Cassey Ho’s Hot Body Year-Round – book review for Workout Wednesday!

For Workout Wednesday I’m going to be sharing Fitness and Health books that I am currently reading.

Cassey Ho’s Hot Body Year-Round: The POP Pilates Plan to Get Slim, Eat Clean, and Live Happy Through Every Season

Since I have been following health and fitness websites for a couple of years now, I have heard of Cassey Ho but hadn’t tried any of her workouts. I was excited to receive this book for blog review and immediately started reading it. I was touched by Cassey’s story in the preface, which made her more inspiring and personable to me. She did an OUTSTANDING job on this book! The pages are thick and glossy; with colorful, bright exercise and recipe pictures. I can’t believe the retail of this book-it’s worth way more than $18!

Part 1 of the book talks about “The Plan”. She included a beginners workout calendar as well as an intermediate to advanced workout calendar. You do not need any equipment for her workouts except a yoga mat if you would prefer. She explains the common POP Pilates Vocabulary and what each word means (for example what a pilates C-curve is). She talks about clean eating and shares her typical daily meal plan. She talks about how much water to drink and goal setting.

Then she moves to Part 2 which is called the seasons. There are 4 sections-Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Each seasons section has 5 workout, and each workout has a couple exercises with very good descriptions and pictures. She also shares seasonal recipes and pictures for each season. Like I said, they did a beautiful job with all the pictures in this book!

I was a little confused by the book description online that states this book has 20 full length workouts. There is no dvd that comes with this book. The book has all the workouts and exercises so you can follow her suggested calendar on page 18.

This book has 255 pages in it and I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting ideas for fitness workouts and eating clean.

I received this book complimentary from BloggingforBooks in exchange for my honest review on my blog and social media. All opinions are my own.

Hot Body Year Round is your ULTIMATE exercise and nutrition guide to living a fit, happy, and healthy life while sculpting your HOTTEST body.

Cassey will show you how to stay motivated throughout the year, no matter what the challenges are. You will get:
– 120 of Cassey’s BEST total body transforming exercises
– The complete POP Pilates exercise library – fully photographed and easy to follow
– 20 full length workouts
– 40 brand new, ridiculously delicious & nutritious recipes
– Foods for beautiful hair, skin, and nails
– 4 complete clean eating meal plans & grocery lists that complement each season
– Cassey’s personal daily meal plan
– Motivational tips to stay inspired year-round
– 256 pages of full color, glossy inspiration

About the Author
Cassey Ho is an internationally renowned, award-winning fitness instructor and online personality. She is the creator of Blogilates, the #1 female fitness channel on Youtube with over 200 million video views and 2 million subscribers. In a revolutionary partnership, Cassey’s unique format, POP Pilates© which launched on Youtube in 2009, is now being turned into a live class that can be taken at 24 Hour Fitness gyms nationally beginning in 2015. She’s also the star of her own top selling POP Pilates DVDs at Target stores. Cassey is the designer of an activewear collection, BODYPOP Active which launched in Fall 2014. Her designs feminine silhouettes and colorful palettes have proven to be extremely popular.

Cassey’s blog, blogilates.com, was named the top healthy living blog by Fitness Magazine in 2012 and, recently, she took home the Streamy Award for Best Health and Wellness Channel for 2014. Greatist named her one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the world in Health and Fitness for 2015. She has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show, Extra, The Steve Harvey Show, The Wendy Williams Show and in Shape, Fitness, Cosmopolitan, and Seventeen magazines, among many others.

You can buy it from amazon here:

When I was exploring the Blogilates.com website, I found some FREE, really nice 30 day workout challenges! Check out this arm one:
http://www.blogilates.com/blog/2015/03/30/30-day-sleek-arms-challenge/

Have you heard of Cassey Ho before? Check out her book or website and let me know what you think!