Review: Derek Doepker the Motivator
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
For all the health and fitness guidebooks available few are as practically minded and down to earth as this brief, immensely readable one by Derek Doepker. Founder of the Excuse Proof Fitness, he uses this book to reorient our thinking about the way we approach everything and in that everything is health and fitness Hacking our behavior blueprint, our consciousness, our habits, our emotions, our stress response, our choices and our dedication.After a lengthy introduction offered in his own history of the battle of the bulge, he gets down to the psychology of motivation - real motivation -and how to take the idea to the finish line. Yes there are teasers here, such as `the 6 human needs that dictate all human behavior' (who can NOT pick up this book just for those insights alone?)  and some reality testing about why most diets and `regular cardio workouts' don't work. But the entertaining way Derek shares all of this is what makes the little book work. Incidentally he includes  a photo of his own beautifully sculpted body that backs up everything he has been talking about.As with all of Derek Doepker's publications, this one is a winner. Grady Harp, September 13