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| Mario Lopez's Knockout Fitness | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mario Lopez, Jeff O'connell
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 10486
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 1594868840
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9781594868849
ASIN: 1594868840
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Mario Tells All June 19, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Okay, we've all seen Mario Tango and Disco. There's no doubt that as talented a dancer as he is, he is in serious physical condition. This book is stuffed with photos which are very helpful when it comes to proper form during exercise but the real meat of this book is the advice he imparts concerning sleep, eating and using common sense in general. I like the "Hey Mario" exclamation points where a question is asked and answered and I especially love the recipes. Mario proves that you can still enjoy food without the extra fat. Let's face it. This book isn't going to make many of us look like Mario but it can put readers on the path to good health. GO MARIO!
More than just pictures..... June 19, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The diet/nutrition portion of this book is subjective - I don't think everyone should be eating 2600 calories a day. Mario can do it because he has a lot of muscle.
However, the workout portion of this book has some very good suggestions. The weights suggestions are things that are easily done at any gym. But many other exercises you can do in your own home. The "jump over the foam pad," the pushups and several others don't require any special equipment. I can spend less time at the gym when I break my workout into two parts: at-the-gym/at-home.
He suggests doing some boxing - but my gym doesn't have those capabilities. However, my Nintendo Wii provides a good boxing working. It's not necessarily physiologically accurate, but it gets my arms and legs moving and it makes me sweat.
I'm seeing results.
I would definitely recommend this book from an exercise standpoint. But like I said at the beginning, I don't think his meal recommendations are appropriate for everyone.
Overall, very good book. Lots of helpful suggestions.
 Only for beginners - even at the final phase June 16, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I must admit, i was excited to learn about this book at first. Why you ask? I did the LL cool J workout twice and got amazing results. However, it was time for a change. I got this book the other day and was very disappointed.
Before I picked up the LL Cool J workout book, i was already fully aware of how to workout, how to eat.. yada yada yada. I have been working out for years prior to buying the book. But i was bored with what i have been doing. The book gave me something to follow, a streamlined plan of what to do, why to do it. It started off a little easy in the beginning, then got challenging, then very challenging.. just what i needed to vamp up my workout. after 20 hard weeks, i was able to pick a pair of weeks here and there from the workout until deciding to just do it all over again.. it much harder the second time around :)
so, enough of the LL cool J workout. The AC slater workout just seems too simple. it is possibly good for beginners, however, i think after a beginner becomes advanced, the book will not be benefical anymore. the workouts are too sport specific, and after 6 weeks i don't see where you can improve.
i gave the book two stars because of the good meal plans and the pictures of Katrina :)
in short
-the LL cool J book is great for beginners and will make someone who has never picked up a weight learn the moves correctly and soar from week to week..
-the AC slater book is great for beginners, but is impractical for overall muscular development because it is just too sport specific
in any case.. remember working out is only 30% of the road to a great body, you gotta eat right to look tight!
The best of advice for sporting time June 15, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
For a long time I'v been tring to find full and conviniet way to understand how to eat and train to lead health and fit life.
One my friend told me that he read book of Mario Lopez - Knockout Fitness. And he told me that I should read it.
On Amazon.com I found this book and shortly recieve it with courier.
It's the best book about training and health eating!
Holy Cow May 22, 2008
3 out of 21 found this review helpful
Never got around to reading the meat of the book, I have been too busy drooling over the pictures. : ).. From what I can tell the workout plans seem decent and the diet is typical, nothing new.. But the pictures are worth every penny paid for this book.
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