Keep the Connection: Choices for a Better Body and a Healthier Life

by Bob Greene

The trainer who helped Oprah and millions of others, make the mind-body connection now shows readers how to keep their bodies looking and feeling better than ever! In Make the Connection, millions of readers joined Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene in their groundbreaking and highly successful campaign of weight loss and exercise. Now Greene helps readers take the important next step, keeping the weight off and developing and maintaining great muscle tone. In this series of step-by-step instructions for firming up those hard-to-change body parts such as thighs, hips, abdominals, and upper arms, Greene offers the same no-nonsense and highly manageable strategies that made Make the Connection a godsend for so many struggling dieters. Each exercise in the book is illustrated with photographs of Greene and his clients, allowing readers to work out safely and effectively. In addition to his exercise tips, Greene provides motivational techniques on looking and feeling great, as well as delicious, low-fat recipes that are easy to prepare. By showing readers that it is possible to achieve their goals without fads or quick fixes, he offers the tools to reach a whole new level of health and well-being.

Genres: Health, Self Help, Nonfiction, Fitness

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Bob Greene is a personal trainer who writes on health and weight loss. He works and writes with Oprah Winfrey.

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Reviews

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have read this book a number of times, especially when I need to re-focus on my health and fitness. This book was the foundation my two year program for weight loss. I have maintained over a 50 pound weight loss since the beginning of my fitness program in 2004. It is not quick program and I took at least twice as long for every step than Bob Greene recommends, but overall I think it is one of the best. I prefer this book to all his commercial ones done with Oprah, as I think it is the most real one. In more recent ones, he seems swayed too much by book sales and less passionate about really helping us stay healthy.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a real motivating book for me. When I read it, the furthest that I had run was just over 3 miles. He talks a lot about pushing yourself to accomplish more. While I was reading it I was able to work up to 6 miles--the first time I did it I felt like I had completed a marathon!

[Kecia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as good as Make the Connection.