The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Leaner, Harder Body
Along with the many benefits of leisure-class living comes obesity and its attendant ailments. In The Warrior Diet, Ori Hofmekler looks not forward but backward for a solution–to the primal habits of early cultures such as nomads and hunter-gatherers, the Greeks, and the Romans. Based on survival science, this book proposes not ordinary dietary changes but rather a radical yet surprisingly simple lifestyle overhaul.
Drawing on both scientific studies and historical data, Hofmekler argues that robust health and a lean, strong body can best be achieved by mimicking the classical warrior mode of cycling—working and eating sparingly (undereating) during the day and filling up at night. Specific elements from the Warrior Diet Nutritional Program (finding ideal fuel foods and food combinations to reduce body fat) to the Controlled Fatigue Training Program (promoting strength, speed, and resilience to fatigue through special drills), literally reshape body and mind. Individual chapters cover warrior meals and recipes; sex drive, potency, and animal magnetism; as well as personalizing the diet for women. Featuring forewords by Fit for Life author Harvey Diamond and Fat That Kills author Dr. Udo Erasmus, The Warrior Diet shows readers weary of fad diets how to attain enduring vigor, explosive strength, a better appearance, and increased vitality and health.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars A diet that Works !!! What more do you want ??
This diet has worked wonders for me. I would not be so impressed if I had not already have been working out hard and “watching what I ate” for 6 months.
So basicaly the easy first 10 to 15 pounds were already long gone.
I lost 10 pounds the first week and 2 continue to loose 3 pounds a week.
Don’t let the “fasting” hype scare you away.
Basicaly it involves a few basic principles.
1 breakfast isn’t the most important meal of the day.
2 recognize the difference between being hungry and just wanting to eat something
3 you can and should chow down and go to sleep on a full stomach.
Overall I highly reccomend it !!!
5 Stars An easy-to-follow practical diet with amazing benefits
The problem with most modern diets is that they are based on exclusion of certain types of food or food groups, restricting of calories, or both. It seems that every week author comes out with a new diet just to sell a book. Most of these diets usually end up getting people fatter and weaker than they were before. With the failed diet after failed, most people just completely give up on the personal health and go back to what they were doing before. Some stubburnly stick such a diet despite how it is deterriating their bodies.
Modern nutritionists and modern society have forgot the single most important part of your dietary health, which is allowing your body time to convert the fat in your body into energy or, as religious people know it, fasting. This was my natural instinct when I was skinny little boy, but after over a decade of forced constant feeding, by the time I was in my teens I became overweight with virtually no muscle mass and was constantly getting sick. I even got in trouble with the teacher in elementary school one time for trying to skip lunch. Ofcourse now I’m skinnier, faster, stronger, and healthier, but I’m still striving to reach my ideal fitness level. You can eat the most healthy food we want, but there is no way you can burn off all the excess body fat without allowing your body time to detoxify itself, unless you follow the fitness routine of Micheal Phelps. Don’t get it wrong, this is not a starve yourself during the day, binge on cheeseburgers at night diet. You have to follow the guidelines in the book if you want this diet to work for you. And ofcourse you need to have an exercise routine, preferably the CFT routine recommended in the book or swinging Kettlebells would do.
I’ve been on this diet for three months now, and not only did it get me into better shape, it also enhanced the quality of my life as a whole. I’m now 175 lbs @ 5′10, one time I was approaching 200 lbs. My current goal is too stay at the same weight while leaning up a little more and hopefully getting a six pack. I’ve been on other diets before, but I can never stick with them because I always enjoyed variety in the food I eat. You might be able to get a good physique on the traditional “clean” fitness diet, but you won’t have the same quality of life because you’re going to be constantly worried about making sure the “right” food gets into your system at the “right” time, making sure that the “wrong” food gets nowhere near your system at all, and constantly counting your calories. You won’t be able enjoy going out to a restaurant to eat with your family or friends. It may not seem like much, but being able to enjoy a good hardy meal without the fear of gaining weight or getting out of shape greatly enhances your life beyond just the physical side. You have a much higher self-esteem, you feel more secure, you loose attachment to things that were holding you back, and all the trivial things that used to bother you a lot won’t bother you anymore. You’re able to work and study harder during the day because your brain is not slowed down by McDonalds or Burger King. You get more spiritual as well, the messages at church that didn’t make sense to you before will start making sense to you. I can go on and about the benefits of the diet, but you have to try it for yourself to believe it.
5 Stars Six weeks into it and loving it!
It feels good to be hungry…and I know that tonight I feast. This is a great way to eat! I feel very sharp mentally, and have good energy. I don’t agree with him regarding his philosophical explanations for things, but when he sticks to the science he seems to be right on, and it’s working. I’ve only lost a few pounds, but that’s in line with my goal, losing fat and gaining muscle and strength. (I lift weights 3 - 4 times a week and supplement with protein powder, glutamine and creatine.) I’m aiming at 10 percent body fat…I believe I will achieve this.
5 Stars Hey, it works
I have not yet really studied this book in all the detail the author supplies. I’m just doing ‘the basics’ and find myself easily losing weight. The ‘overeating’ phase is my favorite
5 Stars The Warrior Diet
I finished reading The Warrior Diet a few weeks ago, and it works. I have found that I did indeed get used to eating only one big meal a day and that my frame has gotten a lot more wiry, and my muscles are much more defined.
The Warrior Diet is easy to read, and all the difficult terms are explained. It’s not a difficult diet to follow at all because you are allowed to eat whatever you want (besides anything with refined sugars and any artificial stuff).
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