Six pack in just 12 weeks

sugarlips1980

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2258461/Six-pack-secrets-Mens-Fitnesss-Joe-Warner-reveals-man-build-body-wanted-TWELVE-weeks.html

Discuss! (I'm saying nothing, I have layers of flab to obliterate which will take more than 12 weeks!)

FullOfWin

No even looking at it. If you want a six pack, get down to low bodyfat with diet and lift some weights.

haroon_awan

I actually ordered this book before Christmas and it still hasn't arrived (can't find it in supermarkets!). But what the article doesn't explain in full detail is that:
Joe Warner trained twice a day, doing two weight training sessions a day 4 times a week,
he stopped running (added HIIT training at the end phase),
was a VEGETARIAN (!) before he started,
was eating about a kg of red meat a day,
took the best supplements available,
had his diet adjusted weekly
had his training programme adjusted weekly AND
trained with Nick Mitchell (who is one rated as the best personal trainer in the country) at Ultimate Performance Mayfair (rated as the best gym in Europe).

In other words, he worked his *** off! I've been a big fan of UP for a few months now, and their advice is top notch.

EDIT: Nick Mitchell's work with Glenn Parker is much more astounding: http://upfitness.co.uk/results/real-results/the-ultimate-real-result-three-month-radical-transformation/ especially considering Mitchell hired Parker to become a trainer at his gym after!

sugarlips1980

And then there's this story (again Daily Mail!) in stark contrast! (This is outright cheating!)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2258504/Donovan-Nelson-54-liposuction-pec-implants-33-year-old-wife.html

sugarlips1980

No even looking at it. If you want a six pack, get down to low bodyfat with diet and lift some weights.

That's the general gist of the article! I was just interested in the time frame he says he did it in and the general approach.

haroon_awan

Funny how DM promotes a weight training TODAY yet it promotes a study which says weight training is not that effective YESTERDAY: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2258493/MyFitnessPal-success-Desperate-beat-bulge-Why-smartphone-app-recipe-success.html

"IF YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT, YOU'RE BETTER TO GO RUNNING THAN USE WEIGHTS

Aerobic exercise is better for weight loss than resistance training such as using weights, a study shows.

The largest trial carried out to compare the two found that aerobic exercise - low intensity workouts which exercise the heart - was more effective than anaerobic, such as short springs and weight training.

It was particularly true where time constraints were an issue, reports the Journal of Applied Physiology.

The authors say ‘it may be time to seriously reconsider the conventional wisdom’ that resistance training, which helps build muscle, is best for weight loss.

The team studied 234 previously sedentary overweight or obese people aged 18-70, who were enrolled in one of three eight-month supervised training programmes: aerobic training (AT), resistance training (RT), or a combination (AT/RT).

Those assigned to aerobic training exercised vigorously, at about 70-85 per cent of maximum heart rate, for 45 minutes three days per week throughout the study period.

Those doing weight training also exercised three days a week, completing three sets of 8-12 reps on eight resistance machines that targeted all major muscle groups. The third group did both sets of exercise.

At the end of the study, the only people who had not lost weight were the resistance trainers, who actually gained weight due to an increase in lean body mass.

Those who did aerobic exercise saw their waist circumference and fat mass significantly decrease.

Lead author Leslie Willis, from North Carolina's Duke University Medical Centre, said: ‘Given our observations, it may be time to seriously reconsider the conventional wisdom that resistance training alone can lead to weight and fat loss.’ "

sugarlips1980

Oh the DM doesn't know it's a*** from its elbow, it's notorious for going with the latest scare story of the day!!