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The Fighter's Body: An Owner's Manual : Your Guide to Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Excellence in the Martial Arts | 
 enlarge | Authors: Loren W. Christensen, Wim Demeere
Publisher: Turtle Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 54527
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1880336812
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7148
EAN: 9781880336816
ASIN: 1880336812
Publication Date: August 2003
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Book Description
You have an owner's manual for your car, your stereo and even your blender, so why not your body? The Fighter's Body is exactly that, an owner's manual for your body, the most complex piece of equipment you will ever own. As a martial artist, you have special needs. Have you ever wondered how that latest fad diet might affect your performance on the mat? Ever wanted to take off a few extra pounds? How about putting on muscle without slowing down? Make weight for a tournament? Lose 5 pounds fast? Eat better? Change weight classes? Confused about supplements, vitamins and protein shakes? Can't make sense of the food pyramid? Don't know where to start? Start here. Author Loren Christensen and personal trainer Wim Demeere combine their knowledge of martial arts, weight training, nutrition, diet and exercise to answer your questions and put you on the road to becoming the best martial arts athlete you can be. This book will answer your questions about important topics including: * Why some diets are harmful for martial artists
* How to calculate your protein needs for training
* When and how to use supplements
* How to eat at fast food places and not ruin your diet
* Why it's okay to splurge on "Dirt Day"
* How to safely make weight for a tournament
* Why HIIT training is essential to weight loss
* What to eat on competition days
* How to create a plan that works and stick to it
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Excellent, Approachable, Amazing Reference July 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first book I've read by Mr. Christensen, and I doubt it will be my last.
This book outlines some of the biggest follies in training and dieting that many fighters fall victim too. We'd all like to believe that you can pig out on KFC and kick like Bruce Lee, but this book puts everything in perspective.
Some things in this book are things you've heard a thousand times, like eat your greens. However, some of the things in this book are the light of truth that people have been looking for. Christensen specifically addresses why that guy at the gym who drinks power-shakes, muscle milk and "monster" drinks isn't helping his body out at all, and why YOU can get better results if you mind your diet.
All in all the book is a spectacular reference for fighters of all styles from MMA to Kung Fu. It's written in an easy-to understand fashion, with plenty of humor in it.
A must have for any martial artist, regardless of style.
I give it 4 stars because it can take a bit of a pessimistic tone when it comes to giving people the bottom line. Even still, a great reference!
 A Great Overall Starter Book July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent book to introduce yourself to the world of nutrition and training. This book helps debunk many of the fad diet myths and their "mass marketed misinfommercials". It also gives the novice a staring point to begin their traing as well as provide details for those more advanced in their training to add variety to the diet and workouts. A Recommended Read!!!
 So so. June 25, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book doesn't really provide anything of substance. It's written in a rather specious style interspersed with occasional bits of humor.
It could've been made better by actually making reccomendations rather than providing generic advice about things. I didn't come away from the book feeling like I actually learnt anything new.
This book has more than a few pages, and probably could've been used more constructively rather than endless anecdotes. Not so much 'an owner's manual' as the title suggests. More of a: we'll tell you what you've already been told before, and has been printed many times before, except we make a few jokes here and there.
very helpful book April 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Practical advice for anyone active. I loved the style of writing, it was very easy to read, as if a friend were just speaking openly about nutrition to you. It's be no means dumbed down though, just put into a very user-friendly and understandable context.
Helpful hints for changing weight division, maintaining muscle growth and keeping your body in good condition in general, as well as tips on a number of pitfalls specific to fighters.
What I loved most was how practical their approach was. This is not one of the many miracle-diet books, they are very open and honest about the work involved in keeping your condition. They also understand that a fighter, like everyone else, is a human being and once in a while, you need to eat some damn pizza :).
Excellent resource October 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Martial artists require proper training and nutrition to enhance development in their chosen art. The Fighter's Body an Owner's Manual: Your Guide to Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Excellence in the Martial Arts by Loren W. Christensen and Wim Demeere cuts right to the essence of proper diet and exercise to put you on the road to becoming the best martial arts athlete you can be.
Christensen and Demeere outline the essentials of nutrition for martial artists, and provide guidance for losing weight, making weight, and dropping weight fast. They also teach you how to put on weight in the form of powerful muscle. The book ends with chapters on long term planning so you can live and train into old age injury free and tips on the proper mindset for eating and training for the martial artist.
This is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to improve their fitness, and especially the martial artist training to be the best possible.
Reviewed by Alain Burrese, J.D., author, speaker
Hard-Won Wisdom From The School of Hard Knocks, Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, and The Lock On Joint Locking series
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