Hot Body Year Round by Cassey Ho

Hello reiders! It is summer time and that means reading and eating delicious food! Yet, we also got to keep not only our imaginations active but our bodies as well! This is the perfect time to read Cassey Ho's book, Hot Body Year Round. Reiders, it's seriously the best fitness book out there! It's written with love by Cassey Ho, Blogilates.com fitness guru, who has placed encouragement notes secretly within the pages of her book, simple but effective workouts, plus fun and delectable recipes for reader's to use to help find their happy place with their body.  Don't wait for next year for that hot body, get it now! 

What It's About 

Cassey Ho, internationally renowned fitness instructor, is known for her irresistibly popular workout videos which have been shared millions of times online. She runs the #1 women's fitness channel on YouTube, Blogilates. Her unique format, POP Pilates© is a fusion of ab-chiseling, butt lifting, total body sculpting exercises that are performed using only your bodyweight. Cassey's personality is bubbly, inspiring, and infectious. But don't let the smile fool you - her workouts will leave you sweating and sore for days. By following Ho's super effective workout plans and clean-eating recipes, you will transform your body towards a stronger, sleeker, and happier version of you.

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

My Thoughts  

Yes! I just want to start off by saying that I love Cassey Ho and her Pop Pilates Youtube videos. They are so fun that you literally forget that you are working out (until you are reminded from the crazy intense burning sensation that your legs or other body parts are feeling from the workouts).  Cassey is the type of instructor you want.  She is encouraging, fun and wants people to achieve their full potential and I totally see that personality  throughout the book that she made. 

The quailty of the book is top notch.  It's glossy pages and beautiful color scheme make it exciting just to read! This whole purpose of this book is to Plan, Eat Clean, And Live Happy in Every Season. So what I really liked was that for every season there was a list of foods that were in season for grocery shopping, and new meals for each season.  This book almost feels like Cassey Ho is holding your hand and encouraging you on this walk to happiness with one's self.  From the detailed notes to the helpful tips Cassey did not cut corners when it came to creating this book for her fellow blogilates followers, or just a new person picking up this book from Target. 

I loved the recipes! They were soooo good! Plus, the workouts were so easy to understand and I just loved the extra detail of the different backgrounds that she chose for each season. For spring, she was pictured doing the exercises in a field of flowers, for summer she was on a beach, etc.  This book is just loaded with fun, creative ideas that make it pop and come to life! It makes me excited to work out and cook healthy meals that are good for my body.  She even has special guidelines for beginners and lays out meal plans for those just beginning this new lifestyle.  

I also love how she ends each season with an encouraging specialized letter to the reader.  It just shows how much she cares about the individual using her book.  Cassey Ho clearly wants people to succeed and I think she has provided the right amount of tools to enable people to find strength to be the person they want to be. In other words we're learning to Train like Beast, Look like a Beauty. 

Rating: 5 out of 5 bookshelves 
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

About the Author 

Cassey Ho is an international renowned award-winning fitness guru and online personality with hundreds of millions of viewers.  As a certified Pilates and group fitness instructor, she is the creator of the POP Pilates format and certification program, a DVD star, the founder/writer of Blogilates.com, and the designer of BODYPOP Activewear, her own line of high-fashion, high-intensity workout wear. 

Link to Author's: Website, Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads
Purchase the book: Amazon and B&N (also available at Target)

Happy Reading~! 

In His Grace, 
Taylor Reid