Product Description

One of a kind, devoted entirely to giving you a rockhard, curvaceous derriere in the safest and quickest time possible. Yes, fat or thin, short or tall, young or not so young, The Butt Book can help you transform your rear end to the super roundness and firmness that men respect and women admire.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #483994 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 142 pages

From the Publisher
Everyone wants a sexy derriere. Both women and men choose the butt as the sexiest body part. From J Lo to Beyonce, celebrities are popularized by their rear ends. Tosca Reno has already helped thousands of women get the butt of their dreams with her new book and seminars. Now with new exercises, insights and information this updated version can help you! This second edition of the Butt Book includes 32 more pages, 2 new chapters, dozens of photos, new design and all the fun & relevant information on creating a beautiful derriere that made this author the "Queen of Superior Posteriors"!

About the Author
Tosca Reno, weighed over 200 pounds and had precious little muscle tone when she graduated from University in her 20s. At age 40 the still-overweight mother of three discovered eating clean. By 41 Tosca had become a fitness participant and swimsuit model, appearing in such magazines as American Curves. Reno, now 47 writes a regular over-40 column in Oxygen magazine and has written many articles for Reps! and Maximum Fitnss.

Customer Reviews

Mixed Feelings
This book is good for the most part. I did enjoy it and found it useful for certain populations, although I also have some concerns. The training advice isn't bad, but I have to agree with some of the other reviewers that it seems to be geared toward beginners or women who aren't "hard-core" fitness enthusiasts. I emphasize that the worthwhileness of this book depends on the exerciser's personal fitness goals. If you're looking for general health and fitness with some moderate shaping benefits, then go for it. As an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, I wouldn't personally use or recommend most of these exercises with my athletes or clients, except for squats, lunges and deadlifts (which can benefit anyone); then again, our goals are entirely different.

My main concern is the diet portion of the book. The advice is sound, but the actual diet that Reno prescribes is atrocious. First the positive stuff: the food choices are good, six meals a day is good (keeps your metabolism revved), and the macronutrient ratio is good. Now for the negative: the calories are WAY too high for each meal and hence for each overall day. Day 2, for example, will provide approximately 2300 or more calories (other days aren't as bad). Unless you're an elite endurance athlete, you'll probably GAIN fat weight on this diet - not the kind of rounded butt most people are looking for. I also wonder where she gets her nutrient info from, because some of the stats given can't be right. Case in point: Oatmeal pancakes on p.97. She writes that it has 600 calories per serving (which is a huge amount for most women to eat for breakfast), but the entire recipe has about 680 calories, and the serving size isn't noted. To make the diet more suitable to most people's needs, I'd recommend cutting in half the portions of meals 2,4 and 6 (which are probably supposed to be snacks).

Don't be fooled for an instant that the butts of the fitness models in the book are at all representative of the kind of butt the average woman will derive from Reno's advice. Remember that these women have exceptional genetics: that is why they are elite fitness and bodybuilding athletes. Plus I wouldn't doubt that some of them are juicers. I'd also bet the farm that none of them used the kind of soft-core program that Reno outlines. At any rate, normal women with normal genetics and a normal lifestyle (ie. diet/exercise habits) is quite unlikely to build a body-builder Bertha butt.

Everyone is different (that's why we're called "individuals!"), so you really just have to find your own path. As I said, it's good if your goals are fairly modest, but watch the diet.

A Good Place to Start
The Butt Book is a good place to start if you want an introduction to exercises for your bottom and thighs. Like several of the other books on the market, it devotes a great deal of time, attention, and book space to diet and eating habits. That stuff seems like a no-brainer to me, and I was disappointed that Ms. Reno didn't include more exercises. If there is ever a revised edition, it would be nice if the exercises were photographs instead of drawings, and if they showed proper technique instead of just one phase of the exercises.

Buns of Steel
Excellent! I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to get rid of that extra cheese on the back side. However, you must add cardio to this program to help shed the fat, otherwise you'll look a little weird. Wonderful workout plan and diet plan, basically what every person should be doing and what you can find in the Oxygen magazine. It's also great because you can find a workout for the gym and one for at home, both are killer workouts.