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What better way to start the new year than to get fighting fit? Major Sam McGrath of the legendary Parachute Regiment has put together this easy to use and inspirational exercise guide that is perfect for everyone - from the couch potato civilian to the aspiring Para recruit. Major McGrath previously ran the selection course for the Parachute Regiment - the brutal 'P' Company and he draws on his vast experience to create a step-by-step guide to improving fitness through easy to follow exercise programmes. But this is more than just an exercise guide - it offers advice on how to choose a gym or personal trainer as well as healthy eating. The book also sets out five aspirational challenges for readers to aim for if they follow the exercise programmes including a 10 mile race and the gruelling Fan Dance around the Brecond Beacons. If you can do that then you know you really are Para Fighting Fit! "
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is easily the best fitness book I've ever read. Don't be put off by the daunting title, the book is brilliantly written and has something for everyone regardless of your fitness level. The book draws heavily on the parachute regiment's approach to training; widely regarded as one of the toughest fighting forces in the world. It first explains how and why the paras train in a particular way; which really brings to life how fitness is much more than having a flat stomach and being able to run up hills carrying a heavy back pack. It then explains how fitness is developed which has given me the confidence to have a go at creating my own fitness programmes. The book has 6 programs which cater for all fitness levels - the idea being that you complete one ready for the next. All of the exercises within the programs are well illustrated making it very simple to understand. There are also some excellent sections on motivation and goal setting - the best I've seen in any fitness book. Throughout the book there are some excellent examples of how the paras have performed on the battlefield each with a poignant message. I read this book over a weekend it's is so easy to read and was delighted with what I'd learnt. I now have the utmost respect for the Paras - they really are cut from a different cloth. I can't recommend this book more strongly. It's no surprise to me that Major McGrath was trusted with selecting the future generation of paras - he clearly knows his stuff and cares deeply for his trade.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Every year after Xmas I get myslf down to the gym with the hoards. Every year I complain about it how it bores me to death so luckily someone got me this as a gift. It is so much better, well structured, easy to understand and really inspiring that there is a real person behind it who has shown in the real world what exercise like this can do for you. Hopefully I can get myself fit like Major McGrath.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great book, very easy to read. I finished it over a weekend and it left me motivated and ready to take the necessary steps to achieve my fitness goals. I have recommended this book to all my mates, can't wait to get Para fit!
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Para Fitness and Training Guide
My teenage son is delighted with this book. He is able to improve his fitness and is aware of the importance of warming up and cooling down exercises.
Published 1 month ago by Jenni
An excellent book!
Excellently written, easy to execute and excellent ways to asses one's progress easily. Especially the challenges at the end of the book are very good. Read more
Published 1 month ago by NC
Forget Showoff! This Is Real Thing!
Maj. Sam McGrath deserves kudos for his excellent guidance at becoming fit from your current level.
Excellent photographs, nutrition guide, excercise routines makes the book... Read more
Excellent photographs, nutrition guide, excercise routines makes the book... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Baaz
good book for a good cause
i bought this book about a month ago an it has helped me to be fitter and also gradually more and more confident with myself and around others,
i wasn't to keen on parts of... Read more
i wasn't to keen on parts of... Read more
Published 5 months ago by dnb310
Extremely poor with no real substance. Be very wary of buying.
Reading the reviews for the Para Fitness guide have rather compelled me to add my own. I have to agree with the other negative reviewer that this book is so obviously weak and... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Paul Winterton
A truly inspirational fitness book that really makes you feel you can...
I am really impressed with this book - after years of trying every diet and fitness regime going without much luck I feel I have stumbled on something that really works and taps... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Helen
Don't waste your money
I never write reviews for books I buy off Amazon, but I just had to write one for this book after I saw it had been given 5 stars (most of which I suspect have been written by the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by RobbertL
Brilliant!
A fantastic book! I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of this book and it got be fit enough to handle the Great North Run. Read more
Published 15 months ago by K. E. Flintham
A great fitness book for any ability
With New Years resolutions already broken and with morale and motivation a bit low I decided to purchase this book, and was not disappointed. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Face Man
Inspirational-Go for it!
When my children bought this book as a gift for me - I thought
it played to their sense of humour- I am an over worked, overweight
middle-aged executive and not about to... Read more
it played to their sense of humour- I am an over worked, overweight
middle-aged executive and not about to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by John J.
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