From an elite Special Operations physical trainer, an ingeniously simple, rapid-results, do-anywhere program for getting into amazing shape. As the demand for Special Operations military forces has grown over the last decade, elite trainer Mark Lauren has been at the front lines of preparing nearly one thousand soldiers, getting them lean and strong in record
From an elite Special Operations physical trainer, an ingeniously simple, rapid-results, do-anywhere program for getting into amazing shape.
As the demand for Special Operations military forces has grown over the last decade, elite trainer Mark Lauren has been at the front lines of preparing nearly one thousand soldiers, getting them lean and strong in record time. Now, for regular Joes and Janes, he shares the secret to his amazingly effective regimen—simple exercises that require nothing more than the resistance of your own bodyweight to help you reach the pinnacle of fitness and look better than ever before.
Armed with Mark Lauren’s motivation techniques, expert training, and nutrition advice, you’ll see rapid results by working out just thirty minutes a day, four times a week—whether in your living room, yard, garage, hotel room, or office. Lauren’s exercises build more metabolism-enhancing muscle than weightlifting, burn more fat than aerobics, and are safer than both, since bodyweight exercises develop balance and stability and therefore help prevent injuries. Choose your workout level—Basic, 1st Class, Master Class,and Chief Class—and get started, following the clear instructions for 125 exercises that work every muscle from your neck to your ankles. Forget about gym memberships, free weights, and infomercial contraptions. They are all poor substitutes for the world’s most advanced fitness machine, the one thing you are never without: your own body.
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Best bodyweight exercise book out there UPDATE: There is now a companion app for iPhone available on the app store! Search for “You Are Your Own Gym” on iTunes. This app goes great with the book since it allows a user to use timers for the workouts.INTROThis is an awesome book with a great introduction using the author’s military experience. I’ve been using the workouts for a short while and already notice my ass getting kicked by stuff I wasn’t doing in the gym.PRO’S* The 10-week workout plans are awesome, and the beginner workouts will challenge strong guys that come from a weight training background. They are written in such a way that a beginner can jump in and get in shape with less than an hour a day (usually 15-30 minutes). They are very detailed and describe which exercises to do on which days. They also describe what type of set/repetition methodology to use, such as: ladders, tabatas, interval sets, etc. Slowly the workouts transition from high-volume/low-intensity…
The trainer of Special Ops gives everyone the tools to get in elite shape The lack of quality editing greatly harms this otherwise wonderful book. Whoever edited the book should have known that to lose weight is not to “loose weight.” But, because the contents of the book are so valuable, I won’t take any stars away from my opinion of it.I’m told a second printing is in the works (may be out by now) and hopefully all these messy things will be fixed. That doesn’t help those who bought the book in its current state, however. Get the second printing if you can wait.Now to the contents of the book . . .I was very impressed by the fact the author, Mark Lauren, says straight out that he doesn’t train movie stars. He trains men and women to survive, to be able to function well in life. That’s what’s really needed. The good looks, the great body, come as a side effect but is not the goal.Lauren says, “I want you to understand, unlike many other fitness authors, I do not train movie stars, television celebrities,…