Basic Training: A Fundamental Guide to Fitness for Men - Hardcover

Giswold, Jon

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9780312192358: Basic Training: A Fundamental Guide to Fitness for Men

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312192355 ISBN 13: 9780312192358

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1998

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Complete with photographs throughout, this comprehensive guide to fitness and health provides men with the fundamentals of living a healthy lifestyle, exercising properly, and designing a personalized workout program. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

So here's a question: you're a guy who's inundated with images of men whose rippling muscles are being used to sell everything from Abercrombie & Fitch shirts to Men's Health magazine. You'd like to have muscles like that, but you've never worked out and have no clue how to begin. Where do you turn?

Basic Training is as good a place as any. It explains the fitness nomenclature, tells you exactly how and where to begin, and offers a very realistic view of just how fast you should expect your progress to be. (Not very, but the book still enumerates the many reasons why you should begin the journey, including immune-system improvements and stronger bones.)

The descriptions of exercises are more conversational and detailed than any you'll find, and the photos by David Morgan offer very clear illustrations of the moves. One word of warning: those photos--including close-ups of bulging shorts and bare gluteals--will probably be as big a turn-off to some readers as they will be motivational to others. --Lou Schuler

About the Author:

Jon Giswold is a highly successful aerobics instructor and personal trainer described by the Daily News as a "guru." He is best known for his work with New York's most prominent fitness centers, including the Reebok Sports Club/NY. He has been featured in five fitness videotapes and in many national and international magazines.

David Morgan has been a commercial photographer in New York since 1975. During the last decade his popular fine-art images celebrating the male figure have been available worldwide through prints, posters, and greeting cards.

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