Fitness Books to Keep You Moving All Winter

Don't wait until summer and try to get a short-cut to a fit, toned body. These books offer ample advice for making the most of your workout.

The Show It Love Workout: Celebrate the Body You Have, Get the Body You Want
By Kacy Duke, with Selene Yeager
Get the tips and workout strategies that have toned the bodies of some of Hollywood's most shapely bodies, including Julianne Moore, Iman, Kirsten Dunst, and Denzel Washington. Her empowering philosophy and Woman Warrior Workout call upon you to do not only physical work, but emotional and spiritual as well. She blends coach, cheerleader, and coaxing friend into her tone, all in an effort to make you feel good about the skin you're in.
(www.mcgraw-hill.com)

Morning Strength Workouts: Maximize A.M. Efforts With Lifts and Programs for Every Muscle Group
By Annette Lang
Short on time but want to make the most of a morning workout? Annette Lang, a Reebok University instructor, offers workouts that help you develop size, strength, power, and endurance in 20, 30, 45, or 60 minutes, depending on your schedule. Her tips for customizing your workouts, preventing injury, and eating to maximize your workout will put you on the road toward better fitness.
(www.humankinetics.com)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knockout Workouts for Every Shape Illustrated
By Patrick S. Hagerman, Ed.D
Expert personal trainer Patrick S. Hagerman helps you ditch the one-size-fits-all exercise routine and develop a workout and diet regimen suited to your body and your needs. The easy to follow instructions and clear illustrations will let you easily add exercises to your workout without fear of injury. Follow Hagerman's instructions and you'll have firmer abs, thighs, glutes, arms, as well as increased strength and greater stamina.
(www.idiotsguides.com)

6 Weeks To A Hollywood Body: Look Fit & Feel Fabulous With the Secrets of the Stars
By Steve Zim with Mark Laska
Hollywood trainer and Weekend Today show fitness expert Steve Zim delivers strategies designed to give you a celebrity body. No, he's not promising to make you look like clients Ashley Judd or Jessica Biel. A Hollywood body, he insists, "is a product of an active lifestyle and Hollywood body mindset." His approach is tailored to keeping you moving to create your best body, not pine away for a celebrity body.
(www.wiley.com)

Bikini Bootcamp: Two Weeks to Your Ultimate Beach Body
By Melissa Perlman and Erica Gragg
Founders of Amansala Spa in Mexico, Melissa Perlman and Erica Gragg share their spa secrets so you can recreate at home the Bikini Bootcamp experience. It's a blend of a total body workout, mindfulness exercises, home spa treatments, and a meal plan with tempting dishes influenced by Mexican and Asian cuisines.
(www.broadwaybooks.com, www.bikinibootcamp.com)

Brazilian Bikini Body Program: 30 Days to a Sexier Body and Mind
By Regina Joseph
Pretend for a month that you're in Brazil. Regina Joseph offers a 30-day program that aims to give you the confidence Brazilian women appear to have as they bare nearly all on the sunny South American beaches. Her approach is a saucy mixture of Brazilian stress-busting tips, a diet with bold Brazilian flavors and emphasizing the jungle's superfruits, and a core-building, body sculpting exercise that combines Pilates with capoeira, the Brazilian martial art.
(www.stmartins.com)

Also of Interest for Endurance Athletes
Two titles address the unique nutrition needs of endurance athletes: Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 2nd Edition, by Monique Ryan, MS, RD, LDN (www.velopress.com) and Endurance Sports Nutrition, 2nd Edition, by Suzanne Girard Eberle, MS, RD (www.humankinetics.com)