Intelligent Fitness: The Smart Way to Reboot Your Body and Get in Shape (with a foreword by Daniel Craig)

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Stansall said: “ The 10-Week Intelligent Fitness Challenge is the perfect follow-up to Simon’s first book, Intelligent Fitness, which laid the groundwork for his unique and highly effective philosophy on health and wellbeing. His dedication to his clients and his meticulous approach to their programmes has resulted in his huge popularity within the film industry, with some of the world’s biggest actors returning to work with him again and again. We’re really excited to share his much-coveted exercises and techniques with everyone looking to improve their health, whatever their fitness level.” Content is designed to ensure you can work with the public towards both health and sporting goals safely and effectively I owe so much to Simon. His friendship and guidance saw me through many physical challenges.', Daniel Craig

Hollywood’s top trainer on why any man can have A-list abs

This ten-week programme is a fantastic example of Simon's thoughtful and effective approach to fitness.' Tom Hiddleston With Simon, I understood that in film, the work and preparation you have to do before starting a shoot is just as important as what happens in front of the camera. The preparation training with Simon is essential for me. Filming a movie is like running a marathon – if you don’t arrive well prepared at the starting point, you will pay for it at the end.', Diego Luna The workout examples in the book are more full body routines. I looked to established trainers to develop more targeted (legs, upper body) workouts like Jeff Cavaliere at AthleanX and then just plugged in the exercises into the 5-2 structure. No overcrowding - a maximum of 12 participants per presenter for all training days means plenty of opportunity for one-to-one advice and practice In 1996 David qualified as a personal trainer. Within a few years his vision for a better standard of exercise prescription led to the creation of Intelligent Fitness. As Intelligent Fitness has evolved to provide instructor training, David has remained true to his early principles and will not be swayed by the misapplied science or marketing hype that are sadly common place within the industry.You cannot be another person because you haven’t got their genetics, but you might be able to look or feel or perform even better than they can,” he says. “Use them as inspiring stories to be the best version of yourself.” Age is no barrier to developing an assassin-worthy body, he says. When Daniel Craig filmed Casino Royal he was in his thirties, and now 55, he still looks good. For most of us, being able to bound up the stairs or racing to catch our train is the closest we’ll get to vaulting away from a psychopath. Try incorporating the jumping and leaping moves Waterson suggests into his 10-week challenge workouts. Embracing these plyometric, dynamic exercises builds athleticism in even the most sedentary people. 5. Use gravity

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Simon is a no-nonsense trainer – without pretension. He has an incredible wealth of experience. What he says makes sense and his workouts just work.' Rachel Weisz Good book for beginners. This is a good principle: “train for performance, not aesthetics. The aesthetics will follow” It ended up being so much more interesting than I thought since this wasn't just a guide, but he also gave us some behind the scenes on the movies he worked on. My fav was when the director of the 1° Captain America showed him some models to make him understand how he wanted Chris Evans' abs to look like lol Craig added: “I owe so much to Simon. His friendship and guidance saw me through many physical challenges.”When Daniel Craig emerged from the sea in his first James Bond film Casino Royale, the actor we knew had been replaced by a lean, muscular killing machine who made the previous 007s look touchingly vulnerable by comparison. All training is evidence based and has been meticulously researched. The latest scientific principles combine with over 20 years experience to produce information that is both accurate and relevant to the public.