FLAT STOMACH ASAP

I ordered it hoping it's a stomach flattening belt because the information provided on the advert is very narrow, instead it was a book and I hate reading that's why I ended up ordering this book unaware. So, please next time put enough information about the products you are advertising. And please if possible you have the belt, can I return the book and you deliver the belt, I can top up if it's the case then I will gladly delete this comment.

I purchased about 10 books from Amazon on abs in order to compare them. This one wisely smuggles in an over-all weight-loss plan under the guise of an ab book. However, like Men's Health publications, it promises you something in a "six-week program," which isn't really long enough to get great results. Also, its dietary and nutrition recommendations are screwy, convoluted, and out of date. The bottom line is that when you look at the before and after pictures in this book of people who successfully completed the program, they don't look that great and nowhere near having great abs. If you want a good 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!!

"A flat stomach asap" is a scam. Nevertheless, it works if you want to shed some weight. You can even get some muscle under your belt, which is not bad. So, why is it a scam?The first two parts of the book comprise a cauldron of well-known facts spiced with some mystification. The author puts them under the titles "Awareness" and "Science". After putting forth a string of truisms about the relationships between exercise and muscle, health and hydration, sleep and stress he pirouettes up in a leap of faith stating that gulping down gallons of cold water every day is good for you and helps you to lose fat. He even advances some arguments to "prove it". Buy into that if you can.Let's leave truisms and unproved allegations behind us. Let's jump to chapter 11 where the author describes the exercises you should do. If you paid US $ 17.00 for the book you might be happy to find that for that price you'll learn half a dozen or so curls that will make your midsection stronger. As to myself, I agree they are all good exercises and may very well deliver part of the promise: give you one pound or so of muscle in your tummies.I'll save you the tiresome details. Let's skip back to the page where a table displays a "calories per day" recommendation. The author recommends a man to eat from 1.200 to 1.500 calories per day. Averaged for the whole "program" it means 1,333 calories per day.Now you can see where the mystification is: 1.333 calories per day for an adult male puts him on the verge of starvation. Any person that starves for (say) 45 days WILL LOSE WEIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES. This is simple math: if his healthy, regular diet should contain, say, 2,500 calories per day, 1,333 put him in a daily deficit of 1.666.67. This means in 6 weeks he will miss 49,000 calories that represent 13 pounds (6,125 kilos).Good old physics still holds true: if you burn faster than you replenish... you'll end up with less.The author states that on the average (p. 35) 41 men lost 23 pounds of fat after having been "through one or more of the phases of the A Flat Stomach ASAP course". As the author does not allow us to know for sure what he means by "one or more of the phases", let's assume it to be 9 weeks (one and a half "course") even though we know some took it more than twice (more than 12 weeks).23 pounds in 62 days (9 weeks), gives us 1,324 calories/day. This represents the deficit for a diet containing only 1,333 calories/day. It has nothing to do with exercise but with hunger. That is, it has to do with our old friend, the low calorie diet.Do some curls if you like. Cut 1,300 calories in your diet if you can survive starvation. After 6 weeks you will have lost something around 14 pounds. It does not matter you if you read or does not read "A flat stomach ASAP".So, save your hard-earned money because I'll summarize the book for you: eating makes you fat, starving makes you lean.I know, I know: few people resist a scam, especially a sting in a glossy cover with some mystifying, incredible promises.But, if you think perhaps I am wrong, go ahead. And don't forget to read the "special letter from Ellington Darden", when he closes the book trying to sell you some snake oil he names "Perfect Score". Good for him.

I THINK THAT THE STRATEGY OR THE CONTENTS IN THIS BOOK IT IS LIKLY AS POSSIBLETY, OF YOU CAN ACHIEVE SOMETHING MAY BE IF YOU HAVE TRIED, I HAVE BEING IN GYM FOR LAST 10 YEARS BUT MY BIG PROBREM ,IS TO GET MY TOMMY FLAT, UNFORTUNATLY THAT IS NO EASY PROBLEM TO SOLVE, I HAVE BEING DOING ALL THIS EXERCISES AND HAD DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER AND I CUT SUGAR (STOP TAKING SUGAR SAMETIMES FOR 3 MONTHS THEN GET BACK AGAIN INTO BROWN SUGAR OR HONEY, ALL THIS DOESN'T HELP ME AT ALL, IT IS JUST MATTER OF ELIMINATE FAT FOR SORT PERIOD OF TIME THEN ONCE YOU GET BACK INTO THIS FOOD AGAIN YOU JUST GET FAT.I THINK THE BOOK SHOULD TALK MORE ABOUT EATING HABITS OR WHAT TYPES OF FOOD YOU SHOULD EAT AND NOT EAT.-FOR HOW LONG WILL YOU BE WITHOUT EATING SWEETS OR SUGAR , IF YOU CRAVE WHAT TO SUBSTITUE INSTEAD?YES, I DO AGREE EATING SMALL AMOUNT OF THE FOOD AND GIVE YOUSELF 2-3 HOURS BEFORE HAVING ANOTHER MEAL, DOES HELPE FLAT YOU TOMMY.BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU ARE IN INTENSIVE TRAINING AND HAVE BUSY LIFE WITH WORK?HOW DO YOU GOING TO ELIMINET FAT FROM TAKING CARBOHYDRATE? WHEN OUR BODY NEED ALL THIS VITAMINIS: FAT, SUGAR AND CARBOHYDRATES!

I was hoping to be able to acheive the washboard 6 pack ab shown on the cover but my copy did not even come with the same cover so there went my inspiration! I eagerly read from cover to cover but was let down. I read fitness materials often and have worked with several fitness trainers over the years so have had a wide variety of ideas thrown at me. This presents a good concept, maybe I just need to work harder at it.....I have worked this into my daily life and can't complain. Just have an open mind when reading.After reading several other reviews it is interesting to see all the comments. I did not think this was geared towards anyone with previous fitness experience. The excercises were very, very basic and even suggested no weights or machines were required. I am glad to see such great results from just following this book, I can not boast similar results.

It's an interesting book. Dr Ellington Darden uses some innovative concepts of losing fat and reduce bodyweight: for me, the most useful advice given is drinking 1 or 2 gallons of icy water per day. It's strange, but it works. Peeing 30 times a day permitted me to lose "weight" and water retention. I'm an amateur bodybuilder and i've tried al lot of ways not only to cut off weight but also to reduce the size of my vacuum. This time.. mission accomplished in every sense! I suggest to buy this book: it's absolutely inexpensive and yuo'll obviously find a lot of useful advices in it whatever is your ultimate goal. I remember that the High Intensity Training routines proposed here are not intended for mass builders..too many exercises!!