Best of Mixed Martial Arts: The Extreme Handbook on Techniques, Conditioning, and the Smash-Mouth World of Mma Book

For what this book is aiming for, I think it did an outstanding job. A very good introduction to ... you guessed it, training to be a warrior relevant to mixed martial arts.

Simple, direct, straight to the point, full of pictures that show various fighting techniques and exercises, easy to follow nutrition plans for cut/sustain/lean bulk, and even comes with a very interesting and highly detailed workout plan at the back of the book.

For someone who isn't part of a gym and is training under an expert martial artist such as a golden glove for example, this would be a great book to get started. I can imagine for a high school student this would be a gold mine of information for a young man or woman who wanted to train in self-defense and get fit.

When it comes to a short and sweet fitness book, this is one of my favorites by far for sure. It really cuts out the opinions and the fluff and gets straight to the point. I also really enjoyed the warrior mindset/focus on the mental game of being a warrior, aka pursuing a sport where you square up face to face to an opponent and exchange physical force at one another until once surrenders either willingly (tap-out) or unwilfully (KO).

I will probably save the 8 week program at the end of this book and maybe give it a go in 2021 and see what happens, purely from a fitness improvement perspective.

For someone interested in fitness or martial arts, this short read (don't let the page count fool you, this is loaded with tons of images; which is not a bad thing) is absolutely worth it. Highly recommend.