the upper body only (since that is what most guys want). She forewarns that as you advance you will probably have to incorporate the leg routine into the workout. Well she's right. Already my legs are looking way to skinny to the muscle I have put on so I have to begin the alternating workout instead of the 3X per week one.Bottom line is this is the perfect book to put yourself to the test and prove to yourself that you really can change the look of your body with a minimal amount of $ (just a bench and some dumbells are all that's needed). Thanks Joyce (and no I'm not going to send in a before/after picture!) :)

great book - great workout - im looking great

I have been in shape my entire life, running 3 miles a day. Surprisingly I'm not skinny, but weigh about 160 pounds for my 5'9 height. I decided that toning up would be a good idea about 6 months ago. I know look like the guy on the front cover, no joke. Thanks Joyce. Also, I took creatine and protein supplements.

Best way for men to wieght train easy, with results!

You know, this is really the best and only book I have found that has helped me, with success. I, being very skinny, have gone up in muscle wieght and look great, in only 6 months. Only 3 days a week. And an easy program. I have never been into athletics before, but this has changed me!

This book will give you results!

I am a fan of Joyce Vedral and have used her other books. When my brother, who lives 900 miles away said he was starting with weights, I told him to get one of Joyce's books. Of course, he didn't. So when I found it here, I had it sent to him. HE LOVES IT! He was so excited about it, he asked me to send a book for his wife to use, so I sent "Definition" to her. He is 56 and LOOKIN GOOD! Joyce makes it easy to get started with easy to follow instructions and pictures. She is what baby-boomers need!

great promise that delivers

I am a 29 year old martial artist who took sabbatical and had to rebuild what I had lost. This book helped much more than Schlossberg's DUMMIES guide or the Schwarzenegger books....plus, unlike most fitness books, this author actually cares to follow up on emails and such. Sure, she is selling dumbells in the back, but that doesnt mean her information is any less valuable. This is her career. Stick with the plan and see the results.