Foreword -- Preface -- A line in the sand -- Chlorine dreams -- College currents: fast water, high times, and California cool -- From underwater to under the influence -- White sands and red stripe: hitting bottom in paradise -- Into the light -- My secret weapon: power in plants -- Training as life -- The aloha, kokua, and ohana of Ultraman -- Epic5: rookie mistakes, burning skies, Kahuna spirits, and a drunken angel in the pain cave of the real Hawaii -- There are no finish lines -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: the nuts and bolts of the plantpower diet -- Appendix II: a plantpower day in the life -- Appendix III: Plantpower recipes -- Appendix IV: the cleanse -- Appendix V: resources.
Summary:
Recounts how the author, after realizing the daunting state of his health at age forty, overcame physical challenges and alcoholism over the course of two years while training for Hawaii's elite Ultraman competition.
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