Underground Bodyopus: Militant Weight Loss & Recomposition

By Daniel Duchaine

A Diet Book for People Who Aren't Fat? Popular diet and exercise programs (we don't need to name names) are designed to get you back to normal, to ordinary. But what if you want to become... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965310701
• ISBN13: 9780965310703
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: XIPE Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A valuable tool for those with discipline

First off, I'm not a steroid using bodybuilder. In fact, this book doesn't really advocate using steroids either. It just gives you the facts and lets you make up your own mind. I've used this book for about 8 weeks so far, and the results are incredible. I've been into bodybuilding for a little over ten years. I started as a teenager and have since been able to gain about 80 lbs of mostly lean muscle without any drugs. I can gain weight fairly easy for a natural guy, but going through a dieting phase would always result in more muscle loss than I wanted. There are several reasons natural bodybuilders experience this (discussed in the book) with the traditional methods like we have all been taught reading "Muscle and Fitness" magazines. Dan's approach is very thoroughly explained, which makes it far more than just a cook book. So, as long as you are patient enough to extract the information from the book (keep notes as you read, you'll need them), you will walk away with a diet that really works well. Earlier I stated that I've done the diet for about 8 weeks so far. Actually, I've done it for about 12, but four weeks of that was based on Lyle McDonald's book "Ultimate Diet 2.0", which is an update to Body Opus with his own tweaks. That is a great book as well, but I noticed that I couldn't maintain his full body workout approach for too many weeks without overtraining and loosing a bit of muscle size, strength, and overall shape. In all fairness, Lyle does recommend that you take a break from his approach about every 6-8 weeks. What I noticed on his routine may have actually been the result of being on the Body Opus diet for several weeks prior to his. In any case, I'm not a fan of full body workouts, so I ended up sticking to Dan's approach sprinkled with some of the additional science Lyle McDonald's book adds. One last bit of advice. Search for Lyle McDonald's Body Opus journal on Google and compare it to your notes after reading the book. Also, the first 2-3 cycles/weeks are the hardest in my opinion.

diet works!

This book is very informative. I didn't get the impression that he was pushing steroids, just giving information. He has the best explanation that I've ever heard as to why the ketogenic diet is not harmful. He uses the Eskimos' eating habits as an example of a people whose staple food source is all fat and protein and yet they're all okay. This is because they burn ketones because they keep moving. That's the secret to preventing negative health effects of ketosis.I actually didn't bother to eat normally on the weekends because I didn't like the ups & downs so I maintained the ketogenic diet and took fiber pills (a must!). I'm female, average build, and I lost 12lbs in 4 weeks AND increased my strength, so I'm assuming that I gained muscle and lost fat at the same time. I dropped 2 sizes. I weightlifted 3days a week, cardio twice/week. There were also 2 intense mountain biking outings during the 4 weeks that I'm sure helped. I never felt fatigued. But that's just my experience. Everyone seems to be affected differently by the ketogenic diet.If nothing else, this book is very interesting reading.

Excellent book on dieting and human digestive processes

I learned more about human digestive processes through this book then anywhere else. Dan goes into minute detail on what makes you grow, what makes you fat, and how to hold onto muscle as you drop weight. He spells out several diets, then he hits the big one "Ketogenisis" for the really hardcore lifters. (The bodybuilders version of the Atkins diet.) One thing I liked about Dan is that he doesn't pull any punches and doesn't play the PC game. For people looking for maximum gains (or loss) he tells you to use steroids, insulin and anything else you can get your hands on, in order to improve performance. I would recommend this book for anyone entering the realm of weight loss, weightlifting or improving his/her diet.

Body Opus is a real-results diet book

To steal a phrase from Dan Duchaine, this book details how an average person can transform their diet and become extraordinary. The results are really amazing. And this book will become your diet bible for the rest of your life. No book has ever captured by attention and changed my way of thinking about dieting. Both men and women will benefit from Body Opus. A definite must for all people who want to go beyond "normal".

LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS NEED NOT BUY!!

Is a Ketogenic Diet hands down the most effective way to burn fat? The answer is Heck Yeah! More than anything, this book is an educational experience. Now you tell me..how can we reclaim our health (Physical and Mental) when the so-called "Health Care Professionals" who have been charged with caring for us, put up roadblocks to that desired end. The answer is that you have to arm yourself with this unique brand of knowledge and wisdom and snatch back your health and well-being. Dan Duchaine is one of many of todays fitness heroes who is providing knowledge and inspiration to those people who are taking responsibility for their own health. True the BodyOpus diet can and has been refined (See Mr. Duchaine's newsletter or Lyle McDonald's BodyOpus FAQ's all over the Web) but you gotta give it to Dan for having the Cajones to publish such a book; and he did it in a bold and scholarly manner. Now I can finish my book and we can continue to kick the sorry butts of the AMA and FDA and all the others who want to keep our brothers and sisters fat, unhealthy and mad at God because they're sick all the time! If you're a real radical man or woman, you'll not only buy this book, you'll try this book!