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Need to get in shape? Have a few minutes? Then what are you waiting for?

About the Author

Pete Cerqua owns and operates the 90-Second Fitness flagship studio in New York City. One of New York’s most respected and in-demand fitness trainers, he has been helping people lose weight for more than twenty years. Cerqua lives in New York City. Victoria Toujilina is an integrative health coach and nutritionist and is a graduate of the cutting-edge Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York. Toujilina lives in New York City.

Susanna Hutcheson
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HIT workouts for Women – mostly gym-based
3 January 2013 – Published on Books-for-everyone.com
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I really looked forward to this book. I was expecting a review copy but when I didn’t receive one, I bought the book because I so much enjoyed Pete’s previous book and use the exercises in it frequently and with great success. That said, I was less impressed with his second book.

Perhaps the main reason is that all but two short workouts are for the gym, using gym equipment. I work out at home. Moreover, he fails to tell the reader if a warm-up and cool-down is required and, if so, what length. And, are rests needed between sets? He doesn’t say. So, we’re left to plan our own workouts around the basic information he provides. That’s OK. It’s not earth shattering. But, it’s important nonetheless.

And, it appears he’s hooked up with a nutrition company and is pushing their products in his books. This is something I dislike. I’ve read books that recommend a product and one or two brands the author likes and/or uses. But the authors don’t have a vested interest in the sales of the products. It appears the author of this book does. He says he’s somehow associated with the company.

I liked the simple suggestions for three meals but the nutrition information is basic and brief. Of course, the book is about exercise and frankly, I don’t care if nutrition is in it or not.

The photos in the book are in colour and on good stock. It’s a nicely done book and not cheaply made. But why or why is the young woman on the cover holding a dinky 2 lb (I’m guessing)dinky pink weight? Have mercy! Women lift heavy today and they have muscle. They’re ripped. I rather resent an author showing a woman holding what hardly qualifies as a weight.

So, the bottom line is that I put the two workouts that required no equipment (one calls for weights and a machine) into my iPhone timer and have no use for the rest of the book. Now those of you who go to the gym (and I know many of you do) will likely have a totally different view of the book.

If you like pink puffy stuff, you may like this. But why make a high intensity workout book all pink and frilly?

— Susanna K. Hutcheson

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John Catalano
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
17 November 2014 – Published on Books-for-everyone.com
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Excellent
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Bettina Alonso-Laudel
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I work out at Pete’s
27 February 2013 – Published on Books-for-everyone.com
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I am a huge fan of Pete Cerqua and liked this book a lot; the nutritional part and declutter is an added value. And it works!!
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Kathryn Bommer
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great!
20 February 2013 – Published on Books-for-everyone.com
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outstanding workout! great pics, and words of encouragement. read it from cover to cover in 1 sitting. sharing with friends.
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