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Cardio Strength Training: Torch Fat, Build Muscle, and Get Stronger Faster |  | Author: Robert dos Remedios MA CSCS
Publisher: Rodale Books
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1605296554
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
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Publication Date: December 22, 2009
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Cut workout time in half and get double the results! If you’re a guy with little time to work out and pounds of fat to burn, the thought of having to spend hours in the gym lifting weights and doing cardio can be a daunting proposition. Now, Cardio Strength Training solves both problems with simple, fast, and effective workouts that incorporate challenging, muscle-building combination moves and fat-frying cardio exercises to help you kill two birds with one stone. Built on the same principles Robert Dos Remedios uses to train Division I collegiate athletes, Cardio Strength Training provides safe and innovative workouts and nutritional advice for anyone looking to drop pounds of flab and build a functionally strong physique. Every workout is no longer than 15 minutes and is built on the same training methods outlined in the highly successful book, Men’s Health Power Training.
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 Coach Dos is a Real Gem in the Fitness Industry February 8, 2010
NorwichGrad (Northeast Pennsylvania)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I will confirm that the book has some errors. So yeah, shame on the publisher for making Coach Dos look like a dweeb. If it were up to me I would make the publishers do 100 complexes of elevated push up with jumping dumbbell burpees for every error they made. That'll pump some blood and improve their brain function :)
If you are an experienced lifter, the errors can easily be overlooked (they're almost negligible, to be honest). If you are a newbie, I would highly recommend that you join the Coach's forum on [...] . Even if you are an experienced lifter you should also join. There are lots of great info on his forum. He is also one heck of great guy, always willing to answer questions even if they are multiple repeats.
Anyway, aside from the errors (again not the Coach's fault), I still give the info contained within this book a five star for the following reasons:
A) The book is easy to follow. It has different levels, catered to the individual's fitness level. The book has many suggestions for beginner, intermediate and advanced trainee. NO cookie cutter, one-size fits all approach here.
B) The reasoning behind the book's methods of zapping fat is backed up with solid science. It's NOT some cult-fit (**cough** I mean crossfit) "slap-a-roo" garbage that make you do meaningless stuff just for the sake of doing meaningless stuff. CST is based on solid science.
C) It's a stand alone program. If your primary goal is to lose fat, this book is all you need. Although I would still recommend Men's Health Power Training because once you become lean thru CST, you would want to do other protocol to keep improving.
Alright, as far as my real-world experience with this stuff: I performed CST protocol on one of my days off from Power Training. It only took me 15 minutes to do the workout. I am a pretty experienced lifter, so I followed an advanced suggestion. Fifteen minutes later, I looked at my heart rate monitor and it registered at 101%. That's right, over one hundred percent. If I were not athletic, my heart would probably have blown out. I'm not saying this to scare you. I am sharing my experience to inform you that Coach Dos' program IS THAT INTENSE! In fact, I did CST at 5:00 AM and that very same day during break time at 10:00 AM I went to my company's health and wellness coach to measure my blood pressure. BP was normal. But she panicked when she measured my heart rate at 90 BPM! I tried to explain to the wellness coach that it was probably high due to the "afterburn" affect of CST which I did 5 hours earlier. Talk about intensity!
Another story I would like to share. I am a part-time personal trainer. My brother-in-law asked me to give him a good cardio program. I told him to meet me at the house on Tuesday night at 6:30 PM. Come around 6:50 PM he came literally close to vomiting. I kid you not! And I only gave him a beginner protocol.
Guys and gals, forget low intensity steady state on the elliptical or treadmill. If you are not a gym member and you would much rather workout in your basement, that is perfectly fine. I would suggest that you save your money on a good heart rate monitor, some kettlebells, dumbbells, and / or Olympic barbell, follow this program and watch your fat melt right off. If you are already a gym member, that's great too! Just go to the corner of your gym's massive "cardio room" full of worthless LISS equipment and do CST. People on treadmill and elliptical will stare at you. Let them, because they (and you) will literally see the fat melt off in no time (just as long as you nutritional intake is in check - remember you still have to create caloric deficit).
The book basically has the following protocols:
o Complex
o Density Training
o Timed Interval
o Tabata
All you need is no more than 20 minutes. It is not easy. It's not supposed to be. If it were easy, the US of A would not have an obese pandemic.
Good luck. You will need it as you cross the treshold of death! Ha ha ha.
Finally! January 15, 2010
r.d. (california)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
At long last a straight forward, simple and easy to understand workout plan to build muscle and lose fat. I found the complex and timed sets to be the most interesting and even have seen similar programs being sold for lots more money. I did one timed workout and burned 775 calories! I have never been able to do this without collapsing to the floor first [which I did at the end anyway with this program]. I especially like that the author offers barbell, dumbbell and body weight variations of each workout. If you're serious about keeping fit and don't have tons of time, you need this book. You will never workout the same again.
Training for the New Age April 22, 2010
Luke Sniewski, CPA, CES, PES (Los Angeles, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Coach Dos seems to be leading the race for innovations in the strength and conditioning industry. This book is the perfect example of that edge that he has over the rest. At no point during his career, has he remained educational stagnant. Instead, he continually experiments and finds new ways to excel his athletes. We readers are lucky that he documents and shares his findings with the rest of the world. Cardio Strength Training is epitome of these last statements. This easy to follow and understandable guide allows anyone to implement new age metabolic fitness strategies that are appropriate for anyone. Not just for athletes, these workouts are extremely time-efficient, which is perfect for the Average Joe who works the daily grind and only has 30-40 minutes to workout. In fact, with some of the protocols in this book, that may be too much time. As Dos so eloquently puts it, get out there and "DO WORK!"
DO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April 24, 2010
Capt. Craig (West Palm Beach, Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The nice thing abouut this book is that if you aren't on your knees in between sets feeling like your about to die and wishing you could be anywhere else other than what you're doing, then you aren't doing the exercises right.
It's a face paced, explosive packed program that will whip your ass into shape. I'm 43 and I started with Coach Dos Mens Health Power Training years ago. I bought CST just a few months ago and it's taken my fitness level even further. I can do more over the age of 40 than I could at 30. Coach, wish you were around in my 20's.
Do yourself a favor and throw all those "it's easy!" programs away. In order to change you will have to feel discomfort and pain. And that's the fun in it anyway. Who wants to do it easy? Not me.
This book is excellent and easy to follow. I have the Bowflex SelectTech Dumbbells which makes weight changes quick so you move through each circuit very smoothly.
DO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic Book March 2, 2010
Betsy E. Enzensberger (Los Angeles, CA)
It worked for me and has worked for many of my clients. Training using the principals from this book are a sure fire way to torch fat. Give it a whirl!
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