The Truth About Abs

The e-book “The Truth About Abs” that Mike Geary has written is more than a guide to getting ripped abs – since the abs are only a small part of the whole picture. This is an easy to follow program that will help you change your eating habits and patterns, and give you exercise routines to boost your metabolism and build core strength and lean muscle. The book covers 3 main topics -

1. An introduction and important general information about leanness, metabolism, body fat %, effective abdominal training, and lean body mass.

2. Full workouts, how to exercise more efficiently, explanation of multi-joint vs single joint exercises, along with total body work outs. Mike also explains why cardio IS NOT helping you lose weight the way you’ve always been told; and

3. Diet and Nutrition, explanation of how blood sugar and insulin affect your diet program, the Glycemic Index, and the calorie burning properties (thermic effect) of food.

The Truth About Abs training program has two parts : Interval training and Resistance and Weight training. The fitness schedules are easy to follow and are time effective. The program explains how sessions longer than 45-60 are not a good use of your time. The program calls for 3-4 sessions per week, each about 45-6- minutes. This should be easy to fit into your schedule if you are serious about drastically changing your body tone and getting in shape. The best thing about this program is that you don’t really need a gym or equipment, but the recommended set of equipment can be purchased for $30-40 – a set of dumbells and an exercise ball is all you need to do the programs set out in the Truth About Abs program.

There is a huge amout of nuitrition advice that Mike has included in this program. The suggested diet plan calls for 5-6 smaller meals per day, eating every 3 hours (not including sleeping hours). An important tip is to plan your meals for an entire week, and shop once a week getting only the food you need for those meals. Outside of planned, smaller, more often eating patterns, Mike also explains how to figure out your daily calorie requirements. This is used as a guide for figuring out your overall food plan. I have to say that this part of the book was inspiring – part of this losing weight program actually recommends regular and tasty meals – definately not a restricted, imbalanced, fad diet. There is an entire section of this book explaining why crash diets actually cause weight gain. The meal plans provided in the book make it easy to shop for and prepare your food. The meal plans provide more than enough food – you are unlikely to experience hunger pains – however the plans are most likely a change from your current diet, and in order to be successful you need to be disciplined with your nuitrition. This will be vitally important to your success. It is clearly stated in this book that to succeed on the Truth About Abs program, you must apply BOTH the training strategies as well as the food strategies.

If you’ve been thinking of trying to lose weight for some time now, this is a great opportunity to make it happen. Mikes program contains so much information about how to really make your exercise and diet work together, it really is one of the most effective programs available today. You must put some effort in, but he tells you how to make it all work, in the most effective way possible.