Welcome to the quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

And today we're going to talk about what kind of fitness advice so that we can glean from Tom Brady's new book that's called the TB12 method.

NFL quarterback Tom Brady's new book finally hit the shelves of my local bookstore last weekend.

Although it was pretty well hidden behind a book about Hillary Clinton and the latest Jean-La Caree novel,

it seems to be selling quite well.

The book outlines Brady's holistic approach to training, nutrition, and lifestyle

that promises to help you achieve a lifetime

of sustained peak performance. My colleague, the Nutrition Diva, dove into the nutrition aspects

of the book, and I'm going to dive into the training side. But first, a little history on

sports and fitness. Back in 1956, President Eisenhower established

the President's Council on Youth Fitness. Well, 60 years later, they are now called the

President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, and they strive to engage, educate,

and empower all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular

physical activity and good nutrition. In 1993, under President Bill Clinton, the U.S.

government released the Nolan Ryan Fitness Guide, which was made available free of charge

to every American who asked for one, and more than 850,000 guides were distributed.

Nolan was indeed a busy baseball player, but not too busy to give unqualified medical and nutritional advice to all of America.

So, when I saw Tom Brady following suit, I wasn't all that surprised.

Even if this book wasn't mandated by the president and will not be given out free to anyone who asked for it,

there is a history of us looking to our sports heroes for their guidance.

All of us secretly, hoping that if we emulate their morning routine, that we can grab a piece of their

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