Scott Abel: 14 books

Age over youth? Whether you are already 50, or just someone who expects to be someday, The Aging Proposition is a must-read. Written by best-selling fitness author and health coach Scott Abel, this book explores not just how to add years to your life, but also — as the saying goes — how...

The TRUTH about using cheat days, refeeds, and spike days. The Cycle Diet has been used for 30 years by Scott Abel with his clients to stay lean year-round while improving their physiques and their metabolism. The Cycle Diet is a strategy that uses regular cheat days, refeeds and spikes...

The Psychology of Achievement is about reaching goals, sustaining them, then building on them. It's about the realities of motivation, goal-setting, time management, and everything else related to "mindset" that it takes to succeed long-term in any serious endeavor.  Author Scott...

Forget settling for the so-called "golden" years. Instead, join the platinum club!  Membership is open to anyone, as long as you're willing to take care of your body and your health as you age and as you experience some of the best years of your life. Physique After 50 argues...

An in-depth guide for fitness professionals looking to take their career (and their clients!) to the next level. This is not a book about marketing yourself, advertising, managing payments, or anything like that.  It's just about how to be insanely good at your job.  It's...

What would "Zen dieting" look like? How can it help with mindfulness and mindful eating? How can the Tao help with the stress of staying consistent through life's vicissitudes, or the challenges of sticking to a workout plan or meal strategy without feeling deprived? The answer...

"Slingshot" Past Your Training Plateau This is a high-volume bodybuilding bodypart training and workout program for the advancedtrainee.  This is one of the few training programs out there that works in what Scott Abel calls the "cumulative" realm of training time....

A blueprint for building a better body, gaining muscle, and overcoming your genetics! Training for Strength and Training for Muscle Development You’ve been told, “train for strength, and development will come” and that “heavier is better.” These are half-truths at best, and...

Metabolic Enhancement Training or just "MET," was designed to improve conditioning, build muscle and induce hypertrophy, and speed up the metabolism. Why do gymnasts, sprinters, and certain positions in the NFL look great year-round? What lessons can we learn from their training and...

Gain muscle, and take your training to the next level! If you're trying to build muscle and sculpt a physique, you know that you need more volume than you did when you first started, but the trick is adding that volume intelligently -- otherwise it's just "junk" volume. So,...

A proven, integrated approach to weight loss that includes self-nurturing and mindfulness... but which doesn't ask you to abandon a diet strategy altogether. This book is for you if you have substantial weight to lose (20 lbs. or more) and you are tired of trying different diets, different...

Low carb diets... fat loss diets... Paleo diets... low calorie diets... and on and on, seemingly forever. Diets. Don’t. Work. What’s wrong with the standard, traditional approach to weight loss, dieting and nutrition? We know that the definition of insanity is to repeat the same...

There is a difference between how successful bodybuilders train, and how "everyone else" does. That is the basic premise of this book. If you watch someone like Lee Haney going through a weight training workout, you will see a difference in how they approach it relative to everyone...

Why do you we reach for that piece of chocolate? Why do we "cheat" or binge on our diets, especially after things have been "going so well"? What causes over-eating, cravings, and why do we "cheat" on our diets?  This book gets to the root causes...