Authors: Lou Schuler, Jeff Volek, Michael Mejia, Andy Campbell
ISBN-13: 9780743237918, ISBN-10: 0743237919
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: January 2003
Edition: Reprint
Lou Schuler and Adam Campbell are, respectively, fitness editor and health and nutrition editor at Men's Health magazine, the world's leading men's fitness magazine.
Eat Like A Man. Look Like A Man.
For years now, people have insisted that you should avoid the foods you love. For years, they've maintained that if you want total health, you won't find it in the weight room...that you're supposed to jog your way to maximum fitness. And for years, the supposed know-it-alls have been sending the message that testosterone--the most basic of hormones that makes you a man--is bad, bad, bad.
In the meantime, American men have kept getting fatter and more frustrated. Which is why we've looked into all this. And on the basis of what we've learned, we believe the know-it-alls are wrong, wrong, wrong.
The Testosterone Advantage Plan(tm) is about realizing your full potential--as a man. We'll show you how nature intended for you to eat. We'll give you a cutting-edge workout regimen that will help you attain the shape you've always admired--the shape women lust after. We'll explain how you can boost your testosterone levels naturally, without supplements of any kind. Finally, we'll tick off the long list of benefits you'll likely reap in terms of energy and enthusiasm, power and potency, confidence and charisma.
This much you know: What you've done in the past hasn't worked. Why not try it our way? You have everything to gain--and nothing to lose except your gut.
Author Biography: Lou Schuler and Adam Campbell are, respectively, fitness editor and health and nutrition editor at Men's Health magazine, the world's leading men's fitness magazine.
If you can plow your way past the chest thumping here, you'll find that this nine-week plan for men is actually a Mediterranean diet, modified with increased animal protein and low glycemic carbohydrates on a three-meal, two-snack daily eating plan, combined with strength training. Lacking are recently revised guidelines on lower triglyceride levels, saturated fat percentages, and increased daily total fat allowances. The authors also slam programs recommending aerobics for weight loss when most, in fact, have been emphasizing strength training for many years. However, more than 100 pages of well-illustrated exercises at three levels are included, as are sample menus and shopping lists. Definitely a guy's guide, from contributors to Men's Health magazine. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Acknowledgments | xiii | |
Introduction | xv | |
Part 1 | ||
Chapter 1 | Our Burgers, Ourselves | 3 |
Chapter 2 | Why Almost Everything You Know about Fitness Is Probably Dead Wrong | 21 |
Chapter 3 | The Cardio Conundrum | 31 |
Chapter 4 | Testosterone: A Man's Key to Getting and Staying Fit | 45 |
Part 2 | ||
Chapter 5 | The Men's Health T | 57 |
Chapter 6 | The Meat/Muscle Connection | 61 |
Chapter 7 | The Manly Fats | 77 |
Chapter 8 | Carbohydrate Revisited | 88 |
Chapter 9 | Putting Together the Food Plan | 94 |
Chapter 10 | When You Eat, and Why It Matters | 105 |
Chapter 11 | The 1-Week Meal Planner | 114 |
Part 3 | ||
Chapter 12 | Introduction to the Testosterone Advantage Workout | 155 |
Chapter 13 | Getting Ready to Lift | 166 |
Chapter 14 | The Testosterone Advantage Workout: Phase 1 | 198 |
Chapter 15 | The Testosterone Advantage Workout: Phase 2 | 226 |
Chapter 16 | The Testosterone Advantage Workout: Phase 3 | 256 |
Chapter 17 | Life at the Top | 285 |
About the Authors | 295 | |
Index | 297 |