- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (July 17 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060185392
- ISBN-13: 978-0060185398
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 19.3 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #422,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
For decades, coaches have sent athletes eager to improve their strength and performance straight to the gym to pump some iron. According to authors Marinovich and Heus, such advice couldn't be more wrong. "America's obsession with heavy weight lifting was actually training greatness out of athletes," they explain in this comprehensive guide to their conditioning and Zone-based nutrition plan, ProBodX. Unlike weightlifting, which can slow down athletes by burdening them with excessive muscles, and unlike yoga, which can needlessly over-stretch ligaments, ProBodX is supposed to improve flexibility, strength, endurance and mental stamina without provoking injuries. The key, according to Marinovich and Heus, is to engage the "nervous and musculoskeletical systems as a whole rather than as separate parts." Thus, their ProBodX exercises rely upon wobbly, free-floating equipment-such as gymnastics balls and balance disks-that force the body to use more than a few muscles at a time. Heus and Marinovich have the experience to know what they're talking about: he was once an Oakland Raiders offensive lineman and an NFL conditioning coach; she was a New York chiropractor who specialized in kinesiology. And their current roster of clients includes successful athletes like Chicago Bulls player Tyson Chandler and Olympian high-jumper Amy Acuff, both of whom appear in photographs throughout the book. Their exercises are amply illustrated with step-by-step b&w photographs. Despite the careful instructions, neophytes may still feel like they'd need a trainer to walk them through such exercises as the "Scissors," which involves twisting a knee to the ceiling while balancing a one's stomach on a giant gymnastics ball. But those who have the time and energy to learn a whole new way of exercising should find this volume well worth a try.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Do you feel that even with exercise and diet you are far from reaching your fitness goals?
You are not alone. Even though we are more into fitness than ever, the programs we use are just not working well enough. Many are even dangerous and can weaken the body and make it prone to injury. Marv Marinovich, former conditioning coach for the Oakland Raiders and renowned sports trainer, and Dr. Edythe Heus, a chiropractor specializing in rehabilitating elite athletes, have developed ProBodX (Proper Body Exercise) to close this fitness gap. ProBodX is the only fitness and conditioning program that safely builds and tones muscle while increasing strength, flexibility, balance, and grace.
ProBodX was originally designed for professional athletes -- such as Jason Sehorn of the New York Giants and Steve Finley of the Arizona Diamondbacks -- looking to increase their level of athleticism and to avoid injury. In this book, the program has been designed for anyone who wants to improve athletic ability or simply get in shape and stay in shape without injury.
Essentially the ProBodX program combines unstable surfaces (gymnastic balls, slant boards, balance disks) with multiplane movement and strength loading (special hand and foot weights) to simultaneously stretch and strengthen the body. The result is a stimulated nervous system and increased speed, power, and flexibility.
Whether your interest is reducing body fat and increasing lean muscle, playing sports, or just maintaining a healthy body, ProBodX's unique balanced fitness program can help. In addition, the program includes a dynamic eating program based on Barry Sears's Zone Diet to truly jump start the body and see real results in four to six weeks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good overall,
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This review is from: Probodx: Proper Body Exercise (Hardcover)
Like the previous reviewer mentioned, this book works way too hard at selling itself. However, the exercises are excellent. I think the point is to teach your body to stabilize from the core while doing sports or just moving generally. It's a full body approach, and you definitely feel like you've a had a workout and a good stretch afterwards. It's kind of like pilates but more functional. It has lots of progressions so even if you're in great shape you'll be challenged. The diet at the end is basically the zone diet except it tells you only to eat organic food if possible, and it has lots of recipes. If you don't want to buy the 'pro bells' then use two small bottles of laundry detergent that fit your hand well and use those. All you need is a ball and the bells to do the 'basic workout'.
5.0 out of 5 stars
impressed,
By A Customer
This review is from: Probodx: Proper Body Exercise (Hardcover)
The excersize program presented in this book is far more challenging and rewarding than the cling and jerk of the free weights program.That said, and the other testimonies of satisfied customers of the excersizes, I would like to emphasize the excellent diet and recipe section. They also take sometime to adjust to, but the results also are rewarding. I will delve into the diet with relish.
1.0 out of 5 stars
More junk on the fitness pile,
By A Customer
This review is from: Probodx: Proper Body Exercise (Hardcover)
I didn't buy this book, but had the opportunity to peruse it in a bookstore. While the ProBodX system may in fact be useful for some athletes, the assertion that it should be used to the exclusion of other forms of exercise, including weight training, is preposterous. Where's their data? They don't have it. The data supporting weight training as a means of increasing athletic performance is staggering in volume. They claim weight training only works your body in "separate parts." The Nautilus era is over, idiots; have you ever done a power clean? This is just the latest in the long list of fitness BS the American public is being handed. People are quick to jump on the "easy" route, and without fail, the easy route just doesn't have the same return. Do you think Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire would have hit as many home runs as they did in the last decade without weight training? Do you think Ray Lewis and Marshall Faulk would've performed as they have over the last decade without weight training? Pick up a quality exercise book by authors such as Charles Poliquin or Ian King instead of this garbage.
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