Spartan Health Regime

[koto_ryu]

Some of it sounds a little too good to be true, anybody have a copy of this and can give an honest opinion?

[Broadsword2004]

What is the "Spartan Health regime?"

[koto_ryu]

www.spartanhealth.com, supposedly a hardcore diet and workout program designed to build functional strength and steely discipline. It sounds decent but I'm wary of over-commercialized things.

[Broadsword2004]

Hmmm, I am no expert, but anytime you see a product that advertises like that, I think I'd stay away from it, especially if it is in regards to food. Remember, a diet is very specific for every person. Everyone has heard the saying, "What works for one person may work totally differently for another."

So I don't think any specific way of eating can be "proven" really; the only proven ways of eating are that if you eat lots of fruits and vegetables and balance it with enough protein and such, you will be helpful (and some people actually go vegetable crazy like drinking 4 cans of V8 a day or something along with eating a ton of vegetables, and that can cause problems due to too much of the vitamins from the veggies).

But I mean like take me; I could eat like 4 Krispy Kreme donuts a day and not get fat cuz my metabolism is so fast right now (though I am sure I would clog up my arteries). But for other people, that would be impossible to eat like that and not gain some serious pounds.

I'd maybe mail that program's advertisment to like a magazine like "Muscle Media" or "Muscle & Fitness," and see what they have to say if you are really, really curious. Just my opinion though.

[EmptyneSs]

I'd maybe mail that program's advertisment to like a magazine like "Muscle Media" or "Muscle & Fitness," and see what they have to say if you are really, really curious. Just my opinion though.

arent those the same douches who are pushing all kindsa wack ass diets and products on people ?

[Ironpalm]

Looks like crap to me. Anything advertised with "amazing" or "guaranteed" is going to be a waste of time and money, and could be harmful to your health.

[koto_ryu]

I dunno, I used to be on the Warrior Diet a while back and I got great results from it. This one sounds somewhat similar though without the fasting.

[Broadsword2004]

arent those the same douches who are pushing all kindsa wack ass diets and products on people ?

No; Empyness, you need to re-lookat the magazines; the magazines contain "special ad sections" that advertise weird products, but the magaziens themselves, especially "Muscle and Fitness," usually speak against them.

[CrossTrainer]

If you find the diet ideas interesting, you can see this article as well: http://www.earth360.com/diet_paleodiet_balzer.html

[CrossTrainer]

From what I heard the diet section of the program is mostly based on the writings of Weston A. Price, who did a great deal of international practical and historical research on the diets of "nature folks" (tribesmen and tribeswomen, hunting societies etc - like indians, eskimos, sami/lapps, etc) - and found the things those people all around the world has in common. Some important points is that in all of those cultures at least one animal meat is eaten raw, all those cultures eat some kind of organ meat, they have a much higher rate of minerals in their food, etc, etc.

This is most often called the "hunter-gatherer" diet. You can find some info on this diet on the home page of Weston Price foundation, www.westonapricefoundation.org.

Search around and see what people say on other forums. The animal ability forums would be a good shot, I guess. Don't have the addy here, just google it.

I hate Bovas hyped-up style, so I haven't bought his program. It's also priced into the sky. But think about writers like Tsatsouline and Furey. I respect both of them's work, and I hate their marketing. Tsatsoulines stuff I got through a piracy server to check out, but since it was really good I paid for it afterwards. They want as many customers as possible, you know, and since 90% of their potential customers are insecure morons their advertising is based on what would sell to insecure morons. But there still might be good information behind all the hype, as is the case with Furey and Tsatsouline in my personal opinion.

Mind I haven't read Fureys books on sex and qigong, and I don't intend to either. When it comes to sex, I consult my pineal gland, and qigong.. well thats one thing I don't go ahead to learn from a book! But combat conditioning is GREAT - although I ain't becoming no streetfighting champion getting "chiseled layers of muscle packed on my body on a weekly basis."

[fanman.]

I have a copy of the spartan health regime, and am very satisfied. I was very skeptical at first. It seemed like just the usual advertising hype but the only reason he's pushing it so much is cause he wants to help people.

While it is true that dietary needs might vary depending on the person, there are parts of diet that are common to the needs of every individual. These are in the spartan health regime. The spartan diet is set up in such a way so that it can be done slightly differently for each person. the diet is based on nature's laws and our natural needs.

You might as well try buying a copy and if you don't feel it has been beneficial (very unlikely) you can return it and get your money back anyway.
hope this helps.

[fanman.]

Also search "Spartan Health" on these forums cause it has previously been talked about including by someone who owns a copy and you might find it interesting.

[CrossTrainer]

"the only reason he is pushing it so much is cause he wants to help people."

Lol, I guess ol' anthony bova just don't even consider the money side of things?
If he just wanted to reach out and help people he wouldn't be taking 100 or 177 usd for a book exclusively on his own website, he'd get it published. Bova took Matt Fureys "fitness guru" marketing course, you know..

Don't misunderstand: I really don't blame him, I'd like to earn some dough too. Ofcourse it's possible to "help people" at the same time.

I recommend a search for animalability on google, and then search those forums. If I remember it right, there are some good threads about the spartan regime there - seems to be some very constructive criticism. One thing in particular I can imagine is true, one guy there said that if you don't need things laid out for you, you don't need the spartan thing. Most information piece for piece is available for free on the internet, but putting it all together, finding out what's good and discarding what doesn't work - you gotta do yourself. No "spartan secrets," in other words - what you pay for is really the recipe and not the ingredients, cause most of the knowledge presented is freely available.

I can't possibly say if this is true, cause I haven't read the spartan regime - but it sounds sensible. Personally I can very well pay good dough for a book which presents stuff I already know, but in a context I'm not aware of and a context I haven't yet constructed myself. I don't see a problem in that. If I had hundreds flying out of my butt every morning between 10:00 and 10:30, I'd probably buy his book.