Jane Fonda Books

Most self-help medical books always error in unfriendly med-talk.This is a no-nonsense very informative guide that actually educates the reader in plain English.Not to be missed.

Wow! Dr. Sobczyk has put 20 years of a physician's expetise in one easy to read book. If all my patients read her book and learned to understand what they should look for, how to accuratelty describe their symptoms, what to ask their doctor and how to take care of themselves, ... Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier? Do you want to lower your medical bills and insurance rates? Here it is...Dr. Sobczyk's Your Body Your Health. This book is to adult health as Dr. Spock and Brazelton are to infant healh and development

Wow!!! Dr. Sobczyk has put 20 years of a physician's expertise in one easy to read book. If all my patients read her book and were able to understand what they should look for, how to accurately describe their symptoms, what to ask their doctor about and how to take care of themselves, I would have the healthiest patient population in the country.

Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier? Do you want to lower your medical bills and insurance rates? Here it is...Dr. Sobczyk's Your Body Your Health. This book is to adult health as Dr. Spock and Dr. Brazelton are to infant healht and development.

Unlike other health books which deal only with a specific illness or particular health fad, this is a book about how to be involved as a health care consumer. Though the book was written by physicians, the authors encourage readers to stop blindly taking doctor's advice. Sure, your physician has a medical degree and you probably don't, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be involved -- as the title indicates, it is indeed your body and your health, not your doctor's. Though a reference book, the text is in plain accessible (including a straight-forward, detailed glossary of medical terms). It primarily addresses what goes on during a medical visit from your doctor's perspective and explains how to make the most of that time, how to get your questions in, and work with your doctor to solve your medical problems. In includes information on preventative care, common illnesses at each life stage, troublesome symptoms, explanations of common medical tests, and a list of internet medical resources (as well as explanations of how to separate out reliable internet medical resources from phony ones). It is a book for anyone who has ever left a doctor's appointment feeling more like a witness then an active participant.

Anyone interested in how to manage their own health care and that of their family should have this book. It is a great reference, easy to read manual with information on how to prepare for a visit to the physician, what to expect from your physician, and what all those tests mean in helping your health care giver treat you. The section on health related websites is especially helpful in knowing which sites are reliable.

If your physician is one of those that enters the room, asks a couple of questions while grasping the door knob with one hand expecting a quick exit, this book will teach you how to say "sit, stay until I AM ready for you to go".

While many books now box girls into gender sterotypes,this book shows girls how to reinforce their confidence so they can overcome societal pressure to conform to the myths about girls and their abilities.You do not here the usuall "girls can't do math" or "girls are less aggressive" those being the sterotypes to overcome..what you read are insightful tools to reinforce confidence and individuality.

For anyone who has a daughter, niece, sister. For mothers who were once-upon-a-time daughters. For fathers, uncles and friends. This is required reading and requested sharing. It is a realistic definition of "empowering" -- but more, of "inspiring" -- girls to find/use their voices and goals within a society that still has a "pink and blue" mentality. The base -- an organization, Girls Incorporated, that has inspired millions of girls for more than 80 years to discover, stretch, and own their possibilities. The content is not anti-male but is full of realistic (and research-based) ideas to help young girls (based on Girls Inc. experience with girls nationwide) reach their full potential. Everyday tips and experiences; teachable moments; eye- and mind-opening opportunties. No lectures; no heavy research -- just a solid dose of reality. Valuable for grown-up girls, too! (Mid-life crisis gift??)

This book reminded me of the thoughts I had when our younger daughter was born. How could my wife and I help her to have an open door to pursue the opportunities that meant the most to her? I wish this book had been available to us then!

Give this book to parents when their daughters are born.

The foreword by Ms. Jane Fonda particularly moved me. She describes how she went from being a person with strong ambitions to a teenager who was timid and concerned about how others would see her. For many years, her "inner voice" was lost, and she finds herself only recapturing it in her sixties.

The model of this book is to have girls know their rights as people and to be advocates of those rights for herself and others. Girls Inc. was founded in 1945 and has done good work in helping establish equal opportunity by gender.

The organization has established a bill of rights for girls that includes the right to:

-- "be themselves and to resist gender stereotypes"

-- "express themselves with originality and enthusiasm"

-- "take roles, to strive freely, and to take pride in success"

-- "accept and appreciate their bodies"

-- "have confidence in their selves and to be safe in the world"

-- "prepare for interesting work and economic independence."

Many people would agree that these are worthy goals. What I liked was that the book reported about research that Girls Inc. has conducted to find out how parents can help.

As you may have guessed, girls look to their Moms to lead the way. In a recent survey, 99 percent replied that Mom was their heroine and guide to planning their own lives. By describing her own life choices at the same age, Mom can help make these transitions more understandable and positive.

Further, Mom and Dad can work together to emphasize filling in experiences and knowledge that girls might not otherwise get. Why shouldn't girls find out how cars work? Sons will often benefit from the same instruction. I know I would have.

Unlike many books and research on gender issues, this book does not try to make males out as the villain of the problem. Instead, the book emphasizes how girls can become more knowledgeable, confident, and able to take care of themselves. I was especially impressed with the section called "My Future."

After you read and discuss this book, I suggest that you think back to where you lacked support (whether you were a girl or a boy) as a youngster. Will your children have the same issues? If so, how can you help them have better choices and capabilities? What other issues will your children have that you did not? How can you help with those?

Give your children the benefit of thinking through their lives carefully and knowledgeably . . . with as few limits as possible!

As an experiment, I decided to use this book for two weeks with the suggested music. To my amazement, it really works! I'm just 20 and so it is a huge novelty not to follow a tv screen.
In the book, Jane doesn't just address aerobics, but where society places people in life, the enviroment and healthy eating.
I now have this workout on DVD so really use the book as reference to healthy living.
You would have thought that it would be hard to follow a book to workout with. But it isn't. For every move there are professionally taken indepth photographs with descriptions.
You really use this book until you remember the moves off by heart. But it's use doesn't stop there as it is jam packed with so much information.
And the funny thing is it feels better working out in the absense of a television screen.

I purchased this book based on three things. One I wanted to see an example of Jane Fonda's original 1982 workout(hard to find/expensive). Two I love almost all of JF workouts. Three the one review I read confirmed I needed this for my collection. This is truly a wonderful book I can see why it was a best seller. This book offers information on a wide range of subjects from self-esteem, diet, social and enviromental issues, not to mention the two workouts. This was a great buy.
This book offers a begginer and advanced workout. Each workout begins with warm-up and ends with a cool down. At the begging of each exercise routine there is a list of music that could accompany the exercise. This can be used as a guide to choosing your own music. Both routines have an aerobics, arms, waist, abs, hips and thighs, bottocks. The workouts last about 30-45 for beginner and 40-60 mins for advanced. The cardio portion of both workouts are simple but short, however you can easily extend it.
This workout is great for the flexibility it offers. This is a workout that you can truly make your own. You could even do it while you are watching television. One of the things I really liked was making my own music to this workout. Being abel to chose your own music that you enjoy, really keeps you going. This is great if you like to make compilation tapes or cds.
Now I know what your thinking I don't go for exercise books. And for the most part I would agree, with all the page turning reading descriptions and the pictures that make no sense. But this is written and shown in a very clear manner. Over time this should just be a guide. Because you should start to memorize the workout.
This is a great workout if your short on time or you don't feel like going to the gym of even putting a exercise tape in the vcr. This workout out is total body toning. You could even use light hand weights during some of the arm movements for extra work. However some of the movements can be jarring and hard on the joints. Just modify it to fit your own personal needs. If it feels wrong don't do it. If you like this workout I would recommend Jane Fonda's New Workout Book or VHS and Jane Fonda's Women Coming of Age and Jane Fonda's Easy Going Workout.

Let me start by saying that before I discovered this book, I hated to "eat nutritiously" because it was a hassle to prepare healthy meals and in addition they always tasted so bland; I would end up craving sweets to compensate. In her book, Jeanne convinced me to try a new way of eating: 6 small meals which are high in protein and include a bit of low sugar carbs and a tiny bit of fat. After just one day of eating this way, my energy soared! My sugar cravings went away, and I didn't feel hungry and want to snack all day like I used to do.
Also, I don't know what to rave about first: the fact that her menus are incredibly easy to prepare or the fact that the food is genuinely delicious! Last night I had pasta with pesto covered with broccoli and turkey sausage stirfried in olive oil. Yum! It took about 15 minutes to prepare.
Finally, she has a section in the menus called, "If you're still hungry..." which tells you what you can add to that particular meal if necessary. (Surprisingly, I haven't needed to do this - the meals satisfy me.) You won't starve on this plan and you'll be amazed at how easy it is and how good it feels to eat this way.

An adult novel of love and temptation. Was made into a brilliant M-G-M presentation,
starring Jane Fonda and Peter Finch, co-stars Angela Lansbury and Arthur Hill,
produced by John Houseman, directed by Robert Stevens.
The story fills a single summer against backgrounds of New York,
suburban London and Greece. At the same time romantic and realistic.

As any Fondette (A follower of Jane Fonda Aerobics) or fitness enthusiast will tell you, one of the hardest things is to maintain your fitness program whilst on the move. Now, thanks to Jane Fonda's Complete Workout audio tape, you can just bring your walkman where ever you go and play!
What is so great about this workout?
Jane has taken her most popular workout (to this day it is still popular) and modified it for using in different than normal places (small spaces) It comes with a poster so you can follow along. You can still burn alot of pounds with this, just like the visual verson.
A must!

The Walkout Package comes with two cassettes (which is three classes) and a booklet in which Jane gives tips on stretching, calorie burning & fat burning tips.
I've used this walkout as part of a fitness routine, and it really works!
This is excellent for those wishing to slowly get back in to a fitness regime or to condition their body ready for more aerobics to come. Or, if like many of the people I know; you can use Jane Fonda's Walkout for maintenance - you've lost weight and now want to keep fit, this is for you.

Regular Fonda exercisers will be happy to hear Joey Carbone wrote the music for walkout (he wrote music for "Low Impact Workout" and "Workout with Weights/Toning & Shaping"

What the back says: With Jane Fonda's Walkout, you are just steps away from a healthier body and mind! There's a good reason why virtually every cardiac program in America bases its program on walking. By placing less stress on the body than other aerobic activities (including running) and by allowing conditioning to take place gradually, walking is an ideal form of exercise. - not just for the overweight or out of shape person, but for the physically fit as well.

You'll learn how to warm-up, cool down and walk your way to health with this specially designed program. Jane Fonda's Walkout contains two hours of music and narration on two audio cassettes for use with portable headset players.

A special handbook details correct walking posture, what to wear and where to walk, and offers realistic fitness targets as well as diet and lifestyle pointers. Let Walkout set the pace. Why you keep pace with the Walkout program, you're promoting cardiovascular efficiency. Walking is also an excellent way to lose weight, tone your body, improve your posture, reduce stress and strengthen your muscles and joints.

All of which add up to physical health and mental well-being! Jane Fonda's Walkout is a scientific approach to America's favorite form of exercise. Using motivating music for encouragement and stimulation, it progressively challenges you with a regular regime of brisk walking for a set period of time. And, it's designed for the individual - from the slowest pace of walkout 1 (3.75 mph for 30 minutes) to the quickest strides of "Walkout 3" (4.25 mph for 60 minutes)

I have purchased 3 copies of this book over the years as I routinely loan them to friends. The book is an easy read, but remarkably comprehensive for a book designed for the lay public. Garrick, unlike many orthopedic surgeons, prefers to take a conservative approach to joint problems with surgery as the last option. He covers rehabilitation for the major joints, advice that has proved invaluable for me for both tennis elbow and a torn ACL. Tennis elbow cleared up following strengthening exercises he recommeded. Strengthening did not resolve the ACL tear in my knee and I did have an ACL repair done. Take his advice, keep your vastus medialis strong and you won't have any knee problems. He offers good advice on self treatment for simple sprains, but clearly points out conditions that need to be seen by a specialist ASAP. I highly recommend this book.

In her trademark open, honest and upbeat style, Jane Fonda offers reliable and easily understood suggestions on diet, exericse, sexuality and self image that will make your mid life a vigorous, vibrant and happy plateau in life's journey. This includes the very popular "Prime Time" Workout

Personally, I thought the book was a huge disappointment. I was looking forward to reading about ideas on "What will I do with the rest of my life". What I read dealt with people who have made millions of dollars and what THEY did with the rest of their life. I don't have money that is disposable like these people and I think the book was highly overrated! I can't travel to other countries to check out a new place to live, I can't build my dream home, and I certainly don't know any of these people personally. What a waste of my reading time.............

A great read! Poised on the brink of my next phase in life- after 30 years with the same organization - Leap! provided me with some thoughtful, well-written and entertaining answers to that increasingly nagging question, "What to do with the rest of my life?" A must read for those 50 somethings entering the next phase. Perhaps her next book will deal with that age old question, "What is the meaning of life?"

Within the first paragraph Sara launched me back into the electric fever of the 60's and 70's when many of us boomers were certain we would be actually changing the focus, the intentions, the music, the spiritual, the economic and political direction of the world. Starting from her own raw and personal life transition, she reveals that her world is telling her she is past her prime, she has lost her edge and what was a highly successful career as a journalist and novelist seems to have dried up. What Sara does in Leap! is interview many of the visible A list people of that time and find out how they are coping.

Sara's compelling ability to interview and converse with them so personally, reminded me that fame, fortune, and accomplishments are not all they are cracked up to be. Their musings of what and how to deal with "what's next" was both humbling and inspiring. Though my circumstances are not the same, many of the issues are dead on similar.

Her launch is not only backwards, but into the present as well as forward. She is speaking to my questions, my evaluations of life lived so far, and how can I engage myself fully from within when the outside world of what I have done isn't shining back so brilliantly. We are not yet at ease at the "being" part of ourselves, where accomplishments have no meaning. And we don't know where we are going to land. There is an honesty and poignancy that Sara tenderly invites us to niggle at deeply sore points in our innermost being. Some of the people Sara has met have found ways to face the fear in full frontal mode. I could barely put this book down and when I finished it, I realized Sara has expanded my contracted view of my own aging and import by putting me in contact with so many others traveling together and not knowing it.

I borrowed this book from my local library and now I'm about to order a copy to keep (and mark up) and a copy for a friend. It's very satisfying when an excellent writer like Davidson puts into words the confusing feelings and longings that have been swimming around inside you. She makes the questions interesting and compelling:what are we going to do with the rest of our lives? are we ready to step down the ladder? do we have to settle for gray, quiet little jobs? I love how she explores these questions. The stories and insights got my creative juices flowing and helped me feel not so alone. Thank you Sara!
Stephanie

"Leap" came into my life at the most incredible time. I like so many others have gone through a divorce, loss of an business, and I am a recent cancer survivor. I was at an emotional crossroads so to speak when I read Sara Davidson's book.

Her honesty and insightfulness was just what I needed at the time. She inspired me to make several changes in my life and to move fearlessly forward in creating a new life. I have since moved to Mexico, started a new career, and a new relationship.

I highly recommend that everyone read "Leap". All of us at some point get to a place of deep reflection and it is comforting to know that we are not alone.

I so appreciate Sara's work and will be looking forward to her next book.