Mackie Shilstone: Bio

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Mackie Shilstone is one of America's most influential sports performance managers, whose expertise has played a pivotal role in the success and longevity of scores of million-dollar world-class athletes. Over 3000 professional athletes have turned to Mackie to give them the body, the drive, the stamina, and the performance they need to win. Mackie has also transformed the lives of hundreds of everyday people struggling with health and weight problems, poor nutrition, and lack of motivation. To Mackie, there are no barriers between professional athletes and the average person, only different target goals and differing training times to reach those goals.

With a Master of Arts degree and Master of Business Administration, Mackie currently directs The Fitness Principle with Mackie Shilstone at East Jefferson General Hospital. Additionally, Mackie is a Clinical Instructor of Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Louisiana State Health Sciences Center, Adjunct Instructor in the School of Allied Health at Nicholls State University, Adjunct Professor at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, special advisor to the United States Olympic Committee on Sports Nutrition, and has served on the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, State of Louisiana.

Mackie's newest book, Body Plan for Kids, is a comprehensive guide for parents to gain control of their child's weight. It is the first book of its kind to offer specific strategies for eating healthily, getting fit, and increasing self-esteem targeted at eight- to twelve-year-olds.

Mackie's last book, Lean & Hard: The Body You've Always Wanted in Just 24 Workouts, is the ultimate strength-building workout to build the powerful muscular physique readers always dreamed of having.

Mackie's other books include The Fat Burning Bible, 28 days of foods, supplements, and workouts that help you lose weight, released in January 2005; Feelin' Good About Fitness (Pelican Publishing 1986); Lose Your Love Handles: A 3-Step Program to Streamline Your Waist in Only 30 Days (Perigee 2001) and Maximum Energy for Life (John Wiley 2003). Mackie has written articles for prestigious health and fitness journals, including the American Medical Athletic Association Quarterly and The Physiologist. Recently, Mackie assisted the Nevada State Athletic Commission in writing the chapter Performance Nutrition and Conditioning for boxers for the Manual on Training and Ringside Safety Recommendations for Unarmed Combatants.

The astonishing results of Mackie's work with top athletes are constantly reported in magazines and newspapers across the country. Over 2,000 articles, appearing in print media such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, People magazine, and Inc., have praised the Mackie Shilstone method. KO Magazine voted him among the top 50 most influential people in the history of boxing.