Fitness Training

by Barry Davies

An exciting new range of books that presents a range of SAS (Special Air Service) skills in various fields adapted for a civilian readership. These compact but authorative manuals are a handy and durable format that fit easily into a backpack.The "SAS Active Library Fitness Training" is compact but detailed manual for improving your fitness, based on the training techniques of the elite of the British Army. The training featured has been adapted for a wider audience from those issued to members of the armed forces preparing for SAS selection. They are not about heaving weights and grunting but cover diet-management, improving stamina and avoiding injury - elements that are relevant for anyone undertaking an exercise program. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on progressive and cumulative exercise regimes, following on from a realistic self-assessment of current fitness levels. The training is re-inforced with dietary and weight-reduction advice. Also provided is a detailed insight into SAS selection processes and suggests typical training programs that build to enable the reader to achieve the level of fitness required by the regiment.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Sigrid Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is sort of a hoot, and now I kind of want the rest of the SAS Active Library series. I mean, who doesn't want to know the secrets of SAS mountain climbing, or whatever? As an actual guide to health and fitness, the program explicated has a weird dichotomy between "losing weight" and "gaining fitness," as if there's no fitness available for anyone over a certain weight. Other than that, the actual exercise program is not completely lunatic. It starts out slow and steady and builds up. Not that I'm planning any hiking in the Welsh mountains anytime soon.