You don’t have to look far to hear about the benefits of weight training. Not only does it tone and strengthen your body, but also raises your metabolism, improves posture and energy and strengthens your bones, reducing the risk of developing osteoporosis. To incorporate weight training into my daily routine, The 12-Minute Total Body Workout by Joyce Vedral is as vital to my morning as that first cup of coffee.

This workout is based on basic bodybuilding principles: muscle isolation, the split routine, and peak contraction. The author developed it when she was traveling the country promoting her ‘Now or Never’ weight training system (75 minutes, 4 days a week). While she was touring, she didn’t always have the time to go to the gym to practice the system she was promoting, so she developed this one in her hotel room. Instead of using graduating weights to build larger muscles, she uses the principle of isometrics and dynamic tension to allow self-controlled resistance. This allows you to tone and tighten your body using only a pair of 3-lb dumbbells–any time, any place, under any circumstances.

The workout is intense - in only 12 minutes a day, chest, shoulder, triceps, legs, back, bicep and calf muscles are worked twice a week, and abs and butt three times. Results should be seen in about 3 weeks, but are felt almost immediately. The book also includes a chapter on ‘Burning it up Double Time’. I highly recommend this book if you don’t have time to weight train at a gym.
“Not only is this book great for shaping and toning the body…but for those who wish to go further, it is an excellent introduction to the basic movements and principles of bodybuilding.” –Joe Weider

The 12 Minute Workout claims to burn up about 100 calories.

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