Thursday, September 16, 2010

Holy Grail Body Transformation Program Review

Holy Grail Body Transformation Program Review


OK, what is it?

It’s a new E-Book on how to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. Well I know most of you reading this (like I was with the book) are saying “that is impossible, it goes against everything I know about training”, and well until now you’d be right but Tom Venuto, author of The Holy Grail Body Transformation Program”, has set out to prove that myth wrong.

So, the E-Book itself?

Layout: Just the standard e-book layout. A block of text broken into manageable sections within five parts.

Diagrams: None, but the text is supplemented with tables containing training regimes, calorie counting ect.

References: Yes there are some provided with case studies to back up the claims.

The book itself is set out in five parts plus a bonus section.

Part 1: Theory and Science.
Part 2: Nutrient Timing.
Part 3: Weight Training and Cardio Guidelines.
Part 4: Lifestyle Factors aka “The Big Two”.
Part 5: Questions and Answers.

Now For The Review:

Part 1:
At the start of reading this I thought personally that there was too much padding with the text, that there was some unnecessary amounts of text involved but that was soon disappeared and enjoyed learning the background to the nutritional and training aspects of the program. Most of the theory and science goes on a cyclical nutrition plan and most of you will be happy to know that the training plan isn’t overly ridiculous either to achieve the results you are looking for. Even from the start it was totally catering for all levels of fitness and knowing that you don’t have to be an expert will ease a lot of people apprehension of the book. Many of the case studies at the start are of beginners to training. They also don’t make any wild claims about how you will be gaining muscle and losing fat concurrently (goes on a multi-week/month period). They are so truthful about the program that it almost seems like they are discouraging you to try fat loss/muscle gain concurrently, but over the next few part Tom shows how it could really work!

Part 2:
This is where the good stuff starts and possibly the most important part of the book and in particular goes into Calorie Utilisation. This utilisation is broken down into three cycles, namely, the Macro, Meso and Micro-cycle, where your nutritional intake is broken into monthly, weekly and daily consumptions. Contained with it are lots of interesting nutritional guides and goes into the importance of meal timings. Throughout, there is an emphasis that there are no days where there are no carbs consumed. Each meal is used to re-energise your body and the carbs are seen as an important part to this.



Part 3:
Goes into detail with the sort of training that you should be doing and I must say it is very reasonable. You are probably wondering what the situation with cardio is with the training and for some parts it’s very important with case studies to show that doing certain cardio in separate training sessions to the weight training can help build lean muscle. Again this section caters for all, ie:
                                    Fat Loss
                                    Fat Loss with Muscle Gain
                                    Muscle Gain

Part 4:
An important section in terms of hormones, this tell you what to in reference to “The Big Two” (sleeping and alcohol) but they deliver it in a way that isn’t preachy. At the end of the day whose body is it?

Part 5:
Probably, in my opinion, the most valuable section of the book. There are many questions that you think of during your read of the book and happily most of them are answered here with plenty of advice and techniques thrown in too. Well worth the read for this alone.

BONUS:
Again a VERY valuable section with loads of info on meal planning for men and women:
            Daily meals (6)
            Pre and Post workout meals highlighted
            Calorie, Protein and Fat levels included for each meal
            High, Maintenance and Low Calorie Days included
            Pages on how to calculate your own calorie intake, no matter what your size.
            Nice food list with Calories ect included
            Weekly workout schedule

What did I think of it?
Well all in all it is an excellent manual. I enjoyed its simplistic language that didn’t try to over complicate things or talk down to you like you are inferior. It does a good job in trying to motivate you to give the program a go and from the basis of his argument I think after reading it will be hard not to read it.

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