“The Truth About Six-Pack Abs” has taken the world by storm. Or, at least, it’s taken the health community by storm. Those that have been looking for a structured way to obtain six-pack abs can finally rest easy. This program has had more success than just about every other program of the same type, combined. Mike Geary, the creator of “The Truth About Abs,” can attribute his success to the various exercises he details and the diet he emphasizes. Because there’s so much material that could be covered, this will focus on the exercise portion of the program.
Health professionals have, for years, professed the great properties of cardio exercises. They help the heart, primarily, but they also help you lose weight and build muscle mass. However, Geary disagrees with the latter statements. While there’s no denying that cardio exercise helps the heart (that’s why it’s called cardio), he states that they do very little in terms of burning fat and building muscle. Geary believes, and backs this up with science, that exercise in short, concentrated bursts produces much better results. This is due to the fact that the body builds muscles through a rather simple process. Exercise breaks down muscle mass. The body then repairs the muscle, making it stronger than before, so it can handle the previous level of stress. Short bursts of exercise allow the body to fully repair itself. Long periods of cardio, though, do not. In fact, such long periods of exercise actually make it more difficult for the body to build muscle anywhere other than the legs.
There are also different types of exercises that stress different muscles or muscle groups. Obviously, those exercises that require the use of many muscles are better than those that only focus on one muscle. However, it’s not simply due to the quantity difference. As you build muscle mass, your body’s metabolic rate increases. This makes it much easier to burn fat and show off the muscles you’ve spent so much time building. Because of this benefit, Geary focuses almost solely on these exercises, although he does spend some time covering ab-intensive exercises. He provides step-by-step instructions for each exercise, along with pictures and diagrams to make sure you do the exercise correctly. Performing them incorrectly can lead to injury, so this is incredibly important. Geary also points out which exercises he personally prefers and his reason for each preference. Toward the end of the section, he then describes his “secret weapons” for building abs quickly and effectively, with the same level of detail.
Geary then provides several sample workouts, which get progressively more difficult as you go down the list. The idea is that people can start slow and work their way up.
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