In this book, the author presents a direct, unique, lifestylechanging program for weight-loss success for the average American, whom he knows doesn't have a lot of time or energy to waste. The Get Off Your Ass! (GOYA) program, the result of Tuley's years of experience observing "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of fitness as the owner of a thriving Midwest health club, is composed of three core parts, or "laps": Education, Exercise, and Nutrition.

In the first lap, Education, Tuley, with brutal honesty, explores the reasons why the "growing epidemic of obesity" in America has become a cliché. He takes on the fitness industry of which he is a part, breaking down in simple fashion why gyms fail, why most diets are bunk, and why the so-called experts are just plain wrong. Next, he introduces his unorthodox four-month exercise program, which focuses on realistic goals and progress for the exercise novice. The final lap, Nutrition, is chock full ofsound, simple advice for eating well. It focuses on teaching the reader a new way of eating and living, not on providing complex, short-term diet solutions or endless lists of "good" and "bad" foods. Tuley even encourages readers to literally smash and batter their scales, a notion that undoubtedly would bring smiles to all those dieters who have spent many frustrating years trying to count calories.

All the while, Tuley candidly challenges readers in a no-nonsense, in-your-face style that forces them to rethink the way they're living. Readers can't help but feel as if they have their own personal coach pushing them every step of the way, doling out praise when they've stayed disciplined and barking in their ear when they've strayed from that road to better health.