Juan Carlos JC Santana - JCs total body transformation: the very best workouts for strength, fitness, and function

Praise for Juan Carlos JC Santana

JCs Total Body Transformation is a must-have book for anyone looking to enhance performance and transform their body! All the programs you could ever want, in one location, built by an industry leader in fitness!

Cliff Edberg
Senior National Program Manager (Personal Training) for Life Time

Juan Carlos Santana is one of the true thought leaders in strength and conditioning. JCs Total Body Transformation is a must for anyone seeking to improve their fitness.

Jose Antonio, PhD
Sports Scientist at Nova Southeastern University and CEO of International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN)

If you are looking for a one-stop shop for functional training and fitness, look no further than JCs Total Body Transformation !

Douglas Kalman, PhD, RD, FACN, FISSN
Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University

The practicality and usefulness of JCs Total Body Transformation for directing others in their pursuit of optimum conditioning are second to none.

Darryn S. Willoughby, PhD, CSCS, CISSN, EPC, CNS, FACSM, FISSN, FACN, FASEP
Professor of Exercise/Nutritional Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology at Baylor University

Whether you are an expert or a beginner, young or old, serious or casual about fitness, JCs Total Body Transformation is the one book you should have on your shelf. Read it, absorb it, do it, and BE TRANSFORMED.

David Woynarowski, MD
Expert in Longevity and Regenerative Medicine and Coauthor of Immortality Edge and Stem Cells Targeting Inflammation as Potential Anti-Aging Strategies and Therapies

If youre seeking a complete body transformation or a dramatic improvement in athletic performance, you must follow JCs training methodologies. He is a master at program design, creating safe and effective workouts that deliver serious results.

Carla Sanchez, CSCS
Owner of Performance Ready Fitness Studio, Two-Time Ironman, and IFBB Pro

JC Santana has been at the apex of functional training in the fitness industry for over 25 years! The training methods in JCs Total Body Transformation provide you, the fitness professional, with a dynamic, essential text, including exercises and pertinent information to train active individuals. Teaching at the university level for many years, I would recommend this book to all of my students and university athletes, plus as a text for any strength training systems course.

B. Sue Graves, EdD, FACSM, ACSM CEP
Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Florida Atlantic University

JC brought me back from the brink of disaster with his training. I had a back injury resulting in eight screws in my lumbar spine! Using many of the protocols in this book, Im now one of the top 15 fighters in the UFC middleweight division! Get this book in order to train like a champion.

Cezar the Mutant Ferreira
MMA FighterUFC Middleweight Contender, Three-Time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, Winner of Globos The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil

The training methods in this book have helped me compete at the highest level in the UFC. JC has a way of making the complex very simple to understand and that allows me to get the most out of my training. Get this book and experience what I experience every weekthe IHP way!

Gilbert Durinho Burns
MMA FighterUFC Lightweight Contender, Three-Time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion

I have trained under JCs care for four years, and that experience has launched me into the top rakings of the middleweight division. The training found inside JCs Total Body Transformation has allowed me to go from a good amateur to a top prospect in pro boxing! This book is the real deal! No fluff here.

Luis Cuba Arias
Top-Ranked Professional Boxer, USBA Middleweight Champion

To climb the seven summits, you have to be in tip-top shape, psychically, emotionally, and physically. The spiriemotional coaching and training protocols JC shares in JCs Total Body Transformation played a pivotal role in each of my summits! Follow the path this book sets and summit your next climb!

Ruben Payan, Jr.
Seven Summiter

Im a busy mother of two and for the last eight years I have trusted JCs training methods to keep me looking better at 41 than I did in high school! I have used many of the protocols in JCs Total Body Transformation to get me ready for my photo shoots and stay lean and firm. I can only tell you one thingthey work!

Gina Bussani

JCs Total Body Transformation

VeryBestWorkouts for Strength, Fitness, and Function

Juan Carlos JC Santana

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Santana, Juan Carlos, 1959- author.

Title: JCs total body transformation : the very best workouts for strength,

fitness, and function / Juan Carlos JC Santana.

Other titles: Total body transformation

Description: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018039301 (print) | LCCN 2018054827 (ebook) | ISBN 9781492572763 (epub) | ISBN 9781492563181 (PDF) | ISBN 9781492563174 (print)

Subjects: LCSH: Physical fitness. | Exercise.

Classification: LCC GV481 (ebook) | LCC GV481 .S264 2019 (print) | DDC 613.7--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018039301

ISBN: 978-1-4925-6317-4 (print)

Copyright 2019 by Juan Carlos JC Santana

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