You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises for Men and Women
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- ISBN13: 9780971407619
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Product Description
Providing the only exercise equipment anyone will ever need again, this guide presents to the public, for the first time, the most elite Special Operations fitness exercises to fit their schedule and their wallet. Providing the most effective, efficient, inexpensive, and convenient routine for exercise available, this simple program requires no gym or weightsonly the human body. For thousands of yearsfrom Ancient Greece’s Olympic athletes to tomorrow’s U.S. Special Forceshumanity’s greatest physical specimens have not relied on fitness centers or dumbbells, but have rather utilized their own bodies as the most advanced fitness machines ever created. These 107 exercises are presented in a clear, concise, and complete manner for men and women of all athletic ability levels.
You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises for Men and Women
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Received this book as a gift. Felt that the spelling errors were very annoying and detracted from my enjoyment of the book. Some examples:
P.28: 4th paragraph “Loosing weight…”
P.28: 5th paragraph “prevent the loss of muscle by loosing weight” and at end of page under “Key Points for Weight Loss”, it says “Loose .5-1.5 lbs per week”.
P.29: “shift your focus to loosing body fat”.
P.38: “people often starve themselves in order to loose weight”.
P.43: “loosing 15 pounds” and “switch to loosing fat”
P.44: “Loose .5 lbs”
Decided to return the book. Will consider purchasing a subsequent printing once the errors have been corrected.
Rating: 3 / 5
I received this book just 3 days ago. I have not yet started any of the exercises regimes. The stuff on nutrition is a little sparse and I think some of it is not correct, but I didn’t buy the book to learn about nutrition. Mark does not recommend any equipment in this book except a chinning bar. I think that is too Spartan. I think many of the exercise can be improved with a minimal amount of equipment, such as a jump rope, medicine ball and stability ball.
Pictures are okay, but more time could have been spent on that part of the book(increased cost, I guess).
My general impression thus far is that this will be a very useful tool in structuring more formal workouts than I have done in the past. I like Mark’s approach to bodyweight exercise and I will have more feedback a month or so down the road.
I would recommend this book for beginners(I am one), but cannot say if the exercises would also attract more conditioned athletes than myself.
If you are into bodyweight exercises and calithethics, i would buy this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is an excellent book that provides the right level of information to get yourself on the road to great health. It makes sense and provides a road map for exercising that anyone can afford and follow. As a life long exerciser this book is helping me reach the next level and do it at home with my family. Recommend you chuck the local Gym membership and move to a much better option. The exercises cover all major muscle groups and give you multiple options to always keep it fresh.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have spent countless dollars buying exercise magazines trying to compile a body weight workout. Needless to say this book would have saved me a lot of time and hassle. This book is absolutely all you need to get into the best shape of your life. It sounds like a big claim but you really don’t need weights or a gym to get cut.
Rating: 5 / 5
I found these body weight exercise programs great for people who would rather work out at home with a minimum amount of equipment. Also his suggestions on using different types of set and rep combos brought some needed flare to my workouts.
Rating: 5 / 5