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    The Art of De-conditioning: Eating Your Way to Heaven
    The Art of De-conditioning: Eating Your Way to Heaven
    The Art of De-conditioning: Eating Your Way to Heaven
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    The Art of De-conditioning: Eating Your Way to Heaven

    By Fritz Peterson

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    The "Art of De-conditioning" is a true, satirical look aimed at the diet and exercise industries which dominated Yankee 20 game winner Fritz Peterson his entire career. Fritz vowed that when his 13 year career that he would never exercise or go on anymore diets the rest of his life. In fact, he wanted to get his weight up to 300 pounds someday to "teach his coaches" a lesson about not watching his weight. His career ended during spring training in Florida in 1977 at which point Fritz gave it his best shot at weighing 300 pounds. Although he came close, (276 pounds), he abandoned the goal because he couldn't tie his shoes or cut his toenails any longer. When the players on Fritz's Yankee Fantasy camps team heard the story they said, "Fritz, you have to write a book about your goal to become a 'tuna' and here it is. He now lives by the slogan, "Eat, drink, and be merry, you owe it to yourself. You may even earn a place in a nursing home before your friends."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFritz Peterson
    Release dateOct 5, 2014
    ISBN9781311412799
    The Art of De-conditioning: Eating Your Way to Heaven
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    Fritz Peterson

    Fritz Peterson was born in 1942 in Chicago, Illinois and was a White Sox fan until he signed with the NY Yankees in 1963. He won the first game he started on April 15, 1966 against the would be World Champion Baltimore Orioles, 3-2. It was the only game the Orioles lost that month. He won 20 games in 1970 and pitched in the All Star game that season. After an 11 year career he holds the lowest career E.R.A. in the long 85 year history of Old Yankee Stadium. Fritz had an over all e.r.a. of 2.52, Whitey Ford was second with a 2.58 e.r.a.Fritz became an author in 2009 and again in 2012 and is finishing up 2 other books in 2014. He finds humor in almost everything he does. He and his wife have been married for over 40 years and have raised 7 children (so far) with a 7 year old grand daughter living with them as of 2014.

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      Book preview

      The Art of De-conditioning - Fritz Peterson

      The Art of De-conditioning

      By Fritz Peterson

      Copyright 2014

      Smashwords Edition

      Illustrator--Tony Ficca and Fritz Peterson discuss Fritz's goal of weighing 300 lbs after his career was over.

      IMPORTANT: The information in this book is presented for entertainment purposes only and should not be acted upon unless you first consult with your physician and other qualified physical fitness and health professionals. No part of this book represents advice or an endorsement and is written for the reader's enjoyment only.

      Table of Contents

      Preface by Dick McCauley

      Chapter 1 Fritz in the History Books

      Chapter 2 Here comes the weight restrictions!

      Chapter 3 Reggie Jackson tells me my diet isn’t working!

      Chapter 4 Goals are important, mine was to weigh 300 lbs.

      Chapter 5 Jim Fixx runs himself to death.

      Chapter 6 A disease called the sitting disease?

      Chapter 7 Tell your doctor that strokes are not allowed.

      Chapter 8 Look thinner immediately – buy larger clothes.

      Chapter 9 Diabetes is a sure sign you are making progress.

      Chapter 10 Weight and depression – twin sisters.

      Chapter 11 Weight discrimination – Beauty Bias.

      Chapter 12 Label reading.

      Chapter 13 The gout, and how to get it.

      Chapter 14 The overall goal -- easing your way through life.

      Chapter 15 The reward, the nursing home.

      Chapter 16 Blue light specials.

      Chapter 17 The Golden Ticket.

      Preface

      by Dick McCauley, former Vice President of Affiliate Affairs at ABC Sports.

      * The Challenge... Unlike so many other human endeavors, it is difficult to focus on a challenge for de-conditioning. It is a lonely path for which one must find his own motivation. You will not be encouraged by legions of supporters or even backed by family and friends. It takes genuine and often solitary commitment. You cannot allow yourself to be dissuaded even by good advice. It is really difficult, but the rewards can be really, really huge! Following are some of the Rules of De-conditioning, which must be strictly adhered to if one is to reach the goal of Total De-conditioning:

      1. A total lack of commitment to any form of meaningful physical activity.

      2. A genuine disdain for all forms of exercise.

      3. An insatiable appetite for sweets, red meat and starches.

      4. A calculated plan to avoid all walking or climbing when other forms of movement from place to place are available.

      5. Lengthy naps following large mid-day meals. Pasta is the preferred dish. Meat sauce recommended!

      I didn't say it was easy! Nothing worthwhile ever is! If you feel you can meet these standards, you are a candidate for The Fritz Peterson School of De-conditioning.

      Dick McCauley, former ABC Vice President of Affiliate Affairs, and Warren Sherman, CFO of Harris Publications in NYC have both witnessed Fritz's de-conditioning program since Fritz attended his first Yankee Fantasy Camp in November 2004.

      Fritz's real world spring training began after his last pitch in a major league uniform in 1977.

      Dedication:

      This book is dedicated to all the NY Yankee Fantasy Campers, and especially to the late John Blanchard, who died on March 25, 2009, with his spikes on, but even more importantly to people of weight who bear a heavy burden in today’s society.

      _______________________________________________________________________

      It all started as a joke at a New York Yankee Fantasy Camp in November 2011 after our first game that week against our main competition, The Blanchard's, headed up by Warren Sherman. Warren has never missed a Fantasy Camp since they began some 20 years ago. During lunch break that day, I told a few players about the recent diagnosis I had gotten from my doctor called, extreme deconditioning. The guys all thought it was hilarious but after laughing and joking about it for a while they began putting all the pieces together and realized I wasn't kidding. None of them had ever seen me do one wind sprint or any exercising of

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