The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life

The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life | David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker | By comparing over 10 abs books, I concluded...

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	The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker Rodale Books, 2004 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 227 reviews view larger image
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No matter where you are on the fitness scale, beginner or regular workout monster, this is a great book! I was already working out for 3 months 4-5x a week. The program I was on demanded working out 5x per week to get maximum results...but after a month, I wore out because of mental fatigue. I hate seeing the same place so many times a week, with each session being almost two hours. Next thing I know, I only went 3-4x week.

Then I switched to the Abs Diet and I had finally the look I was looking for! Not only am I still big, but I'm lean and cut now. The book guareented results in 6 weeks. I was able to get it in about 4 weeks. All in 30min a day, 3x a week. You're in, you're out, you're done. That simple. (However, my greatest gains were when I did 2 sets of the total body circuit, which means 1 hour a day, 3x a week.)

A 43yr old friend of mine went from 226lbs to 208lbs in 2 months. He's leaner, his ankles and knees feel so much stronger and he's very, very happy with his look. He lost 4-5 inches off his waistline! Another, a 14yr old freshman, went from 202lbs down to 185lbs. No more man boobs and belly. Now he gets notice by girls!

This book will have you look great and be healthy. But not necessarily strong. I now incorporate chinese internal strength training with the Abs Diet to focus on building strength. If you're going to look strong, why not be strong?

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By comparing over 10 abs books, I concluded...

I purchased about 10 books from Amazon on abs in order to compare them. This one is focused more on the nutrition than the exercise and would be a good accompaniment to any slightly dated exercise books that don't mention the Glycemic Index or distinguish between good and bad fats. If you're looking for an exercise book to help you with your abs, here's my conclusion from comparing books...

If You Want to Trim Your Waistline: You can't trim your waistline without losing fat, and you can't lose fat around your waist without losing it everywhere (focusing on a muscle group like the abdominal muscles doesn't burn fat in that location, just a little bit of fat from everywhere on the body). So, if you want to trim your waistline, skip the ab workout books and go with a good, proven overall weight loss and fitness book like Bill Phillips' Body for Life. The Abs Diet is a similar program, but like all the Men's Health publications, it advertises a 6-week transformation, which is just a little unrealistic. Plan on more like 12-24 weeks to see really noticeable changes if you are fat.

If You Want Sculpted Six-Pack Abs: If you are overweight at all, see above--you can't get a six pack while you're overweight, and you can't lose abdominal fat by doing an ab workout, so go for overall fitness. However, if you are already lean, see below.

If You Want to Strengthen or Build Your Ab Muscles: If you're trying to improve for work, play, or rehab, you might consider the following books: The Body Sculpting Bible for Abs Deluxe DVD Edition contains decently up-to-date information and tells you exactly what to do and when to do it, based on a six-week fitness course. If you're looking for a similar book with more information, you can choose from The Complete Book of Abs or The Complete Book of Core Training. The Complete Book of Abs (1998) is a little out of date in terms of its dietary/nutritional recommendations, but it focuses more on exercises that develop the external abdominal muscles (the ones you see in a six-pack), including lots of variations on leg lifts, bicycle motion, and sit-ups. It will also give you more resources for creating your own program, and, if that's what you want to do, go with this one instead of The Body Sculpting Bible. The Complete Book of Core Training (2006) focuses more on the functional body core, including internal abdominal muscles, legs, etc., and includes more trendy exercises using medicine balls, exercise balls, yoga, etc. A different sort of book is Stronger Abs and Back (1997), which was written before the current fad of selling "core training," but contains the elements of core training because it gives good functional sports-focused advice. Its dietary recommendations are out of date, but it recommends a 24-week workout plan, which is much more realistic than the 6-week plans advocated by many of the other books.

If You Have Back Pain: See your doctor, and if he prescribes abdominal/core strengthening, see above.

My one-book recommendation: Body for Life.
My two-book recommendation: Body for Life + Stronger Abs and Back.
My three-book recommendation: Body for Life + Stronger Abs and Back + The Complete Book of Abs.
My four-book recommendation: Body for Life + Stronger Abs and Back + The Complete Book of Abs + The Abs Diet.

Hope this helps!!

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Great book!

I think this is a great book. All of the Abs Diet books are great.
They focus on good nutrition in the everyday world. I do not really find I follow the diet presented itself for some reason though. I do my own thing but use some of his tips. I learned lots of neat little tips. One tip I continue to use is add frozen OJ in a smoothie to sweeten it.
I also do try to eat the super foods as much as possible that he mentions in his book. His recipes are good too!

Great, it really works

This book helps you change the way that you eat, change in lifestyle, not just a quick diet. I was/am not obese or overweight, just too much fat in areas but after following his eating suggestions I definitely saw a change as did others. Things began to fit looser and I saw muscle definition. The only reason that I did not give it 5 out of 5 stars is because it is hard to keep up the eating with my work schedule (retail). However, it works and once I begin my new job, I will take it up again.

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Protein Diet

This book is in reality, in my opinion, just a book that helps you loose weight by telling you to eat mostly protein. It also explains why protein is good for weight loss and also how it works. It is an easy to read book with many excercises at the end to assist in flattening your stomach. Without a little sweat however, I dont believe one can achieve 6-pack abs by simply eating correctly.

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