Stuart Schaefer, founder of Body of Purpose, LLC, offers us a work we should believe in. For starters, partial profits from Schaefer’s Lifetime Physique are donated to underprivileged schools. Perhaps just as important and inspiring is the fact that Schaefer is right there in the trenches with the rest of us. No matter how successful a person is, he still has to fit a fitness regimen and his life into a 24-hour period.

Though he's supplied the world with factual information regarding each facet of health for years now, Stuart is still one of us. He knows what it's like to be in shape, care about a cause, and become successful. He practices what he preaches and gets things accomplished. When he writes, we read, absorb, and apply.

Stuart’s undertaking here is not about a quick route to success or dieting. We're learning how to build a healthy lifestyle…and become successful in the process. What we're dealing with here are real people with real needs to better their lives through fitness. And for those without inspiration, Schaefer supplies it through his unique and empowering voice. As Stuart puts it: "With focus and determination, you can achieve anything.”

Schaefer approaches his system from the inside out, exploring the mind and reasons for positive thinking on the road to success. He guides the reader through The 10 Step Transformation Process™. He then puts it in a personal perspective: "As the title suggests, this isn’t a quick fix. Rather, we’re building our physiques for a lifetime."

It's all so positive, so informative, and so simple that after you put the book down, you'll want to pick up a dumbbell. Schaefer lays the groundwork from everything from nutrition to training to inspiration and offers the reader the guts to stick with it. He decisively takes the guesswork out of gimmicks, gadgets, and myths about good health and nutrition that we’ve forgotten ever since fitness has grown into such a large industry. That and the added incentive of a once-a-week dietary free day did it for me.