Read Everything

When I hear enthusiasts talk fitness, more often than not I groan inside. Most people, when they talk about fitness, will only champion their own branch, and nothing more. Whether its paleo, functional fitness, body building, or the curls and bench crew, it seems like everyone has a fitness bible. So conversations can tend to be a little stilted, what with everyone reading off an imaginary textbook. I've never seen the good in dedicating yourself to only one approach.

As in martial arts, as in fitness, everyone has their own body type and their own unique goals. There is no set of perfect rules that any expert can give you, there are only guidelines and principles. My advice to you, if you want to improve your fitness, to get your perfect body shape, is to read everything, consult every source, find the things that work for you, and discard the things that don't. After a process of elimination, you'll find what works best for you.