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4 Stars LL COOL J’S WORKOUT REVIEW
LOVE THE BOOK, EASY TO FOLLOW, PITURES FOR THE WORKOUTS TO PERFORM, SET OUT DIET TO FOLLOW AND WORKOUTS THAT GET PROGRESSIVELY HARDER. VERY MOTIVATIONAL AND WOULD RECCOMMEND TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN CHANGING UP THIER BORING ROUTINES.

5 Stars Im no fan of LL cool J, but the book works!
Having followed the book for 8 weeks, I can honestly say that its working. Ive lost weight, I feel healthier, and its a sensible plan that doesnt over tax you.

On the training side, and diet side – its quite time consuming, so you need to be serious about taking it on – but once you are used to the diet and taking the time out to spend to serious time at the gym, it becomes more like a habit.

Regarding the book, like I say, Im not fan of LL Cool J, and I skipped some of the anectdotes from his tours, and other non training related pages, but on the whole – its well presented, gives good explainations, and has some good instructions for the excercises.

I would reccomend it to any guy that wants to get in shape quickly.

5 Stars A Female’s Perspective after 13 Weeks
I really love the LLCJ program, but I have to warn any female who is interested in it that I’m only now (week 13 of 22, 3rd week of Hypertrophy workouts) starting to lose scale weight using it.

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**Program Overview (through Week 14)**

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Week 1 has you cleaning up your kitchen and diet first. There are no workouts.

Weeks 2 and 3 of the program are done on strength and cable machines at maintenance calories and have very little cardio. They are designed to build up a baseline of fitness and neuromuscular adaptation before the Strength, Hypertrophy, and Fat Loss segments kick in.

Weeks 4 and 5 increase weight and volume slightly for muscle endurance and transition you to free weights more and more.

Then you go into a 4 week strength phase (Weeks 6-9) with very low reps and heavy weights. Again, no scale weight loss there for me, although I could see and feel my muscles getting firmer.

Week 10 is an Active Rest week where you can pick your own activities.

Weeks 11-14 focus on hypertrophy/muscle gain building on the base of strength and endurance you’ve acquired. More cardio and slightly lower calories happen here, and the lifting volume is greatly increased. Workouts take longer, too. This is where I’m at in the program now, and it’s where I’m finally feeling and seeing the fat loss accelerate.

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**My Personal Experience/Results**

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This is where the scale-watchers need to take heed:

I gained 2-3 lbs in the first few weeks of the program (started at a fluffy, deconditioned 5′6″ and 146 lbs or so after 4 months of sitting on my booty listening to Star Trek: The Next Generation re-runs while crocheting like a madwoman instead of working out regularly), then stabilized between 147.4-148.5 lbs for most of the strength phase while measurements slowly came down. Two weeks into the Gold Body hypertrophy phase, I am consistently weighing in the 146.x zone, and my fluff zone measurements have started to move down faster. Based on my weight and caliper skinfold body fat readings, I have put on between 1-2 lbs of muscle, at least half of it on my upper body since I haven’t been going as heavy as I have in the past on lower body work, and lost around 3 lbs of fat. My body fat has dropped by 2%, I have lost almost 2″ each in my waist and lower abdomen, 1″ in my thigh, and a few inches combined in my arms, hips, and calves while increasing slightly in my chest/back and shoulders. All this while eating a very decent 1800-2000 calories per day for the first 10 weeks of the program. I’m now at 1600-1800 calories per day in the Gold Phase as directed.

I think I’ve been able to stick with this program better than most others in the past 2 years because the strength workouts change every 1-2 weeks, as does the mix of cardio workouts. Body for Life, Turbulence Training, and Red Carpet Ready all follow the 3 lifting workouts + 3 interval cardio sessions per week pattern, and I was just bored, bored, bored. The exercises might change every 4 weeks on those programs, but the rep ranges, diet advice, cardio, and weight training reps and sets really didn’t.

One of my favorite personal finance quotes is: “If you keep on doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve been getting.” I was doing the same things over and over, and my body had adapted so well to it that I wasn’t adding any muscle to the areas that needed it or losing fat gradually at maintenance calories, which SHOULD happen if your workouts are still causing your body to create more muscle; your scale weight would stay the same in that scenario, but your body composition should change for the better. I was frustrated at the lack of progress despite doing all the right things.

That’s how I felt this past year or more, and is in part why I took such a long break from working out earlier this year. With the LLCJ plan, I feel like I’m finally doing a program that is properly designed to give me the results I want in one integrated, complete progression from start to finish-build a fitness base, build strength, build muscle, and THEN burn off fat-all without resorting to gimmicky lifts while balancing on one leg on a Bosu trainer or crazy amounts of cardio. And the cardio times and types are properly scaled and tailored to the phase you are doing, not just the same 20-30 minutes of intervals 3 times a week that everyone else is touting. It’s not easy, especially going into the Gold/Hypertrophy phase (I am dreading tonight’s jump rope/push-up circuit), but it’s effective for me and certainly not boring.

I’m looking forward to seeing what the remaining 9.5 weeks bring. This is probably not the program to pick if you just want to salve your ego by losing 10 lbs in one month just so you can brag that you weigh the same as you did as a high school senior at your 10 year reunion, but if you are in a rut with your training or progress, admire an overtly “OMG, she has WORKED for that body!” look, have about 5 months to achieve your results, and need a program that won’t leave anything to chance, this is a great one to try.

(That said, the book does include a 4 week emergency fat loss plan geared towards women called the “Diamond Body” workout if you do need to blast off the fat expeditiously for an event.)

So don’t be afraid to use this program ladies. You won’t turn into hulking body builder overnight, I promise you. You WILL feel stronger, look leaner and more toned, and lose the jiggle in a safe, sustainable way without killing yourself with super low calories and two hours of cardio a day.

5 Stars Encouraging and inspiring
This is a great book for someone who desires to tone up and lose weight. I purchased this book for my brother-in-law and he lost over 50lbs within six months. He worked out like an animal. He looks great.

4 Stars I like
I never used any other fitness books so I have nothing to compare this book to but I really like this book so far. I’m 4 weeks into the workout and I feel it working. I feel better and I can see more muscle mass along with it being a little more toned. I think farther into the workouts I will get more results. I also like how the book provided meal plans for Monday through Friday. There are different stages throughout the book which require you to cut calories, carbs and fats which you have to figure out yourself. If I could ask for anything else it would be recommended meal plans for those different stages or even more meals plans to add variety. Other than that I really liked this book.

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