Review: "50 Simple Shortcuts to lose weight, build muscle and get fit fast!"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
Author Phil Pierce sets the ground rules or fundamentals of his new book right off the bat: `You'll see the term `mental resistance' (and ways to beat it) come up several times in this book. In summary it is the conscious push-back we have in our mind when we think about something difficult, tiring or perceived to be hard work. It's for this very reason that the many lifestyle changes promoted by the myriad diets, self-help gurus and other experts simply won't stick in the long term. They are easy to read about, easy to get excited about in some book or website, but once we examine the process further we realize it requires huge adjustments to our daily life. In general we like our life the way it is; our brain craves stability and doesn't want this to change. When thoughts of a big alterations to our daily existence enter our mind they becomes an obstacle we simply can't overcome. It builds and builds until we discard it altogether. It's for this reason that this guide takes a completely different approach. Yes this book can change your life and massively improve your health, but not by making you undergo drastic changes or forcing you to face pain and suffering. This book focuses on "easy wins". The effective and fast lifestyle changes so simple that you barely even consider them, and ultimately find it easy to introduce them as part of a regular routine.' Or as he progresses he assures us that `routine or systems are key' - admitting that we all are lazy. What he provides is the relatively simple way to alter our lazy routine into a fun and proactive one.Easy stretching exercises, the importance of warm ups, listening to your body, the use of community, music, the power of supersets, interval trains to move your fitness into minutes instead of hours, the importance of hydration, finding the best deal in gyms, using the buddy system, avoid using heavy weights, put on some new workout clothes to give your motivation a kick, pay yourself (reward as money) for sticking to your workouts, utilize audiobooks during workouts, OR do without the gym and just workout at home - workout games on your TV, utilize the social media to share your experience, supercharge your walking, breathing exercises to diminish stress, use workout energy to clean your home, how to approach food to make it work for you instead of against you (big meal in the AM tapering to smaller meals toward evening), organize your refrigerator and kitchen to match your new outlook, select superfoods (a really fine section), the vitamin myth, meditation (NOTE: see his excellent book on how to meditate in just 2 minutes), the importance of sleep, and the advantages of running - for survival of your cardiovascular system, and SMILE. `Planning is key to an effective fitness routine and especially important in establishing long-term healthy paradigms. Look at your daily routine realistically and find the gaps for your exercise then make these part of your calendar as much as visiting the Dentist or going to work.'One of the many reasons Phil Pierce's books work is his simple presentation no BS honesty. He becomes our friend as well as mentor - an honest guy who has our best outcome at heart. The many fine color photographs illustrating his points add visual incentive. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, March 14