Calorie-cycle your way to reduced body fat and greater muscle definition

Body Fuel

Keep your metabolism running hot with this unique, easy-to-follow 'calorie cycling' diet that fuels weight loss and lean muscle gain. Now with fully anglicised text.

Mark Lauren trained US Special Forces operatives for over a decade and revolutionised the US army’s training regimes. During that time he effectively prepared over 700 trainees for the extreme physical demands of the most elite levels of the US special operations community. He is a Military Physical Training Specialist, Special Operations Combat Controller, triathlete and mixed martial artist. Lauren broke, and still holds, the Department of Defense s long-standing underwater record by swimming 133 meters, on one breath, subsurface, for 2 minutes and 23 seconds, until losing consciousness. He lives in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Fitness phenomenon Mark Lauren has shown thousands of people around the world how to get in shape FAST through his bestselling book, You Are Your Own Gym. 
 
Now, for the first time, Lauren reveals his unique eating plan to supercharge your metabolism, build and preserve muscle, burn fat and boost energy. The Body Fuel diet is made up of three, easy-to-follow blocks. You'll learn how to 'cycle calories', plus how and when to eat slow-fuel carbs, fast-fuel carbs, proteins and fats to get the most from your workouts and steadily lose weight. Designed to trick the metabolism, keeping the body in fat-burning mode, the programme won't let you fall into common diet ruts that stop you getting the best from your body. 
 
The perfect companion to You Are Your Own Gym, Body Fuel includes: fully anglicised text, menus for each of the three eating blocks, 50 deliciously easy recipes, advice on supplements, a meal planner, and the advice you need to customise the plan for your own needs, including a section dedicated to Veganism. With Body Fuel, you'll keep your tastebuds happy and your body lean for the rest of your life.

The bible of bodyweight exercises

You Are Your Own Gym

The simple, rapid-results, do-anywhere programme to get into amazing shape, from elite Special Operations physical trainer Mark Lauren

Mark Lauren put the strength-training technique of Spec-Ops into a comprehensive and easy to understand programme that can be done by everyone, anywhere, anytime, paving the way for anyone looking to get into the best shape of his or her life.

Perfect for our mobile age of road warriors, this terrific book lets us carry around a full gym in our heads!

Gain control of yourself through your own body’s gym!

Colonel Mike Fisher, commander, 82nd Airbourne Division, US Army Ranger

Mark Lauren

Just as you don’t need a fancy gym membership to get the best workout of your life, you don’t need fancy kitchen skills or a personal chef to keep your body optimally fuelled. You Are Your Own Gym: The Cookbook capitalizes on ingredients that are fresh and affordable, and simple preparations you’ll want to make again and again. Categorizing meals as either fast-fuelling or slow-fuelling (depending on the carbohydrate content), Lauren’s recipes cover your needs for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, smoothies, and even dessert! Filled with tempting photos of delicious meals, handy shopping lists, and sample menus to help you fulfil all your fitness goals, You Are Your Own Gym: The Cookbook is your best bet for building a stronger, leaner, healthier you with each satisfying bite.

Mark Lauren

Books by Mark Lauren

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