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The Fighter's Body: An Owner's Manual : Your Guide to Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Excellence in the Martial Arts

The Fighter's Body: An Owner's Manual : Your Guide to Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and Excellence in the Martial Arts

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Authors: Loren W. Christensen, Wim Demeere
Publisher: Turtle Press
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 reviews
Sales Rank: 20277

Media: Paperback
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Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7

ISBN: 1880336812
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7148
EAN: 9781880336816
ASIN: 1880336812

Publication Date: August 2003
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5 out of 5 stars Great Fundamentals for Nutrition and Exercise   April 28, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Christensen and Dimeer are a couple of class acts. This book covers the fundamentals of Nutrition and basics of exercise for Martial Arts effectivness. No secret diet plans here, just the verifiable fundamentals that work. Oh yeah, and you will have to put effort into your own fitness. No magic bullets. Good stuff.


2 out of 5 stars OK, but meant for martial arts competitors only   March 31, 2007
 2 out of 9 found this review helpful

So much of this book is dedicated to competition. The exercises given are pretty basic, a few new and interesting ideas, nothing tremendous or special. I've read through it cover to cover and while the writing is entertaining it just wasn't suited for me personally. I was looking for more extensive and dynamic exercises, ways to improve all around performance that I wouldn't see other places. This book gives you ideas and tips on improving your performance, but they are run of the mill ideas that you would get from an averagely knowledgeable person.


5 out of 5 stars Motivational   February 3, 2007
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

My wife bought this for me and I read it (all but two chapters on cutting weight) in a single sitting. I've gone back & re-read several chapters & sections. It's hard to give it a better recommendation.
The information contained in the book isn't earth shattering. It's lots of common sense, but it's communicated in a very interesting and motivational manner. It doesn't offer a single magic bullet but instead simply describes the hard work necessary to take off weight and/or put on muscle through exercise, nutrition and rest.
It's a good read and a good reference.



2 out of 5 stars Light overview   December 1, 2006
 2 out of 9 found this review helpful

There's a lot of fluff and useless opinions littered through out the book. Some references to researched material were made but the author didn't expand on them too much. For a person who had never done any reading on this subject matter will find this very easy to read and will have a general understand of what book they should buy next :). For the rest of us that demand more, this book doesn't cut it.


5 out of 5 stars Great supplemant for any martial artist!   March 6, 2006
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

What a great book! As a student of a traditional martial art, I have access to in depth information concerning kata, application of kata, the history of my art, the spiritual concepts important to my art, etc. What I do not always have access to is information about how to train, excercises and stretches that I can use to supplemant my training, and nutritional information that will facilitate my training. While this book does place a certain emphasis on training for tournaments and competition, it is excellent overall, and should be helpful to any martial artist. It is easy to read, and the authors interject humour and personal anctedotes throughout the writing.

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