Product Description

Start your workout today with the US Navy SEALs!

The Official United States Navy SEAL Workout presents an accurate documentation of the demanding physical training (or P.T., as it's known in military circles) that students encounter at BUD/S. The physical expectations of BUD/S graduates are awesome...but they are achievable, as this book demonstrates.

You'll learn what it's like to be a SEAL in this incredible book that brings together the fitness requirements, history, and traditions of the US Navy SEALs. Whether you're seriously into exercising or just want to start a personal fitness program, you can follow this All-American workout to strengthen and tone your entire body!

You'll find:

* Workouts you can perform at home, the gym or on the road
* Tips on stretching, lower and upper body workouts, and abdominal workouts
* Intense photos of SEALs as they prepare for missions around the world
* What it takes to become a Navy SEAL ...and more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #480231 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-21
• Released on: 2002-11-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

The Dallas Morning News
An easy to follow workout program.

Review
I've tried many workouts in the past.  Most only made me hurt so I quit.  I tried working out in a gym lifing weights only to find that I couldn't even do 40 pushups but I could lift 200# easy.  I saw your book "The Official USN SEAL Workout" and decided to give it a try.  As a USNR corpsman, at 35 y/o and needing to get back into shape.  It is awesome.  I've doubled the amount of pushups and situps that I can do in a two minute period, and running, well its gotten better too.  Thanks so much for a workout book that knows what its talking about.
-Jerry Boyd, NREMTP
HM2 USNR-R

About the Author
Andrew Flach is a recognized authority and author on the subjects of fitness, diet and exercise. He is certified by the American Council on Exercise. His books are widely used both by civilians and by the military and include The Official United States Air Force Elite Workout and The Official United States Naval Academy Workout.

Customer Reviews

Pick up your swim fins and run with me!
I got this book as a companion piece to Flach's book on Marine Corps fitness. The author Andrew Flach is a fitness expert, joined by a well-known freelance photographer, Peter Field Peck. This book is part of the Five Star Fitness Series that looks at the kinds of workouts of all the branches of the military. My father was in the military, as are many close friends, and I have always admired their fitness achievements - thus it makes sense I might opt for a military-inspired fitness programme.

This book is not simply a workout book. It is an introduction to the Navy SEALs. There is more to SEAL fitness than just doing push-ups and beach/swimming workouts. When you are in BUD/S training, the mind is shaped as much as the body. To help with this history and mindset, the authors consulted (according to the credits) officers from the Pentagon and the Navy Special Warfare Centre in California.

In addition to the workouts listed here, there are pictures and essay snapshots of what potential SEALs actually endure in training. This book also gives some basic history of the SEALs, and what it takes to be one. The very first page asks the reader - can you swim 500 years in 12.5 minutes, do 42 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, eight pull-ups, and then run 1.5 miles in 11.5 minutes? If so, you've just passed the bare minimum entrance requirements for the SEALs. This is tough stuff!

The heart of the book discusses the various exercises that are used in the SEAL training. Many of these are common to other workout programmes, but some are unique. This includes stretches, upper-body, pull-ups and dips (as a separate item), running and swimming, lower body, and abdominal training. Pull-ups are listed as a separate section for good reason - while the push-up is considered the 'classic' military exercise, in fact the pull-up is more strenuous, and more determinative of one's ability to really pull one's own weight. This includes many variations of the pull-up, including the 'cliffhangers', a special side-oriented pull-up strongly identified with SEAL training.

There is a section on the 'O' course, the obstacle course. It is unlikely that any particular reader will have access to an obstacle course like those at SEAL training, but looking at this, one gets the sense of the toughness of the training, and there are various parts of the course that can be somewhat duplicated in 'the real world'.

The book has a section on nutrition (as every fitness book seems incomplete without at least a gloss of this topic), and is rather more full than other nutrition sections I've seen in earlier books in this series. Do be careful not to follow this guide for caloric intake if not doing the workouts - adding thousands of calories to the intake without spending them on exercise will not help fitness at all

There are listing for prep workout programmes for those getting ready for SEAL traning, and then a five level listing of full-body workouts under the 'official' SEAL section. These are in fact developed by the authors and their consultants - SEAL training, like much of military training, is constantly evolving, and some of it is classified, and some requires equipment civilians and/or individuals are not likely to have. So, allowances must be made for this.

The photographs are utilitarian and useful - black and white, not glossy and colourful; the point here is the exercise, not the subject exercising. This is a tough programme, but one that will yield results, given dedication and discipline.

"The only easy day was yesterday!"
This book is amazing, it helped me get into the best shape of my life! This book is not for the faint hearted though, but for those who are serious about fitness! The program centers around cardio conditioning with lots of swimming and running! I have completed several Military Fitness programs and this book is one of the best! If you have the drive, the Navy SEAL Workout can change your life! When I was 17-18 yrs old, I could run a 7 min mile and I thought I was in the best shape of my life. I was an All-Provincial (Ontario, Canada) track & field athlete in the 4x100m relay and the 100m sprint. My body fat was about 11% or 12% and I felt good! That was then, I am now 30 yrs old and can clip off a mile in under 6 mins, my body fat is around 10% and I feel better than I ever did, thanks mostly to this book! You get a feel for what the SEALs go through in their training and a great appreciation for physical fitness once you're done the program! Aside from the fitness aspect, this book is very well written and easy to understand and use. I can appreciate fitness oriented books, I am a writer myself (Backyard Sports for Kids) and this book recieves my full endorsement. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about getting into the best shape of their life! The U.S. Navy SEALs are among the world's best and they certainly live up to their motto, "The only easy day was yesterday!"

Excellent for beginners and intermediate fitness buffs
This book is basically the BUD/S warning order with lots of cool pictures and little motivating tidbits of info thrown in. It provides a "canned," structured, remedial fitness program for beginners and intermediate fitness buffs. The good thing about this workout is that its progressive, structured...and realistic. It involves no use of weights, just calisthenics, stretching, running and swimming. The simplicity of the workouts is the great thing about it.

I could see most men being able to follow this workout and get into solid physical condition. Its also an excellent book for a young man aspiring to go into the military. You can complete the workouts in this book, then move onto more advanced type workouts.

If you are not an aspiring SEAL, you could eliminate or cut back some on the swim portions of the workouts. And still get a fine workout.