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The Metabolism Advantage: An 8-Week Program to Rev Up Your Body's Fat-Burning Machine---At Any Age [Hardcover]

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Age-related weight gain is whittled down to size in this guide to boosting metabolism. Berardi's (Scrawny to Brawny) formula is basic: diet, exercise and supplements to build muscle and burn calories. He relates a common scenario: with age come sedentary lifestyles, convenience foods and increased stress. While many people actually eat less as they age, Berardi says, at the end of their 20s they begin to lose five to 10 pounds of muscle each decade. The results: weight gain, free radical damage and greater risk for serious health conditions. He points out that eating fewer calories is self-defeating, while eating more of the right foods at the right time and targeted supplementation increase metabolism even for those genetically disposed to lower rates. Since muscle burns calories most efficiently, exercise is the core of the program. Berardi, who has trained professional athletes, is a congenial coach, but the five hours per week of strength training (weights) and cardio workouts may be an obstacle for those not already exercising regularly. Still, Berardi provides tools for keeping on point—meal plans, recipes, routines and options to customize—and his promise of never counting calories again just might motivate readers to invest in a gym membership. (Sept.)
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With this powerful body transformation program, men and women discover how to kick their metabolism into high gear—and replace flab with lean, fat-burning muscle . . . in just 8 weeks

Revving up the body so that it optimizes nutrition and turns flab into lean body mass can be accomplished easily and quickly—and at any age, even after the body’s metabolism has supposedly slowed down. That’s what sought-after fitness trainer and nutrition expert John Berardi demonstrates in this new book.

Drawing on the best scientific research, including his own ongoing studies, Berardi has developed a supremely effective plan that enables his clients—who include athletes, models, and ordinary men and women of different fitness levels—to stoke their metabolic fires, burn more calories, build lean muscle, and improve their health, too! This unique three-pronged program includes:

• the Nutrition Plan, which provides recipes and meal plans that offer readers the foods that will teach their bodies to burn fat for fuel

• the Exercise Plan, which combines interval exercise and strength training to enable readers to burn more calories not only while they are working out but also after exercise

• the Supplement Plan, which identifies the essential compounds that kick the metabolism into high gear and improve general well-being
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books (September 5, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1594863237
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594863233
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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87 of 88 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars If you have no clue where to begin, this is a good place to start; otherwise, steer clear, May 12, 2007
By Lemon Magic (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Metabolism Advantage: An 8-Week Program to Rev Up Your Body's Fat-Burning Machine---At Any Age (Hardcover)
Right up front, please do not take my mediocre rating of this book as a similar pan of John Berardi himself. Based on what I know of him from his articles on "testosterone.net" and elsewhere, I am sure that he knows and understands a hell of a lot more than he can pack into a book aimed at the diet-and-weight-loss demographic. This book is obviously his attempt to branch out from the hardcore muscle and fitness crowd and reach a broader audience.

Pros: The book has a lot of good basic info on the roles of nutrition, diet and exercise in achieving personal fat loss and figure shaping goals. If I had a friend who had no clue where to begin, this is one book I wouldn't hesitate to recommend. And Berardi's writing style is encouraging and entertaining - he knows how to write for his audience without being dull, pedantic or overly self-important (always a plus).

Also a "pro" is the book's emphasis on interval training for cardio health and fat loss. Berardi makes a very good case for this relatively new protocol which may help many people stuck on treadmills for the last 20 years understand why they are still pudgy, and what to do about it. I couldn't write a better, more convincing and usuable cardio/aerobic routine if I'd had a month to write it.

Cons: The book's format and content has Rodale Press all over it. Rodale Press publishes "Men's Health" and "Prevention", 2 magazines that have been recycling a set of 30 articles each - supplemented with various "factoids","breaking news", and "helpful hints" boxouts - over and over for the last 25 years. And with the exception for the advice on interval training, "The Metabolism Advantage" is really just a repackaging of the diet and exercise advice from a prior book, "The Abs Diet", as well as every "Men's Health" diet and exercise article from the past 5 years. If you've read that book, you don't need this one. In fact, if you've read ANY other recent exercise and diet book (including the ones by Oprah's trainer Bob Greene), you don't need this one. I suspect that Berardi, left to his own devices and not forced to shoehorn his book into the Rodale Press "house style" could have written a much more helpful and innovative book than what we have here. But Rodale Press isn't about innovation - it's about the same mainstream fitness and health thinking that have dominated self=help and fitness magazines since the dawn of Pritikin and Ornish.

This last caveat especially applies to the actual weight training routines in the back of the book: they are a total rehash of the same articles that "Men's Health" (and "Men's Fitness" and "Exercise for Men Only" and all the other non hardcore fitness mags) have been churning out for at least 25 years. While the emphasis on free weights over machines is good, these routines are boring, linear, one-dimensional and self-limiting; any average trainee will plateau (or burn out) on these exercise and routines very quickly and will need to look else where for more sophisticated advice. Some of the exercises are worthless, but they are included because they are always included in material like this. Some (like the Overhead Squat) are difficult-to-impossible for the average beginning trainee to perform safely and properly without proper personal coaching, yet they are presented here as if they are no more complicated or productive as the worthless ones. As I said about, Berardi obviously knows a lot more about resistance training than he tries (or is allowed) to include here, and so the book in that sense is something of a disservice to the reader.

Still there is more good than bad about the book; I plan to purchase it when it comes out in trade paperbook to share with my friends who have been stuck on the treadmill for the past 20 years.
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97 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An In-Depth Review for those for who need convincing, September 20, 2006
This review is from: The Metabolism Advantage: An 8-Week Program to Rev Up Your Body's Fat-Burning Machine---At Any Age (Hardcover)
Often times I find it hard to determine whether a health/fitness book is worth my time and money just by the synopsis and the few anecdotes you'll find on its Amazon page. Essentially, all health and fitness books claim to do the same thing. If you're anything like me and you'd like to hear what distinguishes a fitness book from other books in this crowded field of promises, please read on. If you have a short attention span and would like the Cliffs Notes version--buy this book! Let's continue...

For those of you not familiar with John Berardi, here are three major reasons why I am a huge advocate and why you should be too:

1.) His nutritional recommendations satisfy body composition, athletic performance, and health related goals simultaneously. Think about that statement for a second. There really isn't anyone else in the field that keeps all of those interests in mind. You have your hardcore bodybuilding types that sacrifice long term health (and to an extent athletic ability) in order to reach extreme body composition goals. You have your self-proclaimed health nuts, who correctly embrace fruits and vegetables, but actually look like Woody Allen. Do you want the best of both worlds while avoiding pitfalls of each camp? John Berardi is your guy.

2.) He practices what he preaches and looks the part. Many of today's best selling nutritional manuals have authors that look nothing like the end result you hope to achieve by following the book's principals. Who honestly wants to buy a book written by a scrawny bald guy in a white labcoat or an ordinary looking individual with a devious smile? John Berardi has the physique to back up his teachings, but that's not the main issue. He's also a healthy individual that looks younger than his years and has a full head of hair. OK, that might sound like a weird statement to put forth, but its proof that his methods also work over the long run, as opposed to many successful bodybuilders who sport leather skin and drug induced receding hairlines when they pass their prime. However, you won't find JB in the jacket of the book flexing his biceps. The work speaks for itself.

3.) Most people have a general idea of how they should be eating, but John Berardi is the master of teaching you how to eat while living a normal life. You don't have to spend hours grocery shopping and preparing food. You don't have to serve your new girlfriend cottage cheese for dessert. You don't need a personal chef to reach your goals. You can obtain a great physique without succumbing to many of the obsessive habits to which many living the fitness lifestyle fall victim, such as losing a social life or being viewed as "nutritionally psychotic" by those around you.

So now that you're familiar with JB, here's some information about his work. Most of it is available for free through his website--Berardi's actual principles and ideas are beyond the scope of this review. JB's most comprehensive resources usually do require a purchase--and often times its not exactly "inexpensive". However, I have never encountered anyone who hasn't felt they've gotten their money's worth and then some. But here's more good news: The Metabolism Advantage offers almost 400 pages worth of Berardi at a ridiculously low price given the knowledge that's included. Its a great place to start for those who don't own any of his work. If you do already own any of JB's resources, the recommendation still stands. Its packed with guidelines, recommendations, and the book's bread and butter: an inspirational 8 week nutrition & training plan including every last detail you could possibly want. The layout is very pleasing to the eye, as it published through Men's Health. Regardless of your stance of the actual content of Men's Health magazine, everyone usually agrees that Rodale Publishing is a master of presenting material.

In closing, I believe that fitness enthusiasts of all levels would benefit from reading this book. Berardi's advice applies to high school athletes as well as professional athletes, soccer moms as well as advanced fitness trainees. I've been living a relatively strict fitness lifestyle for 5 years with many benefits to show for it. This plan is an upgrade over what I've been doing...yet it is so easy to implement!
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42 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars John Berardi is the Advantage of The Metabolism Advantage, September 8, 2006
By Michael A. Howard "M. Howard" (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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John Berardi's "The Metabolism Advantage" is a home run. I speak from first hand experience of John's teachings through his published articles, website, DVDS and now this brand new book.

I have struggled with my metabolism, buying into the so called normal "Slowing down with age" process over the past 10 years. The concepts in this book have opened my eyes to new beliefs that shatter the old school thought process of "Everything goes to hell after age 40."

Utilizing the concepts detailed in this book I have dropped 37 lbs in the past 14 weeks and decreased my body fat% by 13 percentage points. I am well on my way to achieving my new lifetime weight goal of 190 lbs with a 10% body fat. This success is due to many factors that John explains in the book.

John is a scientist. A scientist who has the ability to coach a layperson what they need to do to achieve their nutritional and physiological goals. This book is a goldmine for those people who are committed to making positive change in their long term health.

I endorse this book wholeheartedly and I wish John great success.

Michael A. Howard
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not For Everybody
The diet is loaded with protein, too much for the average person! It includes nice exercises with pictures. Nice scientific definitions about your metabolism.
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Although the way that Dr. Berardi explains his program takes almost anyone by the hand to achieve excellent benefits, at the time he suggests recipes for any meals, he just... Read more
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This book is extremely informative and has some great recipes. It is a little hard to follow the diet exactly because it is a little more strict than say "The Abs Diet" , but... Read more
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A basic and effective diet and exercise program that will help you manage your calorie intake and burn-off.
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