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    You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises
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    You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises

    By Mark Lauren and Joshua Clark

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    About this ebook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateJan 4, 2011
    ISBN9780345528599
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    You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises
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    Mark Lauren

    MARK LAUREN spent 15 years as a military physical-training specialist. Now a personal trainer to civilian men and women of all fitness levels, a triathlete, and a champion Thai boxer, he is the author of the internationally popular body-weight bibles You Are Your Own Gym, Body by You, and Body Fuel.

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    • 4/5
      I had considered myself in good shape. However, after reading "You Are Your Own Gym" by Mark Lauren, I had to reassess my situation. With the encouragement of Mark from his book, and using the app, I have started the 10 week basic course. After 2 weeks, I am noticing a difference in my strength and endurance.I have given the book 4 stars because it did what it was supposed to do - encouraged me to up my fitness level. I can ask no more of it than that.
    • 3/5
      I read the text, it explained things fairly straight-forward. I'm not sure the author's preference for body-weight exercises was fully explained, but it didn't reek of pseudo-science or anecdata as a lot of this kind of book do.

      The book itself is much more of a reference work, since the real value is in the index of exercises and the program that builds individual exercises into sets and builds weeks of this into a long-term plan.
    • 3/5
      A few caveats before I say anything about this book: I am not a fitness guy. I'm not in great shape and I don't exercise daily. But I have gone through a number of periods where I've managed to go from rather poor shape to pretty decent shape through a bit of hard work (okay, sometimes a lot more than a "bit"). I've tried a good number of approaches and found some I like and a lot that I don't like.

      Having said all that, my one long time consistent preference has been for simplicity and lack of overhead (whether gym membership costs, equipment or whatever). Given that, I've always had a strong preference for bodyweight exercises and have occasionally sought out any decent books on the matter. Up until recently, the best I had seen were usually of the boot-camp workout variety, though I had seen a few decent looking, older books on calisthenics (it seems like such a dated term lately).

      So, when I passed by this on the new arrivals shelf at the library, I grabbed it, flipped through it a bit and was immediately interested. Within a couple days, I went and got my own copy. The main reason for this is that it covers a lot of bodyweight exercises I had never seen before. It even gave me a few new ideas and variations for some I already knew fairly well.

      The unfortunate side is this: as with nearly every other exercise book I've ever picked up (at least in the last couple of decades), the writing and style of presentation are terribly. It's clearly designed to sell to a specific audience. And unfortunately, I can't say it's an audience I'd ever want to claim to be part of.

      But still, if you like bodyweight exercises -- and you really should, if you have any interest in staying or getting in shape -- you should pick this up and see if it teaches you anything new.
    • 4/5
      Contained is some very effective routines to keep your workout going at home, the office, or anywhere without the need for regular equipment.
    • 4/5
      Gutes Buch, man muss es nur umsetzen.
    • 4/5
      Although I still prefer lifting weights in most cases (over bodyweight exercises), the author here does make some good points out bodyweight exercises. They are, of course, always available -- good when you're traveling -- and tend to be excellent in terms of improving functional movement and core fitness. (That said, free weights allow for much easier progression, which is absolutely key to improving strength and building muscle.) The list of exercises is impressive, and I plan to try some of these out the next time I'm away from a gym and want to get some workouts in. The author's knowledge of the concepts of progression, periodization, and strength training is clear. Probably the best bodyweight exercise book I'm aware of. Recommended if you would like to make use of bodyweight exercises to improve or maintain fitness.
    • 5/5
      I have to echo buchowl's review! I'm a bodyweight exercises novice, but You Are Your Own Gym has been a great introduction. I've been a member of a gym for a long time, but since I took on a new job I haven't had time. A friend recommended the book to me, and it has taken my workout to a new level. After three weeks of 20 minute sessions five days a week, I've already noticed new definition in my arms and legs. Each of Lauren's exercises includes tips to take it up or down a notch, so I can work at my own pace. The militaristic tone doesn't bother me as much as some recurring grammatical errors ("loose" instead of "lose") but I contacted the publisher (yes, I'm serious about grammar) and learned that the mistakes will be corrected in the next batch of books, due out in a few weeks. Grammar nit-picking aside, I've been extremely pleased with this book. He lays out eight different 20 minute workouts and within each workout, you can choose from a variety of exercises and tailor them to your own needs/goals. Although I personally have no military experience, Lauren's special ops training gives me confidence in his methods and results. Highly recommended!
    • 5/5
      I hope I don't sound too much like an infomercial but this is could be the last workout book you ever need. Mark Lauren drew on his military training to put together the most complete collection of bodyweight exercises I have ever seen. What's so great about bodyweight exercises? Well, if you use bodyweight your gym is always with you and ready to go. And for those who have objections of bodyweight exercises being boring or not challenging enough Lauren will put an end to that thinking. There are 111 exercises in this book going from the very easy to the impossibly difficult so boring/not challenging won't be an issue. Exercises are well explained and demonstrated plus detailed photos of not only the exercises but the muscles you are working out with a particular set of exercises. There are also ready -made workout programs in the back of the book (although Lauren encourages you to make up your own workout program). Refreshingly devoid of ANY sales pitch for a product he is trying to sell, Lauren even gives recommendations of regular household items that can be used to enhance a workout. Well thought out and nicely put together, this is a book for the no nonsense fitness buff (or those who inspire to be one). Only complaints about the book are the heavily military flavor (yes, Mark, we know you are a stud but enough already) and the fact that the female demonstrator in the book is heavily made up. No way is this woman really going to sweat without a big mess (reminds me of the fifties where housewives are depicted in dresses and high heels as they clean -ugh) although kudos for not having her is an embarrassingly skimpy workout outfit. That said it is a great book and one I would recommend to anyone - man or woman - who is serious about getting fit.