ConBody: The Revolutionary Bodyweight Prison Boot Camp, Born from an Extraordinary Story of Hope

by Coss Marte

Overview

“When Coss Marte went to prison 10 years ago, he was faced with not one, but two big challenges: lose weight and discover a legitimate career upon release. Luckily for him, overcoming the first obstacle helped him find the answer to the other.”—NPR

As a teenager, Coss Marte was flying high on New York’s Lower East Side as a drug dealer, making money hand over fist. But after watching his life and those of his loved ones fall apart, he realized things had to change. That change occurred when he was sentenced to prison.

Within the space of his own cell and without workout equipment, Coss took the initiative to improve his circumstances and created ConBody, a bodyweight-only approach to fitness. This plan helped him drop 70 pounds from his dangerously obese frame, reversing a negative health prognosis of surviving the next five years. Once he saw that his workout plan was not only effective, but accessible, he knew he’d found a pathway to health and ultimately to a new life—and designed a regimen to train his fellow inmates.

When he left prison, he returned to the Lower East Side, but not to his criminal career. Instead he worked out in his old hangouts and gained a small following that turned into an acclaimed business, winning entrepreneurial awards and the support of Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran.

Coss’s method works. These exercises are for anyone, anywhere. All you need is yourself and the space of a jail cell to get started. It’s perfect for busy lifestyles on the go and can be done in hotel rooms, small apartments, and in your backyard.

With fun, engaging exercises, ConBody: The Revolutionary Bodyweight Boot Camp will help give you the extraordinary hope and resilience to improve your health and life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250126023
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/20/2018
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	102,798
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

COSS MARTE is the owner and creator of ConBody, a growing gym and fitness business based on bodyweight and inspired by prison workouts. He was a Lower East Side drug dealer running his own crew and making bank before he turned his life around and became a legal entrepreneur committed to helping others get healthy and breaking down stereotypes to help other ex-cons like himself have a second chance at life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction More than Fitness 1

1 Locked Up 5

2 First Two Months About Seventy Pounds to Go 10

Tier 1-Entry-Level Workouts 12

Tier 1-Exercise Photos 15

Convict Diet 45

3 Month Three About Fifty Pounds to Go 52

Tier 2-Next-Level Workouts 60

Tier 2-Exercise Photos 62

Card Game 84

Card Game-Photos 86

4 Month Four, Five, and Six The Last Thirty Pounds 94

Tier 3-Supermax Level Workouts 97

Tier 3-Exercise Photos 99

21 Down-Push-up Game 110

5 Keeping It Off 112

6 Shock 116

7 Addiction 118

8 Recovery 124

ConBody Boot Camp-One-Month Starter Plan 131

ConBody Boot Camp-Two More Months 161

ConBody Boot Camp-Month Three 188

Final Note 215

Editorial Reviews

"When Coss Marte went to prison 10 years ago, he was faced with not one, but two big challenges: lose weight and discover a legitimate career upon release. Luckily for him, overcoming the first obstacle helped him find the answer to the other." - NPR

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