Acclaim for Dr. Brett Osborns
GET SERIOUS
On his own path to self optimization, Dr. Osborn has provided the aspiring body-hacker a battle tested roadmapwith himself, an embodiment of its success.
Ali R. Malek, MD, FSNIS, Director, Neurointerventional Program and Comprehensive Stroke Program, St. Mary s Medical Center
Dr. Brett Osborn is the real deal. He knows what hes talking about because he lives out the pages of Get Serious through his own life, and with his patients, each and every day. The truths he shares about natural health and healing should be shouted from the rooftops. They are even more exciting coming from someone who has earned the respect of the established medical profession. Thank you, Dr. Osborn, for sharing Get Serious with the world.
Frank King, ND, DC, The Healing Revolution
It takes a brain surgeon to write a no-nonsense, easy-to-understand book on staying fit, smart and healthy at any age.
Zenon Bilas, 7-time USA Barefoot Waterskiing Champion
Its so refreshing to read a book by a neurosurgeon who embraces natural health alternatives. Dr. Osborn provides science-based advice on exercise, nutrition and diet, along with his specialized knowledge of the brains role in our overall health. This is a must-read for men and women of all ages!
Earl Mindell, RPh, PhD, Earl Mindell s New Vitamin Bible
This is a serious program, for serious people, with serious schedules, serious families, serious jobs, who want serious results so, lets Get Serious. I love Dr. Osborns no-nonsense approach to fitness and wellness its refreshing. In a fitness world thats full of charlatans, with snake oil solvents, Dr. Osborns method sets the record straight. Dr. Osborn is a walking billboard for his own program. He lives the lifestyle that he professes, and his book will help you attain your goals safely and swiftly. You shouldnt walk to get this bookyou should Sprint !!
Jaime Brenkus, 8-minute Abs
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Editor: Carol Colman
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eBook: Marcia Breece
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The opinions expressed in this book are not a substitute for qualified medical advice from your personal physician. Accordingly, the author assumes no responsibility nor liability for injury, illness or other malady incurred on account of the information detailed within this manuscript and/or a related website.
Table of Contents
Dedication
To my children
Jack, Ellis and Makenna
I try to keep up with you every day, yet I hope (and know) that you will far surpass me in every endeavor.
Acknowledgements
There s an old saying Behind every successful man, there is a woman. In the context of this book, my version would read, Behind every successful man, there are several brilliant but even more so, tolerant women. I would personally like to thank Carol Colman, editor and author of multiple best-sellers, for helping me focus my thoughts and deliver my best message to the reader. Sheryn Hara and Marsha Slomowitz, I owe much to you both, mainly for putting up with me (and my pedantic nature). What else would you expect from a neurosurgeon? Thank you for making this book so aesthetically appealing. I challenged you to create a coffee table book on health, the first of its kind. And you delivered! Brilliantly. On a similar note Id like to acknowledge Candace West, photographer, for thinking outside of the box and getting the much-needed (and often unique) shot angles. Marsha Friedman of EMSI, many thanks go out to you for your guidance, unending enthusiasm for your craft and encouragement. None of this would have been possible without you. Thank you for facilitating every aspect of this at times daunting task.
Rene Halfhill and Mark Asanovich...Well, just have a look at Chapter 5, the product of your efforts. I am inspired by your passion and relentless pursuit of health. Additional thanks to Jason Neil of Rock Fitness and Doug Johnson of The Zoo for providing me the needed gym space for the photo shoot. Had these two motivated individuals not gone out of their way to accommodate me, readers would have had to stomach the dungeon-of-a-garage in which I routinely train. In this context, Id also like to thank my long-time friend and mentor, David Landau, for his eternal motivation, wealth of exercise knowledge, and 24-hour access to the training facility (or what we refer to as the lab).
And of course, a big THANK YOU to my family, for your unconditional support, love and insight. You have empowered me. You motivate me to want to make the world a better place. Melissa, thank you for tolerating me during this last year. I am very thankful to have you in my life (particularly for your proofreading skills... just kidding).
That said, I give you the reader (and hopefully never a patient), Get Serious.
Foreword
The Health & Fitness industry is unregulated. Meaning, absolutely ANYONE can practice... whether they are credentialed OR NOT! As such, the Health & Fitness industry is inundated with many practitioners who are well-intended, albeit NOT well educated. This has saturated the market with many fallacious training protocols and products that have resulted in a dramatic rise in exercise-related injuries. In a 2010 study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, it was reported that weight training-related injuries in the United States from 1990 to 2007 increased over 48 percent. Shocking when you consider that the purpose of exercise is to ENHANCE... not ENDANGER health. The industry is fast becoming one where the blind are leading the blind.
As a practitioner in the Health & Fitness profession for over 30 years, I have served as an NFL Strength & Conditioning Coach for fourteen years, a college Strength & Conditioning Coach for three years, and a high school Strength & Conditioning Coach for twelve years. I have also worked in commercial fitness having managed a Fitness Center for one year. Currently, I am serving as a high school strength coach and speaking nationally on evidence-based strength & conditioning.
As is the case in most of these seminars, the audience is primarily comprised of participants that want to be entertained and are there mainly to receive continuing education units. Occasionally, there are those individuals who are very passionate and have very opinionated beliefs about exercise that of course they want you to affirm. Rarely do I meet individuals who have actually studied the current exercise science literature. Never have I encountered someone that is passionate about exercise and educated about exercise. That is, until I met Dr. Brett Osborn on one of my speaking tours in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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