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You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises [Kindle Edition]

Mark Lauren
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From an elite Special Operations physical trainer, an ingeniously simple, rapid-results, do-anywhere program for getting into amazing shape
 
For men and women of all athletic abilities!

 
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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About the Author

Mark Lauren has effectively prepared over 700 trainees for the extreme physical demands of the most elite levels of the special operations community. He is a Military Physical Training Specialist, Special Operations Combat Controller, triathlete, and mixed martial artist. Lauren broke, and still holds, the Department of Defense s long standing “underwater record by swimming 133 meters, on one breath, subsurface, for 2 minutes and 23 seconds, until losing consciousness. He lives in Tampa Bay, Florida.


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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 5778 KB
  • Print Length: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (4 Jan 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004GTLFNW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #6,222 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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71 of 71 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book, Amazing Results 25 Mar 2011
By dfeg
Format:Paperback
Ultimately an exercise book has to be judged by the results. And the results have been fantastic.

The start of the book is mainly about the how and why the exercises work. In short by using your body weight you can exercise anywhere and by changing leverage/ angles of exercises they can be made easier or much much harder. The idea is you exercise regularly, build muscle and this muscle burns calories 24 hours a day.

The book has a detailed exercise section with a huge amount of exercises, images and good descriptions. You can either take these and make your own workout or follow one of his programs in the back. I did the latter and have loved it. I've lost inches and gained a huge amount of definition. The workout are no more then 30 minutes and mainly split into push, pull, core, legs. If you take it seriously and push yourself when you are doing it you will get results and you will know about it the next day.

One thing to add, I've got a basic pull-up bar at home (£13 in argos). I've found this has been really helpful. Between using this, a chair, a towel or any combination of the three I've been able to tackle any exercise i've come across so far. You can do it without one but having one has definitely made it easier.

Fantastic book.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Early signs really promising. 21 Feb 2012
By BenBag
Format:Paperback
I have done body building for years and considered myself to be relatively fit. But since I've ditched the weights and started the 1st Class program I have realised what a waste of time lifting heavy weights really is. I am only on week 4 and have shed 5 kilos in this time period, but as the author points out,it's not really about how much you weigh but rather how you look, which is why I have stopped weighing myself regularly. I now realise how foolish I have been to neglect my core for so long, but I have been most impressed with my overall fitness. I will continue to use this book for the rest of my life and I recommend it to anybody who wants to improve their general fitness.
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65 of 68 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE this book 20 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback
Having been a gym-rat for many years now, this is a welcome addition to my bookshelf.

Well written, clear & concise. I have found the exercises challenging and effective.

I disagree with the previous reviewer in that many of the exercises rely exclusively on yur own body weight and the rest require the most basic of equipment (eg a chair - c'mon, everyone has access to a chair!)

In sum, this is a great book for those wanting to get away from the usual gym equipment and into the world of freehand exercising. With 121 different exercises that can be addapted to reduce or increase difficulty, this book provides a framwork for constructing complete workout programs for people of all ages and abilities.

Highly recommended.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Well presented
Well written and presented with photos showing plain and simply the steps in each exercise. Be warned, when he states its harder than it looks it really is! Read more
Published 2 hours ago by feralmunky
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!!!
I really enjoy his writing style and the stories that he gives while at the same time keeping the content full of information and facts. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Loreny
5.0 out of 5 stars you are your own gym
I am very happy with my order, it came very quickly in the post and it has some great exercise ideas that you dont even have to go to the gym to do! love it!
Published 24 days ago by joanne tyacke
4.0 out of 5 stars Great advice - but.. equipment needed
This book has a lot to recommend it, but he does ask you to use a lot of home equipment and space which many in the UK may not have. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Des
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference book
Purchased this book to give me ideas for home workouts with limited fitness equipment. Loads of different exercises and all body parts covered, also gives general lifestyle advice.
Published 1 month ago by James Burton
4.0 out of 5 stars .
Good value, shows lots of exercises where you don't need any extra equipment and explains how to do each one.
Published 1 month ago by Robyn Savage
4.0 out of 5 stars Really works
Fantastic book. I thought I was fit but this really makes the body work. Love that you can just do it at home with no equipment, just using higher or lower surfaces to increase the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mark Cursiter
5.0 out of 5 stars Game Changer
Great Book!! How to be really top shape without spending hours at it and doing pointless exercises. Author has special forces background and yet good personal easy to read manner. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Anthony Warren
5.0 out of 5 stars Straightforward....
I bought this e-book after a recommendation from a fitness website and do not regret the purchase. The book is well written and has clear, concise definitions (and photographs) of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Graham Mountford
4.0 out of 5 stars Am I?
Strained my wrist picking this book up, so needed to read it, now I can turn the pages, proving it works!
Published 2 months ago by Mr. K. Hobbs
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Each muscle group only needs to be worked once a week. While the program splits them into four sections: Push, Pull, Core, and Legs, you can also replicate a standard gym training regimen. Break your muscles up into: · Shoulders (8 to 12 sets) · Triceps (6 to 9 sets) · Chest (8 to 12 sets) · Lats (8 to 12 sets) · Biceps and forearms (6 to 9 sets) · Core (6 to 9 sets) · Thighs (8 to 12 sets) · Calves (8 to 12 sets) &quote;
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Daily, we should aim to consume 1 – 1.5 grams of protein per pound of ideal bodyweight, with the rest of our calories coming from an even split of good carbs and fats. &quote;
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Your real home is not your apartment or your house or your city or even your country, but your body. It is the only thing you, your soul and your mind, will always live inside of so long as you walk the earth. It is the single most important physical thing in this world you can take care of. &quote;
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