Yippie! I got it! I am so happy I went through the 14 days of the New York Body Plan – it was hard, especially the long runs, but it was an awesome body experience.
The total result: I lost 4 kilos of body fat!
Yesterday for the last day I had the Davids cardio sculpting program and a long night run. A night run through Zurich City - wow. It was a clear night sky and I could see lights at the lake side and stars. I had a personal training session, then I took a run half way to my home, so all together I took a 70 Minute run. The best part was running through the vivid Zurich city night life with the lights in old town and at the river (Limmat) side. Yesterday there was a celebration of beginning of carneval, so it was quiet funny to pass by.
My food choices yesterday: Nuts and tea for breakfast, an omelette as a.m. snack, for lunch I had meatballs and salad, for p.m. snack I had salad and for dinner again an omelette. I drank lots of tea (I bought a new herbal tea to vary the choice a little).
All in all I have to say that the 14 day diet with its demanding sport program has been a daily competition, especially when the energy dropped because of the lack of carbohydrates. The body feels quiet different when you are running on your energy reserve. You definitely have to motivate yourself every day more than usual to stick with the program. I noticed that, even in this short time, I became more sensible for my body. Unbelievable how many kilos vegetable and salad I have been eating during the last two weeks!
The essence of my experience with the “New York Body Plan” of David Kirsch is, that it is a great program for advanced or really focussed fitness enthusiasts. You have to set a clear goal for yourself which you want to reach with the diet, otherwise you will most probably loose motivation during the hard workouts. The diet, a low carb diet, as David describes it with all his receipts, is otherwise easy to follow. His book offers a good variety of receipts so that you get a good idea how to create alternative receipts by yourself.
The workout offers a great choice of exercises and you can learn a lot about your body by pursuing it. I really like it because it is demanding, full of action and it offers a good choice of functional excercises.
The only aspect I was missing in the book was more background information: explanations about the goals of the choosen exercises, a little more information about training of intrinsic muscles, functional training or function of metabolism.
One point I really liked: the mental approach of the book, the stories of Davids clients and how he adresses the reader for motivation. This definitely gives the New York Body Plan a very personal touch and makes it very sympathetic.
My suggestion: go for it if you are advanced in fitness workout experience and try it! Beginners should be well prepared, mentally and physically, to approach this program. Most important: think before the start about how you want to continue your workout afterwards to keep the effects long term. It would be a waste of time if you do not carry on with the attitude you are working on with this program. Programs like this are good to get a structure into your year of training. Even as a sport coach, where you teach people regularly about training and nutrition, it helped me pushing again a bit more than usual. I want more of this motivation – this is why I go on with a new book review 
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If you like you can join me in following David Kirsch`s “Sound Mind Sound Body” for the next 6 weeks until Christmas time (starting on the weekend), then I will also have a break 
and continue with a program after New Year. Be encouraged to follow a long term plan for your training and nutrition, and you will never face overweight!
Have a great and active day, Jens
Filed under: Book Review, Prospect, Summary, Workout Test | Tagged: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Day 14, Motivation, New York Body Plan, Plannings, Snacks, Summary, Workout Day 14
