Levine Jeff - The everything Krav Maga for fitness book: get fit fast with this high-intensity martial arts workout!

THE
EVERYTHING
KRAV MAGA
FOR
FITNESS
BOOK

Get fit with this high-intensity
martial arts workout!

Jeff Levine and Tina Angelotti with Nathan Robert Brown
Technical Review by Karen West, N.A.S.M., A.C.S.M.
Foreword by Krav Maga Worldwide

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THE EVERYTHING Krav Maga for Fitness Book

Dear Reader,
Krav Maga is more than just a system of fighting. While it is one of the hottest forms of fitness currently available, it is more than that as well. Krav Maga is the ar t of living, offering those who practice it a newfound sense of confidence, the highest level of physical conditioning, and a sense of accomplishment. Krav Maga is a life-altering practice, one that creates athletes and warriors of the highest caliber.

This book provides you with all the tools you need to begin, as well as continue, your journey along the path that is Krav Maga. This book is an all-inclusive training guide that provides more than just basic step-by-step instructions (though these are included) for techniques. Training for fitness requires far more than this. Not just a guide to Krav Maga techniques, this book also offers dietar y and nutrition advice, tips for stretching, plus a number of commonly used cross-training practices, such as yoga and kickboxing.

By following this guide, your fitness will improve on a number of levels cardio, fat burning, energy, and flexibility. The program outlined in this book is not a fad, and it is not a theory. Krav Maga for fitness workswe KNOW it does. And it is our sincere wish that you give it a chance to work for you.

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank, first and foremost, Tina Angelotti. Without her amazing expertise, this book would not have been possible. I would also like to thank Kerry Smith for all her patience and Jacky Sachs for all of her hard work. Thank you to Adams Media, BookEnds, my family, and to the Graduate staff at Midwestern State University, for putting up with me on those days when I was burned out.

This book is for my mother, Linda Brown. Without her, I never would have made it this far. Also to my daughter, Faith, the greatest teacher Ive ever had, and her wonderful mother, Amanda, whom I will always be grateful for.

Nathan Brown

Top Ten Benefits of
Krav Maga for Fitness

1. You will feel strong and energetic, but you wont look bulky or unnatural.

2. You will create long, lean muscles.

3. You will learn how to burn more calories and fat during your workouts.

4. You will want to move more than youll want to sit on the couch and watch TV.

5. You will increase your functional strength so everday movements will not lead to injuries.

6. You will form the base for self-defense training.

7. You will learn how to eat for health and fitness.

8. You will learn how to work with your body as it ages, rather than giving in to the erroneous belief that the body has to disintegrate as you get older.

9. You will find balance in your life, and it will include activity and rest, and high-intensity movement and relaxing movement.

10. You will look in the mirror and like what you see.

FOREWORD

Krav Maga is an aggressive, hard-core self-defense systembut fitness has always been a major component of it. One of the first books about Krav Maga, Fighting Fit by David Ben-Asher, was focused on the idea of physical fitness. Sheiki Barak, now retired from the Israeli Defense Force, not only has the honor of being the Krav Maga instructor who achieved the highest rank in the Israeli Defense Force (Lieutenant Colonel), he was also in charge of all physical fitness for the IDF. Amir Perets, who is very active with the Krav Maga Worldwide organization in the United States, served as the main instructor in both hand-to-hand combat and conditioning for the IDFs version of the U.S. Navy SEALs.

In the United States, Krav Maga Worldwide (and its godparent, the Krav Maga Association of America) has taken that fitness training to a whole new level. And yet, its a level easily reached by the average person. This is important because Krav Magas raison detre is to be useful to everyone, not just top athletes.

The Krav Maga National Training Center in Los Angeles, California, has 2,000 active members. Most of them come for the self-defense training, but once they join they find one of the most active, vibrant, and satisfying fitness programs available anywhere in the world. This program was initiated by some of Krav Magas top instructors, including Michael Margolin, a 4th Degree Black Belt in Krav Maga. Over the years, it has been refined and expanded by Tina Angelotti, one of the authors of this book and the person largely responsible for the current success of the Krav Maga fitness program.