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| Strength for Life: The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Shawn Phillips
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $26.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 34970
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0345498461
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9780345498465
ASIN: 0345498461
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 "The next level"....for everyone May 9, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This new book "Strength for Life," by Shawn Phillips, is informative, inspirational and motivational. We live in a world of instant gratification and this book delivers "instant impact information," beginning on the first page.
"Strength for Life," is the perfect read for anyone wanting to get started, improve their current situation and/or find balance in life.
I have been in the health care profession for over 10 years and not only did I learn from this book, I am recommending this book to everyone.
 more of the same with an integral twist May 6, 2008
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
The author has consistently stayed in shape throughout career, so he is personally successful. Does this translate into success for all others? There is a lot of good solid advice in here; if this is all new to you, you will really enjoy it. If you have read Absolution, Body for Life, and other books I'm not sure how much you will gain. Email requests for everyone to buy this on a certain day were a little off-putting (same thing happened with his other book). Will you be able to stay on the prescribed amount of food and keep achieving results indefinitely? (try it out to find out for yourself)
From the hype surrounding this book I was expecting huge things. Many will benefit from this; the "Integral" slant the prose is couched in may or may not be your cup of tea.
**Based on posted communication with the author we apparently have different ideas on what is "new" or what constitutes a "breakthrough"---
Strength for Life - From a woman's perspective May 3, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Most fitness books seem to cater to guys who want to get, well, bigger. Bigger really isn't my goal. Of course I want to be fit (who doesn't?), but I was really looking for a way to exhilerate my body and mind in a way that makes sense with my life. Strength for Life has all the tools I needed to jumpstart - and sustain! - a holistic lifestyle. I have been following the book's workout and nutrition plan, and it has made me feel renewed and energized. I would HIGHLY recommend that everyone, men AND women, take this book to heart and let it work wonders for you.
Highly recommended... easy reading... encouraging tone. May 2, 2008
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book by Shawn Phillips is destined to be a bestselling book. While it builds on some of the ideas in Body for Life, which I believe is the best selling fitness book of all time, it is unique in many ways with a more integral approach to fitness, strength development and life as a whole.
Interestingly, Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength was written by Shawn's brother. The major difference that I see is focusing on multiple dimensions that make up fitness including the development of aerobic capacity in a systematic, time effective manner with a lack of fluff.
This book is easy to read, but it has everything you need to know to get stronger. It is written with an encouraging tone and obviously the author practices what he preaches based on the cover photo and other photos I've seen in his other titles. If you liked Body for Life, you will love this book because it goes even further. I suspect Shawn built on what his brother learned along the way with his book as well as his own deep experience.
There are other good reviews that detail the contents of this book, but if you are looking for a fast track and well-rounded program, this may really be for you. I've tried out the workouts and advice here and was very impressed. I must say some of the workout advice may not be appropriate for a beginner, but the program is progressive and you can always start with less and work up to more.
I used to be a Teaching Fellow in physiology and I also did biological research for a living. While I don't believe in a one size fits all approach, this is certainly a good guideline for both men and women. If you want other more specific and detailed information on strength building, I also recommend the following... Build Muscle Lose Fat Look Great: Everything You Need to Know to Transform Your Body, Brawn, 3rd Edition and Beyond Brawn: The Insider's Encyclopedia on How to Build Muscle and Might (Brawn). For supplemental diet advice or more information as it relates to the health of the skeltal system, see FrameWork.
I hope this review was helpful. I don't think you can go wrong with this well-organized, progressive and innovative approach. It is balanced and really considers every dimension of life and how it contributes to overall fitness. It also treats the body and mind as a unit. Interestingly, Ken Wilber reviewed this book and it quoted on the product page. Ken has over 20 books in print some of them for 20 years and is the only living author that I'm aware of who has been asked to do a compilation of his life's work by Random House. I have read much of Wilber's material and reviewed most of it on here. I also compiled a listmania list on my profile page for those who would like to know more.
Incredible! May 1, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is so unique - it's both spiritual and tactical. When there is alignment around the why for being healthy in my life then there is no need for discipline in my approach - great health comes as an expression of who i am vs. something that takes a lot of work to get to.
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