Basic Training: A Fundamental Guide to Fitness for Men

by Jon Giswold, David Morgan (Photographer)

A beautifully illustrated, indispensable guide for anyone embarking on a fitness program

Basic Training is an introductory guide to achieving health and fitness for men. This user-friendly source of information, techniques, and images will enable and inspire any man to achieve a healthy body and a fit lifestyle.

Divided into three sections-Motivation, Action, and Lifestyle-this book explains the basic elements of health and fitness and how to combine aerobic activities with a weight program that will give you the body you want and the energy to make life enjoyable.

Clearly illustrated by the vivid photographs of David Morgan, Basic Training is the perfect book for anyone seeking information and inspiration to begin a personalized training routine today.

Genres: Fitness, Health

224 pages, Paperback

First published November 23, 1999

Reviews

[Buck]

This book is so gay. Like, literally gay. It's basically soft-core porn coyly disguised as a weight-training manual. Half the photos are gratuitous beefcake shots with zero instructional value. A tiny section on 'buttocks' serves as an excuse for a full-page close-up of some naked guy's fuzzy ass. Diet -- obviously an essential component of fitness -- gets a measly two pages of nutritional boilerplate.

To be fair, I didn't exactly read this - just flipped through it a couple of times. But as far as I can see, it's only good for a laugh - or a wank, depending on your proclivities.

[Ben]

Lots of homo-erotica spices up this how-to guide for pathetic slobby-muscled guys like me.

[Hom Sack]

Due to the many gratuitous non-instructive photos that the book can do without, it gives the initial impression of a coffee table book. Consequently, it takes away from how informative it is.