The Nip Tuck Workout: Exercise Through the Eyes of a Plastic Surgeon

The Nip-Tuck Workout applauds symmetry in the human form. And who does not like the human body proportioned perfectly, much like marble sculptures or a Stradivarius violin? Dr. Nadler, an experienced plastic surgeon, uses his well-honed eye to create perfectly proportioned contours without the use of surgery techniques and implements like the scalpel, liposuction and body implants. Now a personal trainer, he wrote the book to offer tips to readers on how to shape the body non-surgically, using resistance training. The book maintains that one cannot change the form of one’s body without carefully controlled progressive resistance training.

Dr. Nadler has also won and judged bodybuilding competitions. He wrote this book to be a fine dining experience, with chapters on “appetizer” and “entrée” exercises. It’s a fun read, and offers you a philosophical and practical way of approaching body enhancing.

Here are some of the highlights from The Nip Tuck Workout:

1. Forget the scale:
Measure yourself through tape measure, caliper and the mirror, not the scale. Just because you’ve admired Twiggy for a long time does not mean she is well proportioned or healthy””in fact, Dr. Nadler espouses that “lighter does not mean shapelier.”

2. Proportion is everything:
“The Greeks and Romans understood that the ideal of attractiveness cannot exist without proportion,” says Nadler. The ratio of ideal proportions applies to various parts of the human body including the hands, the face and the waist-hip ratio. The ideal ratio is 1:1.618 (which means, if the unit measurement of the waist is 1, the measurement of the hip should be 1.618)

3. Stand up while you exercise to get to the core:
“Use dumbbells and cables in a standing posture to stimulate the core with absolute perfect form and control, and bring the targeted muscles to temporary failure and then repeating again with just enough rest to stretch the muscles adequately again,” says Nadler. All exercises must be done in a standing position to allow focus on specific muscle groups. The deep abdominals, the hip abductors and rotators and the scalpel stabilizers get a workout in practically every step.

4. Lunges are part of the workout:
Do repetitions of forward lunge walks (when you fold your hands behind your head and stand with your legs comfortably apart). The overhead lunge walk is the same as the forward lunge walk except the arms are held extended overhead to involve the upper body.

5. Exercises with two simple pieces of equipment:
There is a large section of the book that describes various detailed exercises one can do with dumbbells and cables that benefit the legs, buttocks, thighs, hamstrings etc.; these are several and varied and I recommend that you purchase the book or visit www.niptuckworkout.com to view the videos of these workouts. But the basic premise is that one can achieve proportion and enhance the body shape simply by working out different parts of the body with only dumbbells and cables.

The book pays homage to several tried and true cosmetic surgery procedures, including liposuction and tummy tucks, as well as discusses supplements (like caffeine and Echinacea) and their impact on good health. It is more a philosophical journey to finding your perfectly harmonized body, and being at peace with the way you look. To order a copy, visit your www.amazon.com (retails for $15.95) or email orders@booksurge.com