Victory Belt Publishing The Vertical Diet

I am very happy with this book after it was recommended to me to help me with my fitness and weight-loss journey. I found it super helpful and easy to understand making it a great tool.

I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of information in this book. I've taken a lot of kinesiology classes (including sports nutrition) and was a college athlete so there's generally not a lot of new material for me in these types of books. However, to me, The Vertical Diet isn't an academic treatise on nutrition but rather a practitioner's guide to getting results. There's a ton of tips and tricks in here that aren't covered in other books. For example, there's an entire section on digestion, acid reflux, how to increase insulin resistance, and even simple tips, like taking a 10 minute walk after eating that just make sense. There's also information on supplementation, hormones, metabolism, stress, sleep and step-by-step instructions to help you create a meal plan to meet your goals. Overall, I think this is one of the best books I've read on the practical aspects of nutrition since Fuel Up by Dr. Eric Sternlicht (my former professor, but also a bodybuilder turned endurance athlete). I think I appreciate these books a little bit more because they come from people that have "been there and done that." I can't recommend this book enough for anyone that's serious about improving their health and athletic performance.

Das Buch ist sehr gut um seine Ernährung leicht und übersichtlich zu strukturieren. Das ganze ist wie der Name sagt "vertikal" strukturiert. Sprich das Buch gibt ein Fundament an, das man in seiner Ernährung haben sollte und darauf kann man aufbauen - dort werden dann verschiedene Lebensmittel genannt die man in die Ernährung einbinden kann und welche Vorteile diese haben. Somit kann man am Ende des Buchs eine sehr gute Ernährung für den Sportler aber auch für den Normalverbraucher zusammenstellen.

Great book! I’ve been a fan of Stan’s work for years.. took a while for it to become available in the uk but well worth the wait! Keep up the good work!! 💪

I was very disappointed in the lack of any really substance in the book. Though touted as a “diet” book, it spends an inordinate amount of space talking about everything BUT diet (exercise, stress, sleeping, etc). Given the author is a renowned strongman, one would have thought that any exercise programs discussed would be targeted for serious strength development. Instead, it is a very vanilla set of recommendations aimed at anyone, but without any useable advice. A short appendix of simplistic recipes doesn’t add much. The book is loaded with pretty pictures that add little to the content, as well as user stories that add more unnecessary filler. I was doubly disappointed as I bought it after it was flouted on Starting Strength podcasts, a spot where I usually get useful information on training and diet.