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The Minimum Method: The Least You Can Do to Be a Stronger, Healthier, Happier You by Joey Thurman Book Review

 



The Minimum Method is a new concept of a fitness book. He begins the book by apologizing for the miscommunication and how we were told every day to get up and to attach each day with a passion that it’s going to be a good day. He explained it’s okay to have bad days and not to give every workout our very best. We can even consume carbs. He shared how he grew up playing hockey and then moved on to lifting weights. He discovered his passion in becoming a certified personal trainer. He had a main goal of teaching readers to truly to show up for themselves. He explained how critical it is to focus on how we feel and not on the external benefits. This book is primary guided to teach readers the minimum method and to learn the essentials to transform our health. The book covered sleep, exercise, breathing, nutrition, stretching, and much more. 



 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters discussed the importance of sleep and resting. We have to learn to prioritize our sleep times. A lack of sleep can cause us to want to overeat the next day. There have been studies conducted to show we lose our lack of control when we are running low of sleep. It has been estimated that it can cause use to crave up to 20% more calories the next day. We will also experience problems with our cognitive reasoning and problem solving. He explained how he struggled with depression since he was a teenager and if we don’t get enough sleep this will affect our moods. It can lead us to developing metabolic syndrome. He looked at the different stages of sleep and included a helpful illustration describing each stage. One of my favorite tips he shared was how we need to record our favorite show and watch it later and not stay up late. I liked how he explored the different sleep chronotypes using animals. He explained how they relate to our internal time clocks and how we can figure out where we are most productive in our day. I enjoyed the discussion of supplement that can benefit us in helping us sleep. I also liked how he revealed how we can learn to wake up properly using light exposure. 



 

 

I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is ready to change their lives and they can do so by using the minimum method. I liked how helpful Joey Thurman is and I enjoyed in doing some of his workout programs and exercises. I have even saw a couple of his TV interviews and how open he is about his depression and how he wants to help readers to better their life. This book dives in and goes more in depth to provide tips and solutions to tackle our health head on. I immensely loved how each chapter enclosed helpful summaries and action steps we can take to transform our lives. One of my things, the book taught me was the importance of breathing properly and how we can all get 20% more oxygen. It contained steps by steps examples to guide us. The book is a very impactful book and I highly recommend it to benefit your overall health and wellbeing. 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, BenBella Books for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Minimum-Method-Stronger-Healthier-Happier/dp/1637742290

Resync Your Life: 28 Days to a Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Happier You by Samir Becic Book Review






In Resync Your Life, Samir Becic is committed to teaching readers how to live a balanced life in your diet, body, brain, spirit, and every facet of your life. He was born in Bosnia, Germany and he started working out at age thirteen. When he was twenty-four years old, he received his green card and moved to the United States. He was a personal trainer in Houston for a local Bally Total Fitness facility. He was promoted to senior director for five clubs and he trained several hundred fitness trainers. He left the company in 2009 to begin his own fitness adventure. He has even partnered with Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church and formed fitness program classes at his church. 

 

Throughout the book, Samir shared personal stories about people he helped to turn their life back around by choosing the healthy lifestyle, meanwhile also growing closer to God. Many of us our obese or overweight and he is dedicated in teaching readers how to change their lives around. He has designed a 28 day program (four weeks) into helping you get more flexible, your muscle mass and becoming more lean, getting the right nutrients into your body to give you energy, tips on how to exercise your brain, and the importance of reawaking your spirit and connection to God. 



I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is ready to change their life around and to become healthier in all aspects of their life. I picked this book because I wanted to begin to lose weight again. I have been eating healthy for 1 week and doing a dance program called, Country Heat. I have also personally began to use a food tracker and track what each meal. I have already lost 3.8 pounds. One of my favorite tips was how important adding lemon or lime to your water. It helps our digestion, it contains antioxidants, boost immune system (who doesn’t need this extra boost especially with the flu/cold season), it contains vitamin C, and it helps to flush out toxins. I have personally began to do this again and I love the lemon flavor added to my water. Throughout the book, he included a helpful list of tips in each chapter to help remember and break down the information to be healthier. He has included a meal plan for each week and recipes. The recipes and the meals aren’t difficult to make. The exercise program has three different levels based on your fitness level. You don’t even have to use gym equipment. He believes in using your own body weight when you work out using his program. This book helped to remind me of how bad high-fructose corn syrup is for our bodies and how it leads to fat storage and who wants that! It also reinforced how trans-fat affect our bodies and how processed foods are harming our bodies and causing us to overeat and become overweight. This book was very eye opening and I believe if readers will follow his program, they will see results in every aspect of their lives!  





"I received this book free from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers book review bloggers program."
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