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A Flat Stomach ASAP |  | Author: Ellington Darden
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 37832
Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0671014080
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9780671014087
ASIN: 0671014080
Publication Date: January 1, 1998
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Ellington Darden tells the truth about his subject: you can't get a tight, muscular waistline from doing just a few minutes of abdominal exercise a day. (This from a guy who has actually hawked an ab-training device on infomercials.) In Darden's book, ASAP stands for "awareness, science, application, and persistence," and his program promises that, if you work really hard, you'll see results in six weeks. That doesn't sound like much of a promise, but considering how many people work out for months--if not years--and don't see any results, Darden's book is a dash of welcome hope and reality.
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A GREAT BODY BEGINS WITH A FLAT STOMACH The secret to losing waistline pounds and inches quickly is ASAP, an acronym for Awareness, Science, Application, and Persistence. This successful method for achieving a lean body and a flat stomach includes a powerful new concept called superhydration. It's a fact: drinking large amounts of water daily synergizes your eating and exercising, accelerating fat loss and stomach flattening. Now nationally renowned fitness expert Ellington Darden brings you the program that tells you how to reshape, tighten, and shrink your stomach the way top competitors do -- and to do it faster than you dreamed possible. With step-by-step instructions, Dr. Darden details a method that can help you lose from 7 to 11 pounds of fat and 2 1/2 inches from your midsection in as little as two weeks -- and see even more dramatic results in six weeks. Discover: The no-fad eating plan based around five daily "minimeals" Exactly how to superhydrate to accelerate weight loss The super-slow style of strength training that brings super-fast results -- in less than thirty minutes a session. Designed specifically for busy people, A FLAT STOMACH ASAP is your daily plan of action -- whether at the gym or at home, with or without equipment -- to get the look you want as soon as possible.
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 great workout ideas April 16, 2009
K. Quaschnick
This is a totally new way of working out for me. No one in the gym is doing this type of routine. In fact I'm getting some looks it seems like because I am in slow motion but it is working!
 created for novices February 4, 2009
Brian Stefanick (Dumfries VA)
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.
 Re Dennis Rogers' review / comment about slow weight training July 30, 2008
R. Botten
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dennis, I very much doubt the research you are referring to were the results between someone training the old dark ages way that most people are shown to use (lots of reps and sets 3 or more times a week, and throwing the weights around, i.e., using momentum to do most of the work for you) VS the SuperSlow protocol (twice a week max with a licensed SuperSlow trainer on low friction Medex weight machines where weight is moved in a straight, slow & controlled fashion until muscle failure, and then held another 10 seconds).
If you have never personally never trained with a SuperSlow trainer, then I invite you to try it for a month. You just might reassess your attitude about it and find your strength improves remarkably, and that you feel much better. You might even have an epiphany (as I did) as to why doctors and physiotherapists refer patients to Super Slow trainers... for a start there's far less risk of injury.
 By comparing over 10 abs books, I concluded... January 31, 2008
cxlxmx
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
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!!
 Junk science November 4, 2006
Dennis Rodgers
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
After all these years, Darden still preaches slow motion resistance training, a system proven to demonstrate mediocre results.
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