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Summary: Great Collection of Wisdon
Review: Even before I bought this book, I knew that it would be a varied assortment of wisdom from Royce and advisors. But, when creating your own excercise routine, everyone does the same thing; you continue doing what works best for you. Royce has brought together everything that has made him the person he has become. Diet, simple excercies, strethcing etc are what seperate the competitors from the champions.The book was general in most cases, but had some interesting comments on "bringing it all together". If you want to be a champ, you must learn from champs - and Royce is the ultimate champ. Can't wait for Superfit II.
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Summary: Very informative read!
Review: He provides a couple secrets from Brazil such as ACAI and GUARANA, two fruits full of energy found only in the Amazon rainforest.
Unlike other books on the subject of martial arts, Royce Gracie explains both the physical and spirtual side of the art. “Royce Gracie is the baddest man on the planet. If everybody trained like Royce, everybody would be a champion.” —Oscar de La Hoya, Olympic boxing gold medalist and World Boxing Champion
I'd recommend reading the book and ordering some guarana powder!
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Summary: not very good
Review: I am a huge fan of royce gracie and i was awaiting to get this book for a long time. however as soon as i opened it up i realized that it was nothing but a rehash of popular gym wisdom. approximately 90% of this book is pictures of royce doing various exercises e.g. bicep curls,incline presses, static stretches etc,etc,. the rest of book just shows you how to oranize a program with these exercises depending on your current level of fitness.Lastly the explanation of the famous gracie diet is pathetic its only 2 pages long. all in all skip this book and go for something else
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Summary: The Best Workout Guide--Period
Review: I don't practice martial arts, but I found this book to be the most sensible, attractive, and easy-to-follow workout book I have used. Both the photos and instructions are so clear. I've seen Royce Gracie fight, and now I know where his incredible stamina comes from. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to stay in awesome shape for life.
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Summary: The Best Workout Guide--Period
Review: I was hoping this book would be more jiu-jitsu specific, with drills and exercises designed to improve my guard, sprawling, throwing etc. Instead, however, it's just the same-old stuff you'll find in any fitness book. There is a chapter on getting ready for fights, and a couple of pages on the Gracie diet, but this book is mostly just pictures of Royce gracie doing various simple exercises while wearing a flashy Atama rash guard.
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Summary: 90% Fitness book. 10% Jiu jitsu book.
Review: I was hoping this book would be more jiu-jitsu specific, with drills and exercises designed to improve my guard, sprawling, throwing etc. Instead, however, it's just the same-old stuff you'll find in any fitness book. There is a chapter on getting ready for fights, and a couple of pages on the Gracie diet, but this book is mostly just pictures of Royce gracie doing various simple exercises while wearing a flashy Atama rash guard.
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Summary: Ultimate book - Two Thumbs Up
Review: This is the Ultimate book for conditioning. Royce Gracie shows a program that is directed to the Martial artist. With the help of James Strom who trains Keyshawn Johnson and Serena Wlliams, Royce goes on showing simple exercises that anyone can do, including some modern stuff. Most of the exercises you do not need any machines so it is perfect for people who do not have access to a gym or anything. There are no magical Wow exercises that no one can do. They are simple stuff with some twists and some clever variations. They point out specific tips that greatly hepld me do them properly. They start out by showing stretching with beginners and advanced and then show specific stretching for elite advanced fighters as well. The stretches are demonstrated in sequence so you can develop a routine. They then go on to providing you with workout routines for beginners, intermediate and advanced. Complete routines that anyone can follow. The layout and schematics of the book with its icons etc makes it very easy to follow. The programs is where other books have failed before but Royce and James give well structured complete programs. They then go on to cover the Gracie Diet and even include several weeks of Royce's own daily eating meals so you can see how to follow the diet. What I liked most about this book is that i can do just about everything that Royce showed, but I did not have a guide or a program to put the exercises together and that was were I failed and now I have it! This is a great book and I have to give it a big two thumbs up. Well done!
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Summary: Nothing Special
Review: Unless you have no knowledge of weight lifting, this book is of no use to you. Yes, it does have an awesome stretching routine, but that doesn't justify the price of this book. The weightlifting is nothing special, mainly dumbbell work and plyometrics. All the weightlifting info can be found free if you have access to the internet and an hour to kill. The stretching routine is mainly a gymnastics routine. Its main goal is enabling you to do the splits. If you go to your local library and pick up a book on gymnastics then you'll get a routine that is almost the same.
All in all this is a well organized book with tons of detailed picture. It's a great book for the NOVICE WEIGHTLIFTER. My only suggestion is not to the 3 set of 12 reps for any given exercise. Do 2 set of 25 reps each and you'll have better results. You won't get as strong but you'll be stronger longer.
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