The best selling Haynes' format of clear, concise information matched with drawings and photographs is familiar from  car owners' manuals (oh my old TR7 how you broke my heart) but now extends to washing machine, Fender Stratocaster and getting fit the ‘Royal Marines way’.

The Royal Marines are the Navy’s infantry force and their green beret, worn by all Commando-trained soldiers, is world-renowned.  The physical training that all marine recruits undergo is challenging and demanding but structured and achievable. Here, in this hardback wipe clean book (from the mud dear) is the official manual to show you in detail how you can mirror the Marines coaching in  your own work out.

The Royal Marine’s website has a very helpful keep fit tool too here:  

Written by Royal Marines Physical Training Staff at the Commando Training Centre in Devon, it aims to be your ‘own’ personal training programme.  With some interesting facts and easy to follow step-by-step instruction accompanied by colour photographs of the exercises it’s a comprehensive if not gym-bag sized book.

This book has clear guidance for anyone wanting to achieve a higher level of fitness, whether it’s preparing for a marathon, losing weight or putting on muscle mass,  it’s also fun to flick through too if all you ever lift is a remote control.

This manual provides you with all the tools and information you need to put together a training program specific to your own targets, and to adapt it as you progress. It is also covers diet and nutrition, fitness psychology and physiology. Royal Marines Fitness’s provides the instruction required for complete physical fitness in a no nonsense, real life fitness way. So there. No sniggering.

You’ll have to shout at yourself though.

Out Now: £19.99

From the publisher’s website here:

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