Walk Your Butt Off! Go from Sedentary to Slim in 12 Weeks with This Breakthrough Walking Plan

by Sarah Lorge Butler

Go from Sedentary to Slim in 12 Weeks with this Breakthrough Walking Plan.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Self Help

Hardcover

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Sarah Lorge Butler is a freelance writer and editor who covers health, fitness, parenting and personal finance for a range of national publications. Her book, Run Your Butt Off!, a beginner’s guide to running and weight loss, was published by Rodale in March, 2011. An avid runner and beginner triathlete, Sarah lives near Allentown, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two children.

Reviews

[Virgil Julian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The exercises and, walking techniques actually improved my walking times. Most of the stuff on diet is just there no real recommendations.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great reminder that walking is great exercise if you work up a sweat and add in some speed. Plus a little bit of upper body motion and floor exercises and you have a complete workout.
I love walking but get lazy and have a relaxed pace. This book was a reminder to be an active walker and come home needing a shower!

[Dana · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I think this book is mostly common sense and overly simplistic, I think it could be good for someone who is currently not exercising or dieting at all. I personally like the little section of exercises because they are easy enough for me to do. Instead of push-ups, it has you start with a wall press – and while I cannot do a push-up, unless it is a push-up bra and even that is not for me, I can do wall presses – like a champ! You can then work your way down to push-ups. It also shows “door squats” which involves holding onto the handles of an open door to do squats, which takes care of the balance issue that I had in the past while trying to do squats the way I saw on an online video.The book includes a food log and a workout log and lots of encouraging tips and stories.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

An encouraging book but one that does not promise the moon. Simple steps; simple graduated plan, tips and guidance on walking and eating that seems to cover all breakdowns to execution. This book might make me a consistent walker.

[Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful guide for those who need to lose weight and increase fitness but find running too strenous.

[Rae · Rating 5 out of 5]

While I am only half way into reading the book and about to start on the week for the prep weeks before the main program, I feel that I know enough to review the book and it mostly just tips, advice and helping to plan for those weeks.

Within the first three/four weeks of starting this book, I noticed I lost some inches, been walking faster (getting a mile under 30 mins), lowering my blood pressure and getting more daily steps in. The first week I overdid it and I felt the pain and stress; but after that (along with doing stretches and strength workouts twice a week like they recommend), I been paying more attention and noticing some changes already and hadn't started on the main program yet.

I still got a ways to go and my diet is different due to food allergies, intolerances and medical conditions; but overall, I found this book really helpful. After I finish with this book and program, I would like to try the Run Your Butt Off book.

I recommend getting something like a Garmin watch. You can track your water, meals, exercises and steps and mine even has music (just need a wireless headset). If not, you can get a stopwatch to time your workouts or a cheaper watch. These tools just helps making tracking your progress easier along with an exercise and food log/journal.

[Patris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I skimmed it to keep motivated on my daily walking excercise. Forget the foodlog and keep walking!

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe it was me and not the book, but I just couldn't get into it. Perhaps I was expecting a miracle cure or something really different. If you are diligent and do everything it suggests, you probably could walk your butt off.

[F9 · Rating 1 out of 5]

way too simple, watered-down version of RYBO.

[Kelly Lynn Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

There seems to be some good advice in this book, but there are way better books about walking out there.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can summarize the whole book by saying walk 30 minutes 5 days a week and try to walk faster. It would make a great starting workout book if you've never gone on an exercise program before.