Women's Health The Woman's Guide To Strength Training: Dumbbells: Get strong arms, legs, and abs—with around 30-minute workouts you can do in your own home!

This book is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It explains the “how’s” & “why’s” and does all the planning for you. It’s perfect, especially for a beginner.

I love this book. I wanted something simple to follow with easy to incorporate dumbbell exercises. I love the way this book sets it up and allows you to write in the book each day. I also love how it gives you every other day off. That way I can do my cardio on those days. So worth the money. 10/10 recommend!!

I really like this book. Daily exercises and great pictures showing each exercise. This is at your own pace and commitment. I open the book each evening and follow along. Sure, you may not hit it as hard as in a gym, but between my weights and bowflex, this adds to my routine. I think the hard part for me was knowing which exercises improved which muscle group. This takes guessing out of the equation. I have already adjusted some exercises to take into account my knee issue and shoulder surgery recovery. I love that the book is spiral bound. You wont have to use a weight to hold a page open. I think this is a great book for at home workouts.

Exactly what I was looking for! I've been doing DVDs for the last 20 years and became bored with weight training, turning to cardio. I'm 70 and need strength training. I found the format of this book very clear and inviting. I love the format and the fact each week we have different exercises and reps. There is room to develop my own twist on the workouts, should I desire. For now, I'm sticking with the original plan from this trainer. I like her. Each week is clearly laid out with thumbnails of each exercise and the page number for details. Directions are clear and concise. Some of the exercises involve mobility, some mind / body connections. A lot of thought went into this entire program. I rarely write reviews but this book is worth my time to write a review.

Being new to a weight routine, I found myself very confused about where to start. This book is excellent! It provides illustrations for all exercises as well as a 12-week plan that is very easy to follow! It has cleared up my confusion and has given me a straightforward plan. I'm very glad I purchased this book!

I bought and am currently using this I’m on week five. It’s pretty good, but I think some of the exercises are very challenging for beginners, particularly leg day. I also think the warmups are pretty repetitive and there are no cool down exercises. Overall, 3.5 rounded up.

This book gives great information on strength training, and I like that there is a section for "prep training". This section is really good for a novice, which starts getting you in position to do the 12-week program.

I'm five weeks in on the program and love it. Each exercise is the right amount of doable and challenge and the instructions and set-up make it easy to do the exercises correctly. My body is definitely getting stronger and I love the tracking system. The way it's laid out means and the variety of exercises mean I'll be using this book for years.