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Title: When Working Out Isn't Working Out: A Mind/Body Guide to Conquering Unidentified Fitness Obstacles by Michael Gerrish ISBN: 0-312-19959-7 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book really made me think.
Comment: I held off on buying this book at first, mostly because I assumed it was for exercise dropouts or people who couldn't lose weight. I was wrong. This book can be of tremendous help to advanced exercisers, too.
I'm a 29 year old male, 6'0", 185 lbs. I work out regularly (5-6 times per week) and have done so for about ten years. Prior to reading this book, I tried just about every diet and exercise program imaginable, but had never been able to get my body fat below 14% Although 14% is considered fairly low for someone my age, it isn't as low as it should be, considering how hard (and how long) I've trained. It wasn't until I read this book that I discovered: 1) I was not training right for my body type (Ayuvedic body type "Kapha"); 2) I was ignoring (or forgetting) important workout-related details (I have symptoms of attention deficit disorder); 3) My adrenal function may have suffered as the result of using the wrong type (or dose) of a medication (Hydrocortisol); 4) I injured my shoulder by moving too quickly, and in the wrong way, with too much weight; 5) I'm insulin-sensitive (I'd often eat "high-glycemic" foods that decreased my fat-burning rate); and 6) I suffer from "snack amnesia," which caused me, without even realizing it, to eat too much between meals. I found out a whole lot of other things, too, but these were my main UFO's (Unidentified Fitness Obstacles). The happy ending to this story is that for the first time in my life, my body fat percentage is now below 10%! Now that I've followed the author's advice, I eat MORE and don't gain weight! I'm also a lot more focused and have more energy when I work out. This book gets a huge thumbs-up from me. I must say, I was surprised.
Rating: 5
Summary: When Working Out Isn't Working Out
Comment: Michael Gerrish shares his rare combination of deep technical knowledge, compassionate caring, goofy humor, and more than anything, his personal experiences with the challenge of wrestling his own body into shape. "When Working Out Isn't Working Out" includes a wealth of resources and motivating tips to guide the way towards fitness for any of us mere mortals.
Sure, I can read a book about the weight training method du jour, or about someone's latest research on no protein, no carb, no fat (!) nutrition, but where else will I find information that connects sleep apnea, or Attention Deficit Disorder, with my lack of so called will power? This book helps me to be gentler to myself. In the dead of winter I now see that maybe those grey skies and short days are what's got me sleeping through my morning jog, rather than that I am a worthless slug who can't stick to my workout schedule. I have new knowledge, and can make a point to get out in the sun more often.
Read this one, and find out your own personal UFO's. Your body and mind will thank you!
Rating: 5
Summary: This book saved my body of being fat forever
Comment: This book has solved years of frustration becuase I have been working out for years and years and for that amount of time have done nothing. Were still fat and unfit. The people who trained me were worried for the nutrition and the trainings. Have tried dozens of diets and routines for years, and nothing happened. Those were not the problems, but no one could see which one were; even by myself. This book is not about training secrets, or nutrition tips. Is about knowing yourself and identify those little things that can ruin all you are working for. I you are going nowhere, not because you cannot add more muscle, but because you cannot begin to add muscle, or when you begin to progress suddenly something happens that makes you lose it all; then, this reading is a must. There are a lot of other books out there to help you build excellent routines and nutrition programs, but this is the only one to help you with problems you cannot imagine existed. If you pay fot the gym, supplements, trainers, food and muscle mags. Why not spend some bucks to make sure everything is perfect in your trainings, nutrition and yourself? The worse thing can happen is to realize that nothing on the book were intended for you, and that are going to be good news. After a year, I am thin and muscular for the first time of my life. And all I needed were in one page of the book. Are you willing to take the risk of not reading it?
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