Marriage Fitness: 4 Steps to Building & Maintaining Phenomenal Love (Paperback)

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"surprisingly sound methods...excellent choice" -- Library Journal, September 2004 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Marriage Fitness is a revolutionary step-by-step system for creating a phenomenal marriage. Whether you’re happy, satisfied, frustrated, angry, or bored, Marriage Fitness can help you get your marriage in the best shape of its life. Like physical fitness, Marriage Fitness is for everyone.

Marriage Fitness is based on the universal laws of love. Just as diet and exercise determine your health, certain behaviors determine the level of love and intimacy in your marriage. It’s a simple cause and effect determined by the choices you make everyday. With Marriage Fitness, the results are predictable—you can "make" love.

In this groundbreaking book, Mort Fertel reveals the MarriageMax™ 4-Step Plan along with 20 exercises, 5 marriage assessments, and a 14-week implementation schedule—all carefully designed to build phenomenal love in your life.

Best of all, Marriage Fitness is invigorating—like visiting a spa for your relationship. Forget about your childhood, unresolved conflicts, and past mistakes. Marriage Fitness won’t let you get mired in the negative aspects of your past. Instead, you’ll connect with your spouse in the here and now and fall in love all over again.

Getting your marriage in shape solves your existing problems, prevents future problems, and unleashes a powerful energy in your life. Read Marriage Fitness now—it will transform your marriage and your life.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: MarriageMax, Inc.; First Printing edition (March 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974448001
• ISBN-13: 978-0974448008
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,078 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go from "rolemate" to "soulmate", March 16, 2008

By	Monty Rainey (New Braunfels, TX) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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When I am giving premarital coaching to young couples, or marriage coaching to married couples, they often want to focus on their problems or potential problems. Of course these issues are of great concern to couples so its not always easy to direct their focus to the solutions, not the problems. Problems are unimportant. Solutions are what is important and with his book, MARRIAGE FITNESS, Mort Fertel has given a simple, yet effective four step plan to marital solutions.

I can't tell you how refreshing for me it has been to read a book by someone who understands and teaches what marriage is really all about. Love. I often use the analogy that love is like a fire. Even an out of control wildfire will eventually run out of fuel and burn itself out. To keep the fire of love alive, we must continually stoke the embers and feed it fuel. This book teaches it differently but essentially says the same thing, and shows couples how to provide the fuel their marriage must have to survive.

The book is very well written and contains some excellent projects for couples. Certainly intended for couples working together, there is also definite help here for one with an uncommitted spouse to help get things back on track.

Part 1, the first two chapters, give couples a deeper understanding of love. This may sound ridiculous, but most people confuse character traits with what I term "soul conscientiousness". Fertel deftly explains why character love makes you role mates, not soul mates. If you really want to take your marriage to a higher level, it is critical that you come to understand the differences between what I call outward love (loving the character traits of a person) and inward love (making the choice within your soul to love a person on the inside, regardless of their character traits). Once you fully understand this concept, your marriage (and innerhappiness) will be changed forever.

Part 2 is Fertel's 4 step program for building and maintaining love in your marriage, as well as his twenty exercises.

Mort Fertel has certainly given my some new ides on how couples can enrich their marriages and take them from ordinary to extraordinary. This is one of the best books you'll find on building a strong marriage. Highly recommended.

Pastor Monty Rainey

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works.... thank you., August 30, 2004

By	Noah Breakstone (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm not a book reviewer but Marriage Fitness is a must read for any spouse in any situation...even a healthy marriage such as mine. I'm familiar with some of the other approaches to relationship success and I have to say that Mort Fertel has something completely unique to say...and my wife and I both think that his message is "spot on." What's great about Marriage Fitness is that rather than a bunch of unrelated quick-fix techniques; you get a step-by-step system that's part of a comprehensive and unified plan. It all makes sense; everything the author says and how it fits with what he prescribes we do. You really feel like you're working on and learning about the FOUNDATION of your marriage-what's really important. And let's the face it, the proof is in the pudding... and it works!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read Book, February 7, 2005

By	Rich E. Martin (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

As someone who has read my fair share of self-help books, I will tell you that Mort Fertel has written an outstanding book-- one that offers readers clear, concise, and practical ideas to improve their marriage. This book should be in the hands of every married person, as I believe it can enhance every marriage when things are going great and even when they are a bit rocky. Do yourself a favor and read this book.