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FIGHTING FIT by adrian weale

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BRILLIANT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FULL OF USEFUL FITNESS TIPS
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i second that !. perfect for all aspects of training even little expiditions away. plus some of the recipies are jolly nice !
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Just out of interest...Adrian Weale acheived more than he gives himself credit for in the book.....'I was never an operational member of the SAS'...Not exactly true; dunno why he doesn't want to admit it, but oh well.

And i will second that the book is bloody good.
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So he did actually serve in the SAS?

I like the fact that throughout the book there is a no bullsh1t attitude to fitness.
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Post by COMBAT WOMBAT »

Just a quick question folks, the book goes on a bit about crunches, but in any test, surely u won't do crunches but sittups, and crunches don't get the hip flexors which are the main muscle used in sittups and are important for tabbing, so if anyone could clear that up, cause i don't know whic exercise to be doing, been sticking with the sittups for now though.
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Combat Wombat. Though i'm not an expert, i know a thing or two about abdominal exercises.

Sit-ups are very back bad for your spine (and some say for your internal organs); but the army insists on doing them. By practising crunches, you get pretty much the same effect without the back pain. What i do is a few sets of crunches a night, then once a week do the max amount of situps i can do in two minutes (as this is the inital test they give you at Sandhurst).

I've just started the 'P-Company programme' (literally today), as i have para POC in a few months. Has anyone does this training regime? How does it fair? Does it give the desired effect?
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I have not done the training program, but i definatly think i should get the book when the time comes for me to do my POC etc...

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Good luck on your POC. Show em what your made of!

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Brilliant book but for someone starting there fitness from scratch I'd recommend the Commando Circuit Training book (can't remember the exact name but it's on the MFAT home page. I'd use Weales book more for creating a my own circuit. Oh yeah and the recipes were great :)
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Post by andy.j.p.w. »

on the topic of good books has any one read cris ryans fittness book. thats a good one and has some good tips for makeing a home programe :evil:
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i agree with all u lot. it is a mint book... im on week 3 of the fighting fit programe and i feel so much fitter and i find it easier to stick to than most other fitness programes.
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Post by Dutch-Corporal »

Read both books (also Chris Ryan's fitness book) and found Adrian's book much more interesting.
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where are these books available from..
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Got mine off amazon.co.uk
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and what sort of prices are we looking at here.. no ones mentioned this
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