Ryan Ferguson spent the last ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now at age twenty-nine, Ferguson advocates for wrongly accused people and shares the fitness program that kept him alive and healthy. He has recently appeared on Dateline, Nightline, CBS This Morning, Today, and 48 Hours.
Many people begin a fitness regimen to help them cope with the stresses of life, but few are as stressed as Ferguson, who served ten years in a maximum-security prison for a murder he did not commit. With no equipment and nothing but a compelling need to have control over some part of his life, the author developed a simple program of diet and exercise that worked both mind and body This is not a prison saga but an example of how, even with limited resources and food choices, physical and emotional health can be improved .Excellent and inspiring for anyone wishing to get in shape. Library Journal