Evolution: The Cutting-edge Guide to Breaking Down Mental Walls and Building the Body You've Always Wanted

“A comprehensive yet straightforward and effective roadmap to better health and fitness” (Shawn Perine, editor in chief of Muscle & Fitness), this accessible guidebook reveals exactly how to get the body of one of Hollywood’s hottest stars—promising to turn any Average Joe into a Joe Manganiello.

With a build that men envy and women adore, Joe Manganiello is more than qualified to write the end-all guide to sculpting the perfect body. His fit physique catapulted him to the top of the list of Hollywood’s most desired male actors following his memorable performances in HBO’s hit show True Blood and in the Magic Mike films. In Evolution, Manganiello shares his lifetime of experience and research in terms of diet, cardio, and anatomy to bring you the only fitness book you’ll ever need in order to look and feel your best.

Featuring black-and-white photographs and Manganiello’s step-by-step workout routine that combines weights, intense cardio, and a high protein diet.

Joe Manganiello is an actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, Emmy Award–winning voice actor, and reality competition host. He holds a BFA in acting from The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Best known for his work as an actor of stage, screen, and film, in projects such as: True Blood, the Magic Mike films, One Piece, Justice League, Spider-Man, Nonnas, Pee Wee’s Big Holiday, How I Met Your Mother, Rampage, Sabotage, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, and The Kill Room, and as the host and executive producer of Deal or No Deal Island. He previously financed, produced, and directed the award-winning documentary La Bare, and produced and starred in the films Bottom of the 9th, Shoplifters of the World, and Archenemy. Manganiello also works as a chief creative officer for Dungeons & Dragons and along with being tasked to write and develop the world of Dragonlance for the screen, he was also recruited to direct and produce D&D’s upcoming, official history documentary series. He is the author of the books Bloodlines and Evolution, and he serves on the board of directors at both UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and The Children of Armenia Fund and is an advisory board member for both Liquid Death and Colossal Biosciences. After a quarter century living in Los Angeles, he moved back home to Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.