I like books that are practical, well researched and fun to read. This book delivers on all counts.



I also like beer and struggle as many middle aged people do against the scourge of belly fat.



As a partner in two fitness businesses, I read a ton of books on health, diet and exercise to stay informed. And most of them are complete fluff. I know first hand that years of research went into this book. Years of research pouring over the mountains of health, diet and exercise related data that has accumulated over the decades. Years of research using themselves and friends as guinea pigs to test their theories. Years of testing and perfecting the delicious recipes for taste and effectiveness. Last and certainly not least, years of accumulating the perfect joke or anecdote for each salient point made in this very entertaining fitness book.



I have never read a book with a blooper reel at the end or a visual teaser of coming attractions a la Marvel movies.



This is not another diet book. It's fun to read, practical, doable and it works. Proof? Now I can have my beer and every now and again take off my shirt and dawn a silly cap for a pose off.



Full disclosure: I am the less hairy member of the posing duo pictured in the introduction of this book. I'm not just a DYC guinea pig, I'm a DYC convert!