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The Official United States Navy SEAL Workout, Revised Edition
by Andrew Flach (Photographer: Peter Field Peck)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press (2002-11-21)
ISBN: 1578261228
EAN: 9781578261222
Dewey Decimal #: 613
Paperback: 160 pages
Edition: Revised
Release Date: 2002-11-21
SKU: 080710042
Condition: New
Comments: 1578261228 New, never read, REVISED EDITION, OTHER EXERCISE BOOKS AVAILABLE, may have minor wear on cover from being on a retail store shelf. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Navy SEALs, the elite special operations force, reveal their intense exercise program in this exciting workout book. The Official United States Navy Seal Workout presents an accurate documentation of the demanding physical training (PT) that students encounter at BUD/S, the Navy SEAL basic training program. The physical expectations of BUD/S graduates are awesome...but, as this book demonstrates, they are attainable. Since its first publication in 1998, The Official U.S. Navy Seal Workout has been used by military and civilian fitness enthusiasts to achieve and maintain the highest possible levels of physical fitness. Now updated to reflect the changes that have taken place in the Navy SEAL basic training regimen in recent years, this revised edition of The Official U.S. Navy SEAL Workout represents the very latest in military fitness research. You'll learn what it's like to be a frogman in this incredible book that features not only fitness regimens, but also the history and traditions of the US Navy SEALs. 100 b/w photos.
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Customer Reviews
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the official u s navy seal workout
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-02-08
The book was just what my son need to prepare and continue his quest to be a navy seal.
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Easier to understand the workout
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-10-30
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've read a few of the SEAL workout books that are out and I think this one does the best job of laying out a simple fitness plan for the average Joe non-SEAL. Some of the other books that deal with pyramids, levels and regimens are not adaptable to the average guy in a gym. Flach's book is brief, concise, describes the excercises and how to perform them pretty easily. What I like best is the chapter on the actual fitness plan. Where other books describe the exercises and leave you wondering, "What do I do now???", this book lets you determine & categorize your ability level-- then outlines a M,T,W,Th,F,S schedule you can easily follow. It's good at letting you know what to do next... unlike some others that outline the Navy's PT regimen and make you spend time deciphering it into a plan you can bring to the gym.
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Pretty good workout book, but also pretty basic...
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-04-18
4 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you're interested in military fitness, you will find the exercise regime in this book to be quite unique and effective. This book is geared more towards those of us who did not go through any sort of military boot camp yet are facinated specifically by the elite US Navy SEALs. This book provides a basic, progressive workout program (push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, dips, running, swimming, etc). I was slightly disappointed to see how concise this book was in terms of workout routines, but there is enough provided to develop good workout systems. There are other Navy SEAL books out there with much more in-depth info, but some of those books are meant for more "hard core" people or individuals actually interested in becoming a SEAL. I don't know about you, but I'm not trying to be a SEAL. I just wanna stay fit. With that said, I enjoyed this book and I generally do body weight resistance exercises over weight training anyway simply because it's more convenient and less straining on the muscles, joints and bones. You can do most of the exercises demonstrated in this book just about anywhere (no gym membership required!) and these workout routines can be performed by youngsters and grown-ups alike (not recommended for the elderly however). This book was good reading and it helped me fine-tune my prior workout routines. I recommend this book. Hooyah!
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correction about the PST pull-up requirement
Rating (3)
Date: 2006-02-01
1 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
The authors say that the Physical Screenig Test (PST) requires 8 pull-ups. This criterion should read, "minimum of 6 pull-ups", not 8.
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A Great Fitness Book
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-10-19
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Like most military workout books there is a lot of pushups, situps and so on. But this book adds in variation pushups, abs and leg excercises that most of the other books lack. I have several other books that just show pushups and a few ab excersises but not enough to make a whole workout from.
Another big thing I love about this book is that it doesn't just give you one workout. There are several completely different workouts. If you don't want to do the walking lunges and squats then just do the routine that is mostly upper body and cardio.
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