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Fit2Fat2Fit (2012)

by Drew Manning(Favorite Author)

3.28 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0062194208 (ISBN13: 9780062194206)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: This was an interesting premise for a book, but I found too many sports metaphors to really get into it (since i loathe watching sports). The writing is a little disjointed, and the epiphanies weren't really all that unique (unless I guess you've always been fit and had never even considered what it was like to be fat). I had hoped to read more about his struggle to regain fitness, but after the first month or so, he jumps to a more impersonal approach with generalizations on how the body adapts to fitness. Mostly the book was about getting fat, not about getting fit, though I suppose his blog might go more in depth.
review 2: While I like the concept of Fit2Fat2Fit, the story of a personal trainer who intentionally gained 75lbs and then lost it, the lessons ... morelearned were more personal discoveries and not necessarily anything a reader can internalize. While the writer is not an author by trade, I do think the book needed a better structure to it. The lessons learned were broad and bordering on trite (losing weight can be hard, obsession about health can be destructive to family relations). And the last few chapters of the book were anticlimactic and void of substance. The book was void of aha moments and for me, beyond the core concept of intentionally gaining weight and then losing it, I was disappointed. I applaud Drew's courage in publicly gaining the weight and losing it and also is public self-reflection, however in the end, I don't believe the lessons in this book transfer well beyond Drew's personal experience and the ground covered is well worn. less

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