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Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower

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Revelation
Running Can Be Fun for Anyone!
Change your Focus and you will Dramatically Change your Life - Your Health, your Appearance and your Mind
spectacular
This book is AMAZING!!

Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower
Stu Mittleman , and Katherine Callan
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0062736744
Release Date: 2001-07-03

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Exercise trends come and go, and one of the ones that went in the late 1990s was the idea of exercising slowly to burn more fat. The theory was well rooted in exercise science--you burn a higher percentage of fat while exercising slowly and a higher percentage of carbohydrate as you speed up--but not very practical for most people. If you're only going to exercise for a half-hour a day, you burn a lot more calories by going fast than slow, regardless of how many of those calories come from fat.

Now Stu Mittleman, probably the foremost advocate of slow exercise, wants to reopen the argument. Slow Burn presents an entire lifestyle plan built around running slowly. He doesn't disagree with the idea that you can lose weight faster by training faster; he just thinks it's too stressful for the body to exercise that way.

Mittleman is one of the most famous long-distance runners in the world, and by long, we're talking really long: he once ran 571 miles in six days. So the program he outlines in Slow Burn shows you how to slow down and achieve more--an exercise plan that's less stressful to your body; a diet plan with less sugar and more healthy, unsaturated fats from fish and olive oil; and some tips about rethinking your everyday life to make it less stressful. (For example, he advocates the 85 percent rule: try to do everything the right way 85 percent of the time, and don't knock yourself out over the last 15 percent.) He also peppers the book with theories he's picked up from various branches of alternative medicine and nutrition--applied kinesiology, reflexology, and eating according to blood type. Mittleman's plan isn't for everyone. Certainly, if you like weight lifting or fast-paced sports like hockey and basketball, you won't find much to like here. But if you hate the pressure to always go faster, faster, faster, in life and in exercise, you'll find that Mittleman is on your side. --Lou Schuler

Book Description

Change your workout, change your life

In Slow Burn, endurance master Stu Mittleman delivers a program for creating energy and increasing endurance so you can go the distance and feel great doing it every day, week, and year.

Think Stu shares his proven formula for breaking down seemingly insurmountable goals into a series of manageable tasks.

Train Learn to understand your body's signals and refocus your training so that the movement -- not the outcome -- is the reward.

Eat Stu taeches you how to make nutritional choices that leave you energized -- not exhausted -- all day long.

You really can accomplish more -- with less effort -- than you ever imagined. All you have to do is change your focus and you'll change your life. Let Slow Burn show you how to enjoy the journey and achieve the results.

Customer Reviews:

Revelation.......2007-05-21

I hated running and jogging but was looking for a good exercice regime.
In this book I found more than exercice but a life-style that increases your level of health and vitality. I run 3 to 5 times a week now and I love it!

Running Can Be Fun for Anyone!.......2006-10-12

A friend of mine got me Stu's book because he had seen him speak at an event. He passed it along to me with a grunt and said something like, "you like running, right?"

In this book, Mittleman outlines an approach to running that is actually... gulp... fun.

As I read through the chapters, I realized that Stu was talking very explicitly about what I had been doing as a runner but was never able to put it into words. My approach, just like Stu's is the long, slow, distance approach. Run because you feel like it, not because you have to--for any reason.

Stu works extensively with heart rate monitors, but that doesn't mean this book isn't accessible to runners who abhor them. I'm not a big fan of strapping myself up to a monitor at all, but still found extreme value in the book.

The main portion of the book covers how to run for fitness and training. The general idea is to train at a comfortable heart rate and if you're interested in gaining speed, you should push your heart rate up in intervals. The training techniques are effective and again the good news for non-runner-techno-geeks is that Stu explains how to read your heart rate without even taking your pulse. He talks about how to sense where you are and where you should be for the specific type of training you need.

Mittleman also covers nutrition (a low carb approach) and kinesiology for addressing certain issues physical and mental.

Funny enough as extra testimony to the book, I gave the book to an obese client of mine and she absolutely loved the philosophy of it--regardless of whether or not she's ever planning to run.

Kevin Gianni, NCSF-CPT
Author of "The Busy Person's Fitness Solution"

Change your Focus and you will Dramatically Change your Life - Your Health, your Appearance and your Mind.......2006-07-26

You really can accomplish more, with less effort, than you ever imagined. You just have to change your focus and you will change your life. It worked for me !!. Armed with a Polar Heart Rate Monitor (the old M61) I was able to drop more than 200 lbs in about eight months, and the slow burn lifestyle (think, train, eat) has helped me keep those lbs off for over six years. Not only I went fro size 44 to size 32 pants, but also obtained substantial benefits that included weight control, cardiovascular improvements, lowered blood pressure, and improved muscular-skeletal strength and flexibility, but also the myriad of mental and psychological benefits derived from being in the best shape of my life.

The author lays out a program for creating energy and increasing endurance so you will be able to go the distance and feel great doing it. And it also helps you stay committed to the program, so you can be consistent everyday.

When I first started my slow burn training I was unable to jog even for five uninterrupted minutes without gasping for air. After a few months I was able to go jogging for 90 uninterrupted minutes six days a week. Think, Train, Eat, it really works.

The book not only presents a remarkable customized training program that will help you, but it makes also a very interesting reading.

spectacular.......2005-09-13

Look ive been figthing my weight problem my whole life , and ive found many ways of loosing weight but none as empowering as and this book ,is just what so many need. I give it 5 stars not because is perfect and i agree whith all it says but because its simply right on the money. i wish i could be more specific but if you are overweight you are not to enthusiast about excersicing and are always trying some new diet or system , Just stop give this book a read and aply in a sensible way its concepts and advices. itll work.
I never liked to walk or run but now i just love it and ive finally found a way of feeling diferent and great whitout eating every minute.

This book is AMAZING!! .......2005-08-02

This book is incredible, and I would recommend it for anyone who runs, or has ever thought about running. Not only does Stu Middleman give awesome coaching about how to get your body to burn fat instead of sugar, and stay in an aerobid heart zone, he and his wife are very accessable by email (they emailed me back within 2 hours), and answered personal questions about my running program. He also dispels some of the myths that people have about what they should be eating if they are training. After reading his book, I am now able to run 10 miles 3-4 times a week, whereas before I learned Stu's technique, I was not able to run more than about 5 miles at one time. GREAT BOOK!! I highly reccommend it!

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