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Never Let Go A Philosophy of Lifting Living and Learning

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5 Stars Outstanding
Superb information presented in a clear, highly readable style. He provides an unbiased look at everything from weight training to goal setting. The author is refreshingly self effacing. The book is written as a series of semi-connected essays (originally written as individual articles) and there’s not a clunker in the bunch. He’s given me a ton of new ideas for my own training. Great stuff.

5 Stars Truly inspiring book
If you know Coach Dan John at all, then you will know that what he writes is worth reading. You might have seen the online download “From The Ground Up”. This book, derived largely from his posts on Tnation and so on, is a compendium packed full of no-nonsense information. It is very well-written, every section has something you can implement, and his focus on old-fashioned hard work is just what we need as an antidote to much of modern so-called fitness writing. But more than this, the lessons in the book are I feel universal, and the subtitle is not at all pompous or pretentious. The lessons contained in this volume are applicable to so much of life. I had a copy rushed to me from the US, and cannot recommend it too highly. As a companion to Marty Gallagher’s “Purposeful Primitive” and the books by Pavel Tsatsouline, this book is in good company. As a set, they are all you really need to get informed, get motivated, and get stuck in.

5 Stars What a fun and informative read!
If you have ever read any of Dan John’s columns or GetUp Newsletter than you will really enjoy this collection of his writings. Each chapter is just a “to the point” writing on a subject. I really enjoyed this. It is full of Dan’s honest opinions and not some motivational fluff. I am sure this book will be re-read many times! I recommend it very much. If you have never heard of Dan John than search the web for some of his writing but get this book. Well worth it!

5 Stars Discover how to get the most from fitness.
Anything will work for three to six months. What then? That’s the dynamic message I got from Dan’s book. Oh, there was a lot more here. But I generally take one or two new and interesting ideas from a book — assuming it’s a good book. And this one is.

Dan’s book is really a collection of essays. They’re not in any particular order. I say that because he mentions his fat period twice — once in the early part of the book and again towards the end. Both are written in the time he is recovering from his fatness.

But that doesn’t take away from the messages of the book.

Dan believes in making things simple. Not easy, he says. But simple. I like that idea more and more as I get older. It makes more sense for anyone. Our lives are already far too confusing and full and rushed and out of control.

Dan recons we should focus on our main goal and plan our activities, our workouts and exercises accordingly. If you want to lose weight, you must follow different activities than someone who wants to get power or strength or run a marathon, for example.

Again, this makes sense and simplifies things for us. This is the way Bruce Lee was able to be so great in martial arts. He tried many things and discarded the things that didn’t work or didn’t help him in his main persuit — his goals for his unique purposes.

I find this idea empowering. And you’ll find it in abundance in Dan’s new book.

While you might think the book is written for weight lifters or bodybuilders, it’s really for anyone who wants to get fit.

Some of it you may discard. You may find parts of it just don’t apply to you. But there is enough encouragement and no BS information in the book that you’ll thoroughly enjoy it and come away the wiser. You’ll profit with more useful workouts that actually get you to your goal.

Dan cuts through the myths and the outright lies we see in advertising and muscle mags and gets to the heart of the matter. He tells it like it is. And since he’s not a young man, we know he’s probably tried it all and seen most of it and is well equipped to give you honest solutions.

Buy this book if you need encouragement in your training and fitness program. Moreover, buy it if you want to learn how to cut through the BS and get to the real meat of how to get from where you are to where you want to be.

Highly recommended.

- Susanna K. Hutcheson

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