Royal Marines Fitness: Physical Training Manual - Hardcover

Sean Lerwill

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9781844255610: Royal Marines Fitness: Physical Training Manual

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844255611 ISBN 13: 9781844255610

Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 2009

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The physical training that all Royal Marines recruits undergo is challenging and demanding, yet also structured and achievable. Here, for the first time, is an official manual to show you in detail how they succeed and how you can mirror all relevant aspects in your own fitness training. Packed with facts and step-by-step instruction accompanied by hundreds of colour photographs, Royal Marines Fitness contains a wealth of guidance for anyone wanting to achieve a higher level of fitness, whether it s preparing for a marathon, losing weight or putting on muscle mass. This manual provides you with all the tools and information you need to put together a training programme specific to your own targets, and to adapt it as you surpass your expectations. The Royal Marines the training, ethos and lifestyle. Physical fitness including the seven components of fitness. Fitness psychology training your mind to control your body. Exercise physiology understand how your body will respond to training. Diet and nutrition, the facts and figures you need to know. Fitness programme, the Royal Marines approach. Warm up, cool down, the reasons, the importance and the ways. Fitness training all the methods, aerobic, anaerobic, circuits and weights. The exercises extensive, step-by-step instructions for all types of fitness training.

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Synopsis:

The physical fitness training of the Royal Marines is legendary: it's part of what makes them who they are. Former Royal Marines Physical Training Instructor, David Pearce, is your personal trainer. He takes you through your initial physical assessment, provides diet, lifestyle and motivational advice, and presents fitness-training programmes that can be tailored to your individual requirements, including an advanced programme for those with more ambitious personal fitness agendas. It doesn't matter if you haven't set foot in a gym since school - using the trusted "Haynes Manual" formula you'll soon be getting fit the Royal Marines way.

About the Author:

After joining the Royal Marines, Sean Lerwill served in various Royal Marines Units around the country, as well as taking part in numerous exercises and Operations across the globe. He specialised in the Physical Training Branch of the Royal Marines at the earliest opportunity, and after joining the PT Branch gained numerous qualifications in the fitness, teaching and coaching industries. Having left the Royal Marines in Autumn 2009, Sean now co-owns a physical training company, Commando Conditioning, with another Ex-Royal Marines PTI.

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