Women's Fitness Guide

We all want to look and feel our best, so our Women's Fitness series provides you with your own personal trainer in bookazine form. Each edition focuses in on one aim, using expert advice from fitness professionals and nutritionists to help you reach your goals. You could try out the Women's Guide to Running, the Best Body Bootcamp, Tone up in Ten Minutes, Get Your Body Back – and numerous other titles all dedicated to helping you feel fitter and healthier at your own pace.

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Women's Fitness Guide

How to use this book • Read this before you start so you can get the most out of your six-week plan

The science • Learn why your body looks and feels as it does after having your baby – and discover how to regain your toned, trim shape.

Meet your core

How to boost your Mama body • Want to get your body back into peak condition? Discover the best exercises to get in shape quickly and safely

First steps

The fat-busting bit • Short, intense workouts are the best way to burn fat. A 20-minute session four times a week delivers great results

The strengthening & sculpting bit • High-resistance exercises with low repetitions will help you sculpt muscle and develop tone

6 MOTIVATION BOOSTERS • When your willpower deserts you, how do you get back on the horse? Here are some of my tips to inspire you to keep going with your exercise plan.

Nourish your baby body • The first and last rule of being healthy is: eat well. Wendy explains how the right foods will help speed your post-natal recovery and return you to your former shape more quickly.

Healing foods

Family friendly food

Why stress can make you fat

Eat for vitality • It’s not just about losing your baby weight. Here’s how to eat for vitality, wellness, glowing skin and better mood

Eat smart • You’re eating healthily – but you can improve things still further with these food tips

Your six-week plan • So you’ve learnt a little about what’s gone on in with your middle and your undercarriage. Now it’s time to start to do something about it! I’ve devised a six-week plan to get you in shape, based on Wendy’s internationally acclaimed MuTu System programmes. Get ready to find your mojo again, Mama!

Get with the kit

Weeks 1-2 • Preparation is vital to success. First, learn to identify and recognise the muscles you’ll be working on. Get in touch with your body!

Weeks 3-4 • Preparation is vital to success. First, Wendy teaches you to identify and recognise the muscles you’ll be working on. Get in touch with your body!

Just for fun! • Variety spices up exercise and keeps your body guessing – making you more toned and burning more calories

Weeks 5-6 • Feeling trimmer and more in control of your body? Now Wendy explains how to mix things and deliver truly great and lasting results!

Active benefits • Better sex, a toned body and bags more energy – try these activities and reap rewards.

Stretch into shape • Think you don’t have to time to stretch? Wendy explains why it’s an essential part of your six-week plan...