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Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat: The Secret Science Behind Physical Transformation |  | Author: Ori Hofmekler
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 114008
Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1556436890
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9781556436895
ASIN: 1556436890
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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Product Description
Diet and fitness books appear at a dizzying rate – and with a wealth of dubious claims – in a culture facing increasing health problems based on a sedentary lifestyle. Ori Hofmekler’s Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat pulls out of the pack by focusing on the biological principles that dictate muscle gain and fat loss. Written for the widest readership–competitive athletes, bodybuilders, trainers, martial artists, sports nutritionists and coaches, dieters, and anyone concerned about their health–the book builds on the concepts popularized in The Warrior Diet. Author Hofmekler describes in simple, lay terms how under-eating and fasting can trigger an anabolic switch that stimulates growth and rejuvenation; how to reengineer the body at the cellular level to burn fat and build muscles; and how to naturally manipulate the body’s hormones for rapid muscle fusion and faster fat breakdown. Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat offers smart strategies for taking advantage of hunger to stimulate growth, burn fat, and boost brain power; techniques for turning insulin into a muscle builder instead of a fat gainer; and methods for shattering training and diet plateaus–in the process enhancing metabolic function, improving performance, and increasing the capacity to gain, and sustain, prime health.
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 overwhelming for most June 26, 2009
Jonathan Schwartz (Virginia)
You better have alot of knowledge in the world of nutrition and fat loss to even begin to understand the jargon in this book.The methods described are way different than you have ever heard of.The overall system is understandable, but its very confusing to read.Not a good book unless you are a serious well educated person in the field of nutrition and fat loss.
 Read Warrior Diet First April 19, 2009
M. Sabates (New Jersey, USA)
For those who've read the Warrior Diet and:(i) want to learn more, and in the case of this book a LOT more, about the science behind cycling between periods of over eating and then undereating; and (ii) want to learn how to "tweak" the program set forth in the Warrior Diet to enhance muscle building; then this book is for you.
If you're new to Ori's writings/theories on eating, then it will be a difficult read and you may come away from it unclear as to what exactly to do.
It's well written and well researched, but it is technical.
 COULD have been great... February 24, 2009
Malone Remington (San Francisco, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The science and the logic is all there... this could have been a great resource for fitness and nutrition enthusiasts; however, I am so very disappointed at Ori's vague allusion to key specifics in implementing his theories.
What it is is leaving many questions unanswered so that you will be forced to purchase further ebooks etc from his site. Many of the specifics are left out which would help one develop his own training and diet routine.
ie Ori talks about a specialized training style that can only be accessed on his site.
In terms of business, it is a good approach. Undoubtedly, some will pay more for further information. My stance, however, leaves me wondering "where will it end?"
Say I buy more... will his subsequent ebooks do the same to entice you to purchase YET AGAIN?
I cannot answer that, it seems like a risk and his credibility as a resource has been sullied in my eyes.
But I will close with this... there is a lot of valuable insights in this book. Definitely worth a read if you have experience training and a dedicated nutritional plan.
Theory is great, but in practice it doesn't seem to work. February 22, 2009
Shane Keys (Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hmmm... I was initially very happy with the scientific information contained in this book, about the interplay of hormones within our bodies and how those hormones affected the building of muscle and the use of body fat for energy.
I was looking for natural technics in which to manipulate those hormonal cycles to more efficiently enhance muscle growth, while minimising body fat accumulation, but was sadly disappointed by this book. In theory the book's information sounded great, but in practice it didn't work for me.
I have for the last year and half meticulously tracked my body's weight, body fat %, water %, muscle %, as well as calorie intake each day, whereby I have gained a solid understanding of the hormonal cycles within my body in terms of peaks and troughs affecting those metrics, based upon the effects of diet, weights, cardio exercise and sleep.
Despite the book advocating an eating strategy which flys in the face of established body building and/or cutting technics, especially around ideas for boosting one's metabolism for fat loss, I decide to give it a go and reserve judgement till later. Basically my body metrics were disastrous in terms of the effect of eating 4-5 very small calorie meals, with a very large calorie meal each day. Without changing any of the other factors in my program (weights, cardio and sleep), what I notice was a slowing of my body's metabolism, an increase in body fat and a loss of lean muscle.
In my opinion, the author, if he really believes his strategy works, needs to give his readers a sample framework, a specific eating plan, based upon grams per pound/kg of body weight, etc. Otherwise the readers have no really reference point for properly implementing his proposed strategy. I feel if the author added a few more chapters around the actual implementation in practice, taking into account differing body types (ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph), his work would be more promising.
My recommendations are:
Buy the book if you want a very good understanding of the hormones in our bodies and how they affect each other to maintain the "status quo" for survival.
Don't buy this book if you are looking for a better strategy towards the building of muscle and the reducing of body fat - as the book's title seems to suggest.
A more promising book, based upon reviews in Amazon is:
The Fat Burning Diet: Accessing Unlimited Energy for a Lifetime"
Jay Robb; Paperback
Shane
 A must for anyone who wants to achieve their own, truly healthy form. August 10, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
How exactly does one reach peak physical condition? "Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat: The Secret Science Behind Physical Transformation" is a guide to doing just that. Offering advice and tips in order to stimulate one's metabolism, along with advice to pushing one's mind with the body and increasing muscle gain through workout techniques and improved dieting, among other things, "Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat" is a must for anyone who wants to achieve their own, truly healthy form.
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