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Cardio Core 4x4: The 20-Minute, No-Gym Workout That Will Transform Your Body! Paperback – May 8, 2012
We all want to be fit and healthy, but few of us have the time or inclination to log the countless hours in the gym it takes to sculpt a physique on par with the Hollywood elite. Enter Jay Cardiello's Cardio Core 4x4, which shows you that your body can be your gym.
Cardiello tailored this program for his tight-on-time celebrity clients, but you don't have to be a celebrity to get these kinds of results. Cardio Core 4x4 provides a program that requires only 20 minutes—which includes both the cardio and core workouts—and it's equipment-free, enabling readers to train whenever and wherever they can.
Cardiello offers a dynamic approach with a series of specific movements for a well-toned core. His fit tips provide readers with bite-sized takeaways for optimal nutrition and total health. Cardio Core 4x4 is an excuse proof, surefire fitness package.
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Print length240 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherRodale Books
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Publication dateMay 8, 2012
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Dimensions8 x 0.58 x 8.5 inches
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ISBN-10160961402X
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ISBN-13978-1609614027
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PETE WILLIAMS is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Core Performance. He lives in Central Florida.
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- Publisher : Rodale Books; 0 edition (May 8, 2012)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 160961402X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1609614027
- Item Weight : 0.035 ounces
- Dimensions : 8 x 0.58 x 8.5 inches
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About the authors
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I've written about sports, business, and performance for more than 30 years, blessed that writing has allowed me to explore my interests. Though I'm perhaps best known professionally for my work as a sportswriter and my first book (Card Sharks), I've transitioned in the last decade into more of a training and performance journalist between co-authoring Mark Verstegen's best-selling Core Performance series, along with Every Day is Game Day, and my coverage of endurance sports. These days, I write about living lean in all aspects of life at www.tolivelean.com. My personal website is www.petewilliams.net. Thanks for stopping by.
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Jay Cardiello is an industry-leading Health Professional, respected in both the fitness and medical communities. Jay uses his extensive knowledge of nutritional science, exercise medicine and empathetic, motivational listening to accomplish a single goal – To improve the “quality-time ” of your life – in a way that is fun and achievable – one step at a time.
Jay starred in the ABC television show “My Diet is Better than Yours,” and is TEDx Presenter.
Cardiello is one of the most sought after and recognized health and wellness professionals in the world. He is also a strength and conditioning specialist to celebrities and professional athletes, television personalities, a regular contributor to leading media outlets, a published author, and a strategic advisor to global brands.
Jay’s Bio includes a a number of notable clients with whom he works with. He has worked with Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Seacrest, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Sofia Vergara, Kevin Love and teams in the MLB and NFL. He is the former Fitness Ed at Large for Shape and remains a contributor to several global media outlets.
Cardiello is the co-founder of “Off the Scale,” a healthcare intervention program to help slow, stop and reverse the progression of chronic illnesses and diseases associated with obesity. He is also the founder of JCORE, which offers his multi-faceted wellness program, hailed as “one of the hottest at-home celeb workouts” by US Weekly and the “Workout Taking Over Wall Street” by Bloomberg TV. Cardiello is the author of Cardio Core 4 x 4 (Rodale 2012).
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The pros: I was right -- this book is exactly what I needed. The exercises are like hardcore versions of the ones I learned in PT. They target just the right body parts and after doing them just a couple times, I notice a difference in the way my hips and legs feel during a run. None of the exercises require any equipment, and they give you a good workout. Though there's not a whole lot of cardio involved (there is some -- mostly jumping exercises), I am drenched in sweat by the time I finish. The background story Jay gives of his life and how he ended up coming up with this program is entertaining and easy to read, and his tone is motivational with out being overly peppy or annoying.
The cons: Let me say up front that I am not the most coordinated person on the block -- I usually need a couple times of watching an exercise video before I get the steps down and I've given up on anything that requires complicated footwork (like Tae Bo) because I'm just too klutzy. That said, I found the descriptions of some of the exercises very difficult to follow. There are pictures and text, but sometimes, even with reading and re-reading the text and studying the pictures, I still can't figure out what I am supposed to be doing. I have found that some of the descriptions aren't very well done -- for example, there's just a generic instruction at the beginning of the exercise part of the book to "repeat each exercise 10-20 times". Then the exercises are shown. But some exercises involve multiple steps (such as circling your leg one way then the other) -- I'm not sure whether you are supposed to go 10 times one way then 10 times the other or whether you are supposed to go one way then reverse and repeat that 10 times. Other places, the title of the exercise will be something like "Forward/Backward Circles" but the description only talks about going forward. There is nothing in the description, anywhere, about going backward. I assume from the header I'm supposed to do that, but it doesn't actually say. I suppose this isn't life-or-death important -- I've just been guessing and doing what I assume is the right thing. But I'm a bit anal-retentive when it comes to my workouts so I hate not knowing EXACTLY what I'm supposed to be doing.
And perhaps it's just because I'm still unsure about the exercises but it is taking me way longer than 20 minutes to do each workout -- I'm hoping I'll get faster as it becomes more second-nature. But still - the 4x4 workout is a series of several exercises -- first 21 exercises performed on hands and knees, then 5 performed on hands and feet facing up at the ceiling (like crab postion) then 6 more (plus a cooldown) done while sitting/lying on the ground. That's 32 separate exercises (more than half of which have to be done twice, once for each leg) at 10-20 reps each -- I just don't see any way that's going to fit into 20 minutes.
Jay Cardiello now has a series of exercise videos called jcore that I believe is based on this book. I am tempted to order them because 1) I could see a video demonstration of some of these confusing exercises and 2) since they are limited by video runtime, the workouts would actually stick to the 20 minute promise. Alas, the video set costs over $100, which is why I decided to start with this book. I just wish that the descriptions of the exercises were clearer and also that there was some sense of progression -- a "beginners should do 5 reps of this exercise, 10 reps of this one, skip this one while intermediate/advanced exercises should do X" sort of thing. I enjoyed reading the first part of the book so much and was so inspired to try the exercises and then I just found myself utterly flummoxed by the poorly written descriptions and lack of overall guidance when it came to the workout part. I think this could be a great exercise book if only the exercise part was easier to follow! I'm still going to keep up with the workouts as best I can because I can see that they are benefiting me -- I just wish I knew exactly what I was supposed to be doing. Perhaps I'll be asking Santa for the jcore videos for Christmas!
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do the whole routine and you will sweat!
buy the book,a real bargain
Mit den veranschlagten 4x 20 min pro Woche (2x Oberkörper/2x Beine) komme ich allerdings nicht hin. Wenn man wirklich jede Übung 20 x Wiederholt, was als Ziel angestrebt wird, dauert es doch etwas länger. Aber das kann ja jeder seinen Bedürfnissen anpassen.