The Men's Health Big Book of 15-Minute Workouts: A Leaner, Stronger Body--in 15 Minutes a Day!

The basic idea of this book is to work the body in about 15 minutes.

Here's how you do it. You focus on a few key exercises and move quickly from one exercise to another, with mininal rest time between exercises. Then, you repeat the exercises in a circuit, again with minimal rest.

These workouts work on increasing strength, by building muscle and strong bones, thus burning more fat. These workouts emphasize getting a lean strong body, rather than bodybuilding, and is, therefore, not a general bodybuilding book.

In the number and variety of workouts, this book is excellent. It contains 78 workouts, all 15-minutes long. Some workouts are bodyweight or require dumbbells. Others use a pull-up bar, a barbell, a kettlebell, a medicine ball, a stability (Swiss or large) ball, an exercise band (tubing), a foam roller, a jump rope, a BOSU, a bench, a cable machine, a step, and so on.

Instruction and exercises for each of the workouts vary, but in general, one may do a circuit of 3 to 7 relatively intense exercises, with little or no rest between each exercise. Then, rest for 60 between each circuit. Finally, repeat 2 more circuits.

All exercise photos are large and in color, clearly showing their positions, with descriptions.

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Here's a detailed list of the 78 workouts or exercise plans. I have listed the exercises for a few of the workouts.

TOTAL BODY WORKOUTS

Bodyweight exercises

1. Beginner: strength and agility workout

Judo pushup

Seesaw lunge

Wall slide

Plank reach

2. Intermediate: your body is your barbell 1

Y squat

Spider-man pushup

Squat and jump combo

Single-leg romanian deadlift

Spider-man lunge

3. Intermediate: your body is your barbell 2: (bench or step used)

Squat

Tucked-elbow pushup

5-second forward lunge

Stepup

Jump

4. Advanced: belly off! No gym classic 1: (bench or step and a pull-up bar used)

Shoulder press pushup

Single-leg bench getup

Mountain climber

Wide-grip pushup

Inverted row

5. Advanced: belly off! no-gym classic 2: (bench, large ball, & a pull-up bar used)

Front-foot elevated split squat

Walking offset pushup

Stability ball leg curl

Single-leg hip raise

Chinup

Dumbbell workouts

6. The single: dumbbell blast workout 1

Woodchopper

Arms-out squat

Standing pressout

Towel row

7. The buildup: dumbbell blast workout 2

Straight-leg deadlift

Thrusters

Bent-over row

Squat thrust

8. Fast and furious: dumbbell blast workout 3

Incline bench press

One-arm snatch

Seated calf raise

Chest-supported row

Dumbbells, a barbell, and/or a barbell plate used.

9. Muscle definer workout 1

10. Muscle definer workout 2

11. Classic Powerlifter Workout

Jump rope used.

12. Total-body stress-buster workout

FAT BURNING WORKOUTS

Dumbbells, barbell, and other tools used.

13. You're melting: A

14. You're melting: B

One dumbbell used.

15. Strength, stamina, speed, and sweat

Pull-up bar, dumbbells, and other tools used.

16. Superhero workout

Dumbbells, bench and large ball used.

17. Supersweat Supersets

ABS & CORE WORKOUTS

Medicine ball and one dumbbell used.

18. No crunch core workout

Medicine ball and other tools used.

19. Six pack abs workout 1

Large ball, slanted bench, and pull-up bar used.

20. Six pack abs workout 2

Dumbbells used.

21. Obliques obliterator workout

Mix of tools used. Bodyweight workouts possible.

22. Build your own 15-minute core workout: choose 5 out of 19 exercises to create your own workouts.

SHOULDERS AND ARMS

Dumbbells, bench and slanted bench used.

23. Dumbbell total arms workout

Concentrated curl

Seated triceps extension

Wrist curl

Alternating grip hammer curl

Cross-shoulder extension

Standing scaption

Barbell, slanted bench, and cable machine used.

24. Arms and dangerous

Barbell, dummbells, cable machine and bench used.

25. Deltoid Definer workout

Dumbbells and barbell used.

26. Shoulders and arms combo 1

Dumbbells and cable machine used.

27. Shoulders and arms combo 2

Dumbbells, rowing station, and slanted bench used.

28. Shoulders and arms combo 3

CHEST AND BACK

Dip bars, barbell, bench, dumbbell, and barbell plate used.

29. Chest pound workout 1

Dip

Barbell bench press

Incline dumbbell fly

Seated Single-arm external rotation

Single-arm dumbbell row

Weighted pushup

Dumbbell, bench, cable machine, dip bar, and pull-up bar used.

30. Chest pound workout 2

Barbell, squat rack, dumbbells, and pull-up bar used.

31. Back attack workout

Bodyweight exercises. No equipment used.

32. Strong and steady

Cable machine, dumbbells, bench, and squat rack used.

33. Chest and back combo

Bodyweight and TRX suspension straps used.

34. Perfect pushup circuit 1

Box and medicine ball used.

35. Perfect pushup circuit 2

BOSU, bench, and box used.

36. Perfect pushup circuit 3

LOWER BODY WORKOUTS

Dumbbells, barbell, large ball, and bench used.

37. Flat butt fix

Dumbbells and large ball used.

38. Iron glute workout

Dumbbells and barbell used.

39. Ready for liftoff

Dumbbells and other tools used.

40. Total lower body blast

Cones and boxes used.

41. Lower body leaps and bounds

Bench and circular band used.

42. Protect your assets

SUPERFAST CARDIO: HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING

Basically, go fast for short periods of time, to burn more calories.

Treadmill workouts

43. Workout 1: speed demon

44. Workout 2: HIIT the hills

Running workouts

45. Workout 1: dash it off

46. Workout 2: flying laps

Cycling workouts

47. Workout 1: Lance Armstrong

48. Workout 2: rolling hills

Elliptical workout

49. Boredom beater

Swimming workout

50. Interval medley

Jump rope workout

51. Skipper 2

SPECIAL GEAR WORKOUTS

52. Kettlebell workout 1

53. Kettlebell workout 2

54. Exercise band workout 1

55. Exercise band workout 2

56. Medicine ball workout 1

57. Medicine ball workout 2

58. Stability ball workout 1 (large or Swiss ball)

59. Stability ball workout 2

60. Sandbag workout 1

61. Sandbag workout 2

IMPROVING YOUR STAMINA WORKOUTS (actually called better-sex workouts in the book)

Dumbbells used.

62. Stamina workout

One dumbbell used.

63. Over the top workout

Stability ball used.

64. Man on a mission workout

65. Pretzel position workout

Dumbbells and a sandbag used.

66. Four on the floor workout

HEALING WORKOUTS

Dumbbells, stability ball, cable machine, and slanted bench used.

67. Shoulder stretch and strengthen

One dumbbell used.

68. Knee saver

Bodyweight exercises. No equipment needed.

69. Lower back booster

Box or step used.

70. Age eraser workout

71. Foam roller workout

SPORTS WORKOUTS

Dumbbells and medicine ball used.

72. Golf workout

Dumbbells and low step used.

73. Tennis workout

BOSU, dumbells, step, medicine ball, and barbell used.

74. Ski and snowboard workout

Barbell, bench, step, and plate used.

75. Running race workout

Hyperextension station used.

76. Triathlon workout

Dumbells, bench, and step used.

77. Cycling workout

Dumbells used.

78. Basketball workout

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I did workout #3 (bodyweight) and I was breathing heavily during the exercise and I did a modified version of workout #7 (dumbell blast 2) and it was intense and made me sweat. I loved the concept of 15 minute workouts and I liked this book.

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If you liked this book, try the women's version of this 15-minutes book. This shows more bodyweight and dumbbell workouts.

If you want just bodyweight exercises, (with no equipment), get this book, "You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises" by Mark Lauren and Joshua Clark. This is excellent in the range of exercises which, again, do not require equipment.

As a young father, my Wife and I do not have much spare time anymore to exercise nor do outdoor trips (hiking, mountain biking,etc.).

We felt very sad about that.

This book of optimized exercises helped us being motivated again by gaining results as impressive as if we were training 3 times longer !!

But don't imagine these are miracle recipes... the basis is that you don't lose time resting between the workouts, so the 15mn are very, I mean very efficient...

Results do come fast and after 2 weeks (training 1 day out of 2, as suggested in the book), I am already feeling my abs recovering their former strentgh, more durably than before. Needless to talk about the thighs and arms and shoulders...

The workouts in this book won't help you build "big" muscles, but they will help you gain EFFICIENT muscles, EFICIENT strength, and endurance.

You just have to complete your weekly workout by one "HIIT" (High Intensity Interval Training), ideally outdoor (in my case: skysurfing/paddling : ) ) and you're done.

And the main benefit is that you have... more spare time to rest between the daily workouts and after each day's workout !

I would recommend this book to anyone looking for awesome (and motivating because of the variety!!) workouts, especially if they don't want to spend hours excercises because of her/his busy lifestyle !

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Not to go all Zen on everyone, but the concept of this book and its companion book for women is what's most important here. It's well laid out in chapter 1 "The Genius of the 15 Minute Workout". Simply put, shorter (but very high intensity) workouts are optimal in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. Hands down. This book gives you tons of workouts that fit that bill. If you buy in to the concept (as I do), this book is for you. If you prefer to spend your time on the elliptical, then, well, you should still buy this book and change your approach to training :).

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I totally agree with the philosophy of this book and have found short, intense workouts to be MUCH more effective in building muscle and burning fat than long, drawn-out gym sessions. (The saved time is quite a plus too.)

This book gives some great circuit routines that will get your heart pumping and your muscles working. There are gym-free total body workouts, which also are great cardio; dumbbell workouts for your upper and lower body; barbell workouts meant to build maximum muscle mass; ab workouts; cardio routines; and more.

I've already tried several of the workout and was surprised at how challenging they were! This book doesn't disappoint!

P.S. I also highly recommend Muscle Myths: 50 Health & Fitness Mistakes You Don't Know You're Making (The Lean Muscle Series) because it straightened out a bunch of confusions I had about how to build muscle, lose fat, and be healthy. I was making quite a few mistakes and didn't even know it!

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I've liked the Men's Health Big Books, but they are big. I tried out the Kindle edition here and it works well all workouts and exercises are hyper linked so that you can quickly get to them. Their pictures display well on my second generation Kindle (with the keyboard). Each exercise does not fit on a single screen even if you make the text small which is a bummer, but less the book's fault.

This is going to be great for traveling. I already have my Kindle and in the hotel, I have many options for working out regardless of the "fitness" room quality and enough variety to make it interesting just what I wanted for this book.

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Joey Green's Amazing Kitchen Cures: 1,150 Ways to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments with Brand-Name P

Did you know that you can stop sunburn pain by adding Cheerios to your bathwater (please don't recycle!)? Also, stop a shaving nick or canker sore in it's tracks with Alum (a spice by McCormick). These and other bizzare but useful tips can be found in this new book by Joey Green, author of "Polish Your Furniture With Panty Hose" and "Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz". Learn how, in a pinch, you can shave with Jif peanut butter, or use a credit card to scrape your tongue when out in public and plagued with hallitosis. Gatorade can cure a headache? You bet. Then, there are some no-brainers in here (e.g. use a Q-Tip as a substitute eye shadow applicator, shrink a zit with toothpasteall us 80's girls know this one! But, I had no idea toothpaste could reduce redness and speed the healing of a hickey!)If you love waterproof mascara, but hate removing it, simply keep Johnson's baby Shampoo on hand and remove mascara with a small amount of it on a cottonball. This book also has "Strange Facts" at the end of each chapter; did you know Abe Lincoln's Mother died from drinking the milk of a cow that ate poisonous mushrooms? The phrase "cold shoulder" originated in the Middle Ages when Europeans fed unwanted guests leftover beef shoulder to get them to leave. If for no other reason, get this book and find out how using McCormick food coloring can help you clean your teeth better. A fun book, great to give as a gift.

I had seen an ad about this book with some of the remedies listed. I went and bought it just to see what I could find in there. As I started reading it, I saw ones my MOM used.

Say you're cooking and some grease gets on you, try Colgate toothpaste(regular). Canada Dry Ginger Ale is great for upset stomach (generic brand works just as well) for clearing up congestion. There were quite a few old family remedies in this book that I've used before. The author also lists interesting facts about the companies whose products he lists. He also explains in many of the remedies why they work.

The book is really helpful, but don't feel you can only use the brand names he lists. For example, the one about using Canada Dry Ginger Ale I've used generic brands for years and you will get the same result. The Colgate one I've used gel types and that works too. I'll probably be going through this book again and again. It's a nice reference for the price :)

I recently picked up another copy for a relative. Her kids found the book and SHE didn't see it again for a week. I didn't realize the kids would be so fascinated with the book. It's really a great way to have kids explore how things work. Again, a great reference.

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Joey Green has written several books detailing the most commonplace items in your kitchen, garden, and so forth that you can use for remedies in you health, home repair, and so forth. This book, along the same genre, is not exception. Many of us don't realize what powerful chemicals already lie in many household goods that we possess. This book details some of the most commonplace items such as soap, cooking oil, and other things to repair and restore household items such scratched wooden tables, Milk of Magnesia for acne, etc. Kudos to Joey Green for this book.

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This is the first time I've seen this author. I was at the library and picked this up. I found this to be an interesting book that provides solutions for cleaning and remedies for common health ailments using standard household items.

Examples include: Soak a sponge with Coca Cola and scrub to remove rust stains from a sink or tub; Remove fingernail polish without nail polish remover by rubbing your nails with a Bounce dryer sheet; Kill wasps and bees by spraying them with 409 All Purpose Cleaner (they drop to the ground instantly and the liquid kills them within seconds). This book also includes occassional pages of fascinating history on some of the products suggested in the book, i.e. Dial Soap, Budweiser, Life Savers.

There were so many interesting remedies and cleaning solutions that I had to buy the book from Amazon. I am really interested in trying more of the solutions. I question some of the "remedies." For instance, some of the burn treatments, like applying grape jelly or colgate toothpaste don't seem medically sound. I would definitely use common sense in using some of the suggestions in the book and I would defnitely not attempt to try something that may make a situation worse, like a burn treatment.

Overall, a fascinating book that may be helpful with many cleaning and health remedies, but take some of the suggestions with a grain of salt.

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This book is great! A friend of mine was reading this book at work and I looked at it and was instantly intriged. I had to get my own. So I went to Amazon and got one. I use it when I get sick mostly. I've had family and friends call me and ask how to I get rid of this cold, flu, sore throat and etc. I tell them give me a sec, I get the book and read to them. They say its great too. It really has come in handy and saved me tons of money, because I don't have to go to the doctor for everything. Definately think everyone should own a copy OR get a friend to buy it. LOL

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Why do I love this book? There are so many reasons. It's a book I was not able to put down or stop thinking about. It made me feel frustrated and hopeful all at the same time. It is funny and insightful. I care about my food and how it is raised. I want my kids to be allergy free and play in the woods. I want to curl up next to a real wood fire after a long day of working hard and sweating. I want to eat eggs from happy chickens that I raise free from corn and gmo soy. This book makes me feel like those things are possible. It was a paradigm shift for me. I hope a lot of people read this book and take up the fight for the small local farm.

Greatest book. We pre-ordered this book expecting it to be awesome, and it is! My husband and I have been reading it aloud every morning during coffee time. It's an inspiring book. Encouraging us to get off our hineys and do something! Anything, just get off the couch and stop accepting the status quo and THINK! :)

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Yes folks, we have decided to give this book to everyone on our Christmas list this year. I am reading this book on my Droid in Kindle format and can not put it down. I have known Joel personally for more than a dozen years and he was one of my mentors as I started my own pastured poultry farm coming from a CAFO poultry background. So needless to say, there is little in this book which is new to me but he tells it in style and in a way which is so much more effective than any way I could say it. But for the average person this book will be a different perspective. What he says has great universal truth, from how to raise children to how to heal the planet.

For me, my great hope is that this book does become number ONE on the NY Times best seller list for the more people who read this book, then a better world we will have. This book is a must read by all who want a better world.

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Joel Salatin is a genius, and in my opinion, a hero of the people. If you have an inkling of doubt about mainstream food sources or want to know if "organic" is really the way to go, you will get a LOT from this book. There is so much about the current mainstream food ideology that are fabrications of mega food corporations and government agencies. The current system is in place to crank out huge profits, not to promote health and nutrition for citizens. I have read several books on food issues, and this one ranks in the top 2-3 for me. It definitely adds a new angle that cannot be found in other literature on the subject (namely more detail on food policy/legislation, which blew my mind!). More people need to be enlightened to the honest, historically-supported truth that America's approach to food AIN'T NORMAL. Amen, Joel! Please read/listen to this book, and then share it with a friend!

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This book is packed full of so many wonderful ideas for growing food locally and sustainably and sensibly. I wish it was required reading for everyone--especially every one of our politicians on all levels and all college students in programs for agriculture, environmental sustainability, etc. I'm ordering three more copies to donate to my daughter's college library and environmental program.

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