Beyond Basic Training: Fitness Strategies for Men

Beyond Basic Training is a guidebook to a fully integrated program that synthesizes core training with the new fitness trends of the twenty-first century. Giswold cuts right to the chase, encouraging readers to define goals and set up training strategies, then immersing them in efficient and effective routines to meet those goals. Every routine is presented at three levels-for the novice, the minimalist and the exerciser who demands total body conditioning-and can be mixed and matched throughout one training session or through a course of conditioning. Dynamically illustrated with striking photographs which demonstrate every move and position, Beyond Basic Training is an essential resource for anyone who wants to kick up their workouts to a higher level and see dramatic and permanent results.

Jon Giswold is a top trainer and Group Fitness Instructor who is on staff at Reebok/Sports Club NY and Sports Club LA in New York City. He is a consultant to the Nautilus Fitness Group creating programs for Schwinn Fitness, Stairmaster and Nautilus equipment. As owner of JMG Management, he designs and manages fitness centers for top New York developers. His first book, Basic Training, was published in 1998.

Photographer Augustus Butera captures spontaneous snippets of life on Polaroid film and then juxtaposes the photos into colorful diptychs. Using one of many Spectra cameras, Butera manipulates the focus, exposes the film to allow the emulsion to mingle with the available light, and renders distorted scenes in an alluring range of colors and textures.