T.O.'s Finding Fitness (eBook)

Making the Mind, Body, and Spirit Connection for Total Health

Terrell Owens (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2008 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-1-4165-9721-6 (ISBN)

Infos

At the top of his game and his sport, Dallas Cowboys' wide receiver Terrell Owens has a phenomenal body: Muscle & Fitness magazine said this when they chose T.O. for the cover, but anyone who's ever seen him play knows he has the best physique in football. Strong, fast, agile, and focused — when T.O. takes the field, he's in complete control. Such mastery might seem out of reach for an ordinary athlete or someone just starting to think about getting in shape, but T.O. believes that everyone is capable of finding their ideal body. Whether you want to slim down or bulk up, develop explosive speed or increase your endurance, define your abs or fine-tune your form, T.O.'s Finding Fitness will unlock your potential with a diet and exercise plan tailored to your fitness goals.

Inside T.O.'s Finding Fitness, Owens shares complete workout routines for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, all of which can be done using his T.O. Super Strong Man Bands, free weights, or his own strength-training stretches. Photographs, easy-to-follow instructions, and helpful tips from Buddy Primm (T.O.'s personal trainer) guarantee results. Along with plans for general fitness and weight loss, there are separate guides designed to enhance your performance in football, baseball, golf, martial arts, tennis, and basketball. And whether you're looking for the winning catch, the lightning-fast serve, or the money shot at the buzzer, or you just want to keep up with the kids and power through an afternoon at the office, you need the right fuel to stay at the top of your game. T.O. helps you make the right eating decisions with meal plans detailing his choices both in and out of season.

Finally, as any athlete learns, just knowing what to do isn't always enough. T.O. realizes how hard it can be to stick to a routine, so over the years he has figured out how to motivate himself and make every day count. His approach has given him the crucial mental edge on his competitors and kept him fired up through setbacks and injuries. Get inspired today: take control, make the mind-body-spirit connection, and find your own best body.

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Introduction

It all starts with the mind.

Have you ever wondered how a young child can do a back flip without anyone teaching him? If a five-year-old sees an older kid do a back flip and makes up his mind that he wants to do it too, that child is often able to mimic what he just saw. The eyes send a message to the brain, the brain instructs the body, and by instinct the body responds to what the mind tells it to do. For years people have asked me what method I used to get into such incredible shape, and my answer has always been simple: Think about what you really want to accomplish. Tell your body what you want it to do, and then do it!

That may sound simplistic, but it really isn't. Physical success starts with the mind. It's a remarkably straightforward and effective approach that anyone can use. For instance, I didn't always have this body, as a teen I was tall and lanky. Even in my early days in the NFL, my body was a little above average at best. Yet no matter what I lacked in size, mentally I knew my body could do extraordinary things. That mental focus -- not natural physical prowess -- is how I went from an undeveloped rookie to the NFL's number one wide receiver. And it's what I'm going to teach you in this book.

<>Finding Fitness will show you how to use the power of your mind to lose weight and get into your best shape. But more than that, this book will help you love your body and unlock the door to your untapped abilities. Finding Fitness is the tool that will help you unleash the You you were designed to be.

Whether you're a stay-at-home mom, a college student, a weekend athlete, or an NFL star, Finding Fitness will help you make the mind-body connection that will ultimately bring out your own best body.

Mind over Matter -- Show Versus Tell

I could easily write a book that simply tells you about my workout, my lifestyle, and my diet. But that wouldn't be the best way to help you.

My approach emphasizes more show than tell. The mind understands one thing: Either I can do what I see, or I cannot. For me, 'cannot' is not an option. I'm going to show you how to determine the most effective way for you to get into shape, rather than just tell you what works for me. Once you learn how to make your own success instead of just reading about how I became successful, you'll be on your way to discovering the fitness routine and eating plan that works best for you.

My hope is to get you to move past the superficial expectations set by others, and determine and achieve goals that will make you happy.

I've found that for me, the best method of learning is sight recognition, then verbal or written instruction, and then trial and (sometimes) error, repetition, and ultimately perfection. That is the method I will employ in this book.

With each exercise, I'm going to first provide a visual example of form at a beginner level, an intermediate level, and an advanced level. Each photograph focuses on an important aspect of the exercise so you can see exactly what's happening during each movement.

My personal trainer and fitness expert, Buddy Primm, offers tips and techniques for getting the most out of each exercise.

Buddy also provides easy-to-follow diet and exercise plans based on his many years of personal training, as well as my twelve years in the NFL working extensively with NFL trainers and doctors. Some people search their entire lives to find the knowledge about fitness that is provided in the pages of this book!

I'll share some of my best moments and some of my worst, including accounts and illustrations of some very serious career-threatening injuries. I will show and tell you how I...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.9.2008
• Co-Autor: Courtney Parker, Buddy Primm
• Einführung: Jerry Rice
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Ernährung / Diät / Fasten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
• ISBN-10: 1-4165-9721-2 / 1416597212
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-9721-6 / 9781416597216