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Minimum survival fitness exercise
Minimum survival fitness exercise
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Book Introduction
What we need, who cannot escape from daily fatigue, is exercise for physical strength, not exercise for body shape.
Baek Gwan-jang, a YouTuber and coach at 'Strength School', explains what physical strength is, which we vaguely think of, and teaches step-by-step exercise methods that will help you increase your physical strength and fully enjoy your daily life.
Especially for busy modern people, we suggest ways to exercise efficiently without spending too much time.
Tips such as how to not give up in the middle and how to avoid injury are useful not only for beginners but also for those who regularly go to the gym.
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Part 1: Why Physical Strength Matters
1.
What is physical strength?
The difference in physical strength is the difference in life.
How We Became So Physically Poor
What is physical strength?
The meaning of physical strength that we misunderstand
How strong is my stamina?

2.
The principle of increasing stamina
Moderate stress
Factors that prevent stamina from increasing
Why Strength and Aerobic Capacity Are Important

Part 2: Exercises to Increase Stamina
1.
Free weights for strength training
Two types of exercise equipment
Advantages of Free Weights
Misconceptions about free weights

2.
Major classifications of free weights
Basic human movements
push
pluck
squats
hip hinge
But human movement is complex.

3.
Understanding Exercise Difficulty
Exercise Level Theory
Exercises by difficulty level
First, there are three exercises

4.
aerobic exercise
What exactly is aerobic exercise?
Types of aerobic exercise

Part 3 Exercise in Practice
1.
breathing
Always breathe through your nose.
Why You Should Breathe Well
Am I breathing well?
Breathing techniques when exercising
What if I still have trouble breathing?

2.
Warm-up
Why should you warm up?
Warm-up exercises only for those with poor physical fitness
Warm-up exercises not recommended

3.
How to hold exercise equipment
How to hold the bar when doing a push-up exercise
How to hold when doing a pull-up exercise

4.
7 Gym Exercises
Bench press
(Alternative to the bench press) Incline push-ups
back squat
(Alternative to back squats) Goblet squats
deadlift
(Alternative to Deadlift 1) Sumo Deadlift
(Alternative to Deadlift 2) Romanian Deadlift
(Alternative to Deadlift 3) Band Good Morning
chin blow
(Alternative to pull-ups 1) Leg-assist pull-ups
(Alternative to pull-ups 2) Band pull-ups
Military Press
Dips
barbell row

5 Kettlebell 2 Exercises
What is a kettlebell?
Kettlebell swing
Turkish getup

6 Realistic Workout Plans for Busy People
Warm-up
strength training
aerobic exercise

7 One Exercise for Strength: Kettlebell Swings

Principles of the Fourth Movement
1.
Misconceptions about exercise
The goal isn't to feel like you've exercised.
Why Your Legs Shouldn't Feel Sore After Exercise
Aerobic exercise is always 30 minutes?

2.
Basic principles for improving physical fitness
Rule 1: Warm up first.
Principle 2: Practice using force.
Principle 3: Make posture your top priority

3.
Adjusting exercise intensity
Setting the weight standard
progressive overload
75% theory
8:2 rule

4.
Control your momentum
The difference between exercise intensity and exercise volume
If the intensity is low, is it okay to exercise a lot?
Control your momentum
Why 5 times?

5.
Program composition principles
Rest time between sets
Do I Need Split Workouts?

6.
Program composition practice
How to configure
The Law of Conformity
Aerobic exercise in practice
Two Types of Aerobic Exercise

7.
How to check if your fitness has improved
How to measure muscle strength
How to measure aerobic capacity

Part 5: Rest and Recovery
1.
Ultimately, improving my physical strength is about making up for what I lack.
2.
Adjusting daily condition
sleep
breathing
Water intake
3.
Adjusting exercise condition
Don't get excited when you see iron
How to check your condition
4.
Coping with injuries
How to prevent injuries
When your joints hurt, is rest the answer?
How to Exercise After an Injury

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Into the book
If you subtract 8 hours of sleep from 24 hours a day, there are 16 hours left.
Will you live a life where you barely manage to get through an eight-hour workday and waste the remaining eight hours? Or will you build your stamina and become someone who utilizes those eight hours more efficiently after work? I believe this book will provide the answer.

--- From "The difference in physical strength is the difference in life"

There are hundreds of exercises in this world.
I need to think carefully about the purpose of my exercise.
Some exercises may be for fun, while others may be for body shaping.
If the purpose of exercise is to improve physical strength, you must do exercises that increase physical strength.
Of course, no matter what kind of exercise you do, your stamina can increase 'as a side effect'.
Because it's better than doing nothing.
However, people with poor physical condition and busy schedules do not have much free time.
Wouldn't it be much more efficient to start exercising 'for the purpose of improving physical strength' right away?
--- From "The Meaning of Physical Strength We Misunderstood"

The fact that it is a full-body workout also means that it is highly practical.
Let's consider a situation where we are returning home with a shopping basket.
Is your body fixed somewhere, like when you're doing machine exercise? No.
Can a shopping cart be lifted only at a certain angle, like a machine? No, it isn't.
Holding a shopping cart is similar to holding a dumbbell.
That is, every movement we do in our daily lives requires strength from our entire body.
The same thing happens when you lift a shopping cart or a heavy object from the floor.
That is why I say that when exercising, it is best to use free weights, which are most similar to our daily lives.
--- From "The Advantages of Free Weights"

Exercise is like driving.
Many people drive, but not everyone who drives for a long time has the driving skills of a race car driver.
To achieve that level of driving skill, you must continue conscious driving practice throughout your life.
The same goes for exercise.
If you want to build the stamina you need without getting injured, you just need to practice the postures as much as you can.
But if you want to be better at sports than anyone else, you have to practice conscious posture for a lifetime.
Just like a car racer practices driving all his life.
Personally, I recommend continuing to practice your posture consciously.
Because exercise becomes more fun when my skills improve.
If you can make exercise fun, you can continue it for a lifetime.

--- From "Exercise Level Theory"

If you lift weights too quickly when you have poor flexibility, you can injure your shoulders, back, and knees.
So, should I stretch? I don't think so.
Personally, I don't recommend stretching to office workers.
The stiffness of office workers is a problem caused by weakened body strength.
The muscles around the core, hips, and shoulder blades are all weak, resulting in reduced flexibility.
What we need to do at this time is not stretching, but exercise.
You should first strengthen the muscles around your core, hips, and shoulder blades by doing proper warm-up exercises and practicing using those muscles.
Then, your flexibility will naturally improve and you will not get injured when exercising.

--- From "Why Should I Do Warm-Ups?"

Beginners are especially confused by what health YouTubers say.
They say, “When you feel like you can’t do it, you have to do ‘one more.’”
“I have to overcome my limitations,” he says.
All the beginners who believed those words and pushed on ended up getting hurt and going to the hospital.
The few who survived that hell became 'One More Musae' and are pushing beginners into injury.
People believe that the more exercise they do, the better.
It is natural for a student who studies hard to get first place, so I think the same thing will happen in sports.
But that's not the case.
People who have studied a lot can do a lot.
For someone who is just starting to study, it is difficult to study properly for even 10 minutes.
The same goes for exercise.
If you try to exercise a lot from the beginning, you will only end up with back pain.
--- From "The 'feeling of exercising' is not the goal"

Publisher's Review
If you just have good physical strength, life becomes pretty good!
What we desperately need is not a good-looking body, but stamina to endure everyday life.


The ability to overcome a listless daily life is physical strength.
As your physical strength improves, you will naturally feel less tired and have a more positive and proactive attitude.
Even the everyday tasks that need to be handled become easier and easier.
But that's not all.
Physical fitness allows us to live long, healthy lives and prepare for a better future.
In short, physical strength is an essential element for living a human life.
So how do you build stamina? Is it enough to just work out hard? Yes and no.
There is no physical strength without exercise, but there is exercise for physical strength.
But we have mostly been doing exercises for a 'good-looking body', as taught by trainers who majored in bodybuilding.

There is only one goal: to improve your physical strength!

The purpose of "Minimum Survival Fitness Exercise" is clear.
This is an introduction to exercises that increase physical strength.
The author of this book, Baek Gwan-jang, is a professional fitness coach for office workers and also runs a YouTube channel called 'Office Workplace Fitness Counseling Center.'
In this book, he clearly explains what physical strength is and what it means to develop physical strength, and explains the essential exercises needed to develop physical strength with specific methods and solid theory.

A realistic exercise program for busy modern people

The author, Baek Gwan-jang, also has experience working in an office.
And most of the students at the strength training school where he works as a coach are office workers.
So, I know very well what is needed by 'low-quality stamina people' who sit at their desks and work all day but are always busy and short on time.
The result is an efficient program based on free weights that targets multiple muscles at once and can be completed in under an hour.
Once you learn how to use force effectively in the correct posture, it's only a matter of time before your stamina increases.

Difficulty adjustment for beginners and injury prevention

To increase your stamina through consistent exercise, you must not feel tired after exercise.
This is why I emphasize not to get caught up in the 'exercise feeling' that makes your whole body feel sore.
This book details how to adjust the intensity and volume of exercise for beginners who are unsure of their abilities.
Above all, warm-up exercises are explained in detail to prevent injuries, more important than any other exercise.
The know-how of Baek Gwan-jang, who takes a break and adjusts his daily condition, is also useful.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: September 25, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 280 pages | 508g | 152*225*17mm
- ISBN13: 9791194374466
- ISBN10: 1194374468

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