Gym Smart for Beginners: Getting the most out of your gym membership

should you expect? And what should you be doing in there?

This book is written to help you through the first few weeks of joining a gym and getting used to working out. It’s full of tips for the beginner:

• Discover the basics of how different exercises work, so you can choose the ones right for you and get the most out of them
• Find out why those gym machine fat-burning programmes don’t deliver what they promise – and learn what works
• Understand why all those heart-rate zones printed on gym machines aren’t likely to help you – and find out how hard you should be working
• Understand how gyms work and how instructors can help you
• Build your gym confidence, get the exercise habit and feel great!

(If you’re already exercising regularly at the gym, have a look at Gym Smart: Short cuts to savvy workouts).

Rachel Hallett is a former gym instructor, aerobics instructor and personal trainer who’s gone from exercise-phobic to marathon runner and gym-lover. She’s currently in the final stages of a PhD in psychology, researching how music can help motivate people to stick to their exercise plans.