Gym-spiration: 52 Ways to Wake Up Your Workout

EXERCISERS. Are you......
* Bored with your current exercise regime - and want to change that?
* Looking for ways to make exercise more fun?
* Wanting to vary your gym workouts or home exercise plans in ways that challenge your body and boost results?
* Trying to break barriers like tiredness, lack of time or no motivation that stop you achieving your aims?

Then you need Gym-spiration: 52 Ways To Wake Up Your Workout.

Containing 52 inspiring ideas for 30-minute exercise regimes Gym-spiration is suitable for exercisers of all abilities. Virtually every tip will work for each of four different types of exercise
• Gym workouts
• Outdoor running and walking
• Home exercise
• Swimming

WHAT THE PRESS SAY
“The perfect way to spice up your workout – 52 unique ideas that will shake things up and get you working harder and smarter. We love it!” Rosie Mullender, Deputy Features Editor, Cosmopolitan Magazine, UK

“We all know that the hardest part of exercise is getting out of the front door. Helen Foster's book contains 52 smart, well-researched and just plain fun nudges to help motivate and inspire you.” Beverley Hadgraft, Fitness Writer, Good Health Magazine, Australia.

“Essential reading full of simple but effective tips that will breathe new life into your exercise routine.” Catherine Everett, Features Editor, Top Sante Magazine, UK.

THE SEVEN REASONS WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOK

1) IT’S TRIED AND TESTED: I wrote the book because I was fed up, bored and sick of feeling grumpy on the crosstrainer. Each tip is therefore personally tried and tested. The result? I’ve started long distance running again and actually get to the gym and enjoy it. And it could do the same for you.

2) IT’S VERSATILE: Remember it works if your exercise regime is in the form of gym workouts, running or walking outside, as home exercise or swimming. It’s good for beginners, anyone who’s wondering why on earth they joined a gym (again) this January and regular exercisers.

3) IT'S PACKED WITH IDEAS: It includes a mix of tips based on the latest training techniques – including a whole chapter on High Intensity Interval Training, a reminder of some respected classics and over 30 innovative original ideas to get you moving.

4) IT’S EASY TO FOLLOW: Forget trying to read the workout on the treadmill (therein lies bruising), each routine is simple to remember. No Kindles need go to the gym.

5) IT’S MOTIVATING: Divided into easy-to-use sections, Each workout can help you exercise harder, longer or, at the very least, with a smile on your face. You'll regain your motivation to exercise - and enjoy doing it.

6) IT PUTS AN END TO EXCUSES: Gym-spiration will also help if you find your fitness aspirations dashed by bad moods, long days or just not enough time as it includes specific exercise regimes to tackle all the ways life can get in the way of fitness.

7) IT’LL MAKE YOU HAPPY AND ENERGISED: Yes, there’s even a whole chapter dedicated to those days when you just don’t want to put your trainers on (but know you should) that aims not just to get you moving, but to actively ensure you’re in a better mood afterwards.


WANT TO SEE A WORKOUT?
Here's one example of the type of exercise regime you'll find inside - remember, there's 51 more.

The Butt Buster
This is a great workout to do on the exercise bike – it makes the time fly but has an added figure shaping bonus. It was invented by a team in Australia as a way to help improve fitness for those hard pressed for time. But in an interesting side effect women doing them saw a dramatic drop in the fat levels of their hips and thighs.
Warm up for five minutes
Do eight seconds of hard, fast cycling, then recover cycling slowly for 12 seconds. Repeat for 20 minutes.
Cool down for five minutes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Helen Foster is leading health journalist with over 20-years experience. Author of the bestselling Easy GI Diet and nine other health and well-being titles she writ