Mark Lauren puts the strength-training techniques of SpecOps into a comprehensive and easy to understand program that can be done by anyone, anywhere, anytime, paving the way for anyone looking to get into the best shape of his or her life.

Mike Fisher, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, said to gain control of yourself through your own body’s gym.

Perfect for our mobile age of road warriors, this terrific book lets us carry around a full gym in our heads! said General James Abrahamson, U.S. Air Force.

Mark Lauren. For fifteen years, I was a military physical-training specialist for the Special Operations community. He is the author of the internationally popular body-weight bibles and is a sought-after personal trainer to civilian men and women of all fitness levels. You are your own gym. And. The body has body fuel. He lives in Florida and Thailand.

1. Mission success is Lean, Strong, and Confident.

I don’t train movie stars, television celebrities, models, or other people whose livelihoods depend on being fit. I train people. The leanest, strongest, most confident people of our civilization have been created using bodyweight exercises.

I prepared hundreds of trainees for the extreme demands of the most elite levels of the United States Special Operations community by honing the programs and numerous exercises in this book. I’ve spent a lot of time developing new training principles. The top command bought into my system because of a stellar record. These exercises are used by the military’s most advanced forces, including Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and Air Force Special Tactics Operators. For the first time, men and women outside SpecOps have the chance to reach the pinnacle of fitness, with an amazingly small sacrifice of their time. These exercises can be found in your living room, bedroom, hotel room, garage, yard, and office. They are tailored to fit the needs and lifestyles of busy women and men.

This is the first book like this that has existed. Humans have not relied on fitness centers in their towns or dumbbells in their homes for thousands of years.

If I told you that you already have the most advanced fitness machine, what would you think? Your body. The fitness machine is always there. You are never without it. You have all the exercise equipment you will ever need in your hand. It is no longer necessary to work out at a gym. You will not have to go to a gym. There won’t be a lot of time spent training wherever you are.