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The Lean Body Promise, Gym Edition (Collins Gem) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lee Labrada
Publisher: Collins Living
Category: Book
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 361217
Media: Paperback
Edition: Min
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 4.6 x 3.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0060853190
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780060853198
ASIN: 0060853190
Publication Date: January 1, 2006
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Regardless of what shape you're in, your age, or how many diets and fitness programs you've tried without success, Lee Labrada would like to make you a promise: there is a lean, strong body inside of you, and you have the power to release it. In The Lean Body Promise, this renowned fitness authority, former Mr. Universe, and trainer to thousands introduces the ultimate body fat–burning solution that will yield startling and dramatic results in just 30 minutes per day, in as few as 12 weeks. Based on revolutionary principles Lee has developed over the past 25 years and which he calls "Banex," or "balanced nutrition and exercise," The Lean Body Promise shows you how to shift your body from "fat–storing" to "fat–burning" mode, feeding lean muscle tissue while simultaneously starving excess body fat. Starting with a 12–week personal improvement challenge, Lee shows you how to continue your journey of physical and mental self–improvement and make changes that will profoundly improve your health and well–being for the rest of your life. Inside, you'll find inspirational stories of ordinary people who experienced extraordinary, life–transforming changes in their bodies by applying the principles in this book. If they did it, so can you! Short, easy–to–follow workouts for the gym or home that will strengthen your heart and lungs, burn body fat, and most important, build muscle. You'll kick your metabolism into high gear, enabling you to melt fat even while you're resting. Lee puts it all together in a day–by–day format that will help you derive maximum results from short workouts.
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 Great October 13, 2008
K. Lane
I read this book and it is great. Everything is sound in what he is teaching. I always worked out but never watched what I ate. This book is helping me get the body I always dreamed of.
 Good book, but still doesn't work July 10, 2008
Erik M. Gholtoghian
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
So far, after 3 years of working out, I've found that even though these books make everything sound logical and pretend it is so easy and works, they really don't. Some people just can't improve their bodies very much regardless of their workouts.
A few things I like about this book though are: the split. It suggests a push, pull, legs/abs split along with cardio. I haven't found a more convenient split. BUT, don't think this split will work wonders and make you gain muscle and better than any other because it won't.
I did the lean body promise to a tee for 2 years, and frankly it doesn't work much if any better than just working out any old way.
Frankly, the big wonderful eating many times a day everyone pretends is a god's gift to bodybuilding hasn't helped me one bit. In fact, I'd almost go so far to say that I had better gains back when I ate 2 maybe 3 meals a day than now, (which is always 4 or more).
This book is pretty good though.
Very Useful For the GYM June 14, 2008
ASH (Bahrain)
This book is designed to be carried in your GYM bag. The size of this book is not bigger than your palm and it has a summary of the original book.
So if you have a previous experience at the GYM and you target to loose weight and get lean in 12 weeks I advice you with this edition, but if you are a biggner and want to loose weight I advice that you buy the original book and buy the 'GYM EDITION' if you want it to be as a reminder for the exercises that you forget.
Former Mr. Universe Promises You Can Have A 'Lean Body' In Less Than 100 Days May 16, 2007
Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Man (Spartanburg, SC)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We've all heard the saying that if you commit to doing something long enough, then it will very quickly become a habit and a regular part of your routine. And that is the secret behind former Mr. Universe Lee Labrada's book entitled The Lean Body Promise: Burn Away Fat and Release the Leaner, Stronger Body Inside You.
I think I love this guy (in a brotherly kind of way, of course!) because he just makes sense. And he should know what he's talking about since he has appeared on magazine covers, on television shows, and headed up an anti-obesity campaign in Houston, Texas. As a world-class bodybuilder, Labrada has seen all the good and the bad when it comes to health and he shares it in this engaging book.
With a natural wit and ability to connect with his reader, Labrada goes through step-by-step what YOU need to do to overcome the mental obstacles that stand in the way of your eventual success, provides examples of people who have been successful to serve as inspiration for your new journey, arm you with ample motivation for getting the job done, providing specifics about the kind of diet you should be eating to attain optimal results, and, of course, give you specific direction about how to workout your body to look and feel better than you ever imagined.
Sounds awesome, doesn't it? But aren't books like The Lean Body Promise just a bunch of marketing hype from people who have never had to deal with being overweight and out of shape? While that's probably true about many such programs, you can sense Labrada takes a personal interest in seeing real success from average everyday people like you and me. I think he really does care about YOUR success and will celebrate with you once you reach your goals.
The chapters in this book zoom by quickly thanks to Labrada's unique conversational style and the very clean formatting. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have his smiling picture looking at you from time to time to encourage you to implement his strategies into your life to change it for the better. It's like he's watching you as your own personal weight and fitness coach!
Easy-to-digest sections in each chapter are followed up by "The Skinny So Far..." to recap the primary points Labrada wanted you to remember. This is an extremely helpful way to reinforce the lessons you have learned so that you'll be well on your way to having that "lean body" he promises in just three months! YOU CAN DO IT!
As someone who has lost nearly 200 pounds on the low-carb lifestyle, I did have a few concerns about Labrada's views about diet in The Lean Body Promise. It wasn't all bad, especially his disdain for sugar and simple carbs, processed foods, trans fats, junk foods, and even those packaged low-fat foods. We totally agree that these are NOT good for you no matter how you slice it.
Where we part company is on the subjects of saturated fat and complex carbs.
Tons of research has come out and will be coming out very soon (remember the names Dr. Jeff Volek and Dr. Stephen Phinney) showing the minimized impact of saturated fat on the body when carbohydrate-restriction is in place. On a low-carb diet, such as Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution (the one I followed), consumption of red meat, egg yolks, bacon, butter, and the like are all extremely healthy for you because the atherogenic impact is minimized.
Actually, what Volek and Phinney have found is those who eat a high-carb diet that is lower in saturated fat content actually have more saturated fat in their blood than those who eat a low-carb diet that is higher in saturated fat content. This is a revolutionary new discovery that's gonna turn everything we've ever known about fat and heart health on its head. It's something the late great Dr. Robert C. Atkins talked about frequently and now the science is catching up to him.
As for the subject of complex carbohydrates, Labrada claims these are not as bad for you as simple carbs because they take more time to be digested and broken down which slows their impact on your blood sugar. While that's true, these carbs are still metabolized in the body as sugar. Even the supposedly "healthy" whole grain foods like oatmeal, brown rice, beans, corn, rice cakes, peas, and whole-grain breads and pastas should be avoided as much as possible to limit insulin spikes.
Despite our differences on these issues, I am still glad to know there are people like Lee Labrada out there trumpeting the cause of improving health and helping people realize they CAN change their diet for the better. The Lean Body Promise is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn more about how to whip their body into shape, shed the pounds, burn the body fat, and get healthier than they've ever been in their entire life.
That's a promise this former Mr. Universe says you can take to the bank!
Great workout & nutrition advice March 15, 2007
KatTurn (South Carolina)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lee Labrada's book has really helped me change my body for the better. It gives great advice on nutrition and exercise.
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