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.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK • You're raring to go - but read these guidelines before you get started.

GET MORE FROM YOUR WORKOUTS • See best results from your sessions with these easy tips

Track your PROGRESS • This is the place to monitor your results. Record your vital statistics before you begin your workout plan and test yourself every four weeks to monitor your progress. Feel free to include your own tests, for instance body fat or the time it takes you to run a particular distance.

WARM UP • Preparing your body for exercise is as key to workout success as the exercises themselves

STRETCH • Doing quality stretches will boost your recovery

GO GO CARDIO! • No shape-up plan is complete without aerobic activity…

Motivation tips • Bust boredom during your longer workouts by trying these ideas

BUM • A pert, peachy bum is top of many a fitness wish list. Although you can't alter its natural shape, there's plenty you can do to shed fat and reveal a more defined, sculpted derrière. This set of gold-standard exercises challenges your gluteal muscle group, to lift and tone your bum.

ABS • Bare your midriff with pride. This set of moves will tone not only your ‘six-pack’ muscles, but also the sides of your waist and the all-important deep core muscles that hold your tummy in.

LEGS • If your goal is perfect pins, you've come to the right place. This section is all about getting those toned, lean and shapely legs you've always dreamed of.

CHEST • The daily grind can really weaken your upper body. Driving a car and working at a computer constrict the chest muscles and lead to tension in the back. This set of exercises is designed to pep up your posture, open up your shoulders and tone up your pectorals and bust.

BACK • You can't see it without contortions in a mirror. But devote time to your back and you'll not only gain backless-dress confidence, you'll improve posture and prevent injury.

ARMS • There's more to arm workouts than dumbbell curls, you know. Transform your arms into toned zones with these effective moves to challenge triceps, forearms and biceps.

EAT SLIM! • Combine your workouts with these healthy eating tips to stay slim and healthy for life.

FUEL UP! • Eat the right foods at the right times to boost your workouts and recover quickly

MEAL PLAN • Lose pounds and look your best with our superfood diet plan.

10 TOP SUPERFOODS • These inexpensive, everyday foods can easily be included in your diet – but the benefits they offer are anything but ordinary

Women's Fitness Guide