The New Rules of Lifting for Abs : A Myth-Busting Fitness Plan for Men and Women Who Want a Strong Core and a Pain- Free Back

An expert fitness team shares its cutting-edge program for achieving phenomenal abs-in just three hours a week. In The New Rules of Lifting for Abs , Schuler and Cosgrove deliver more than the standard bunches-of-crunches approach to abdominal training. Although building those ab muscles is important-no question-Schuler and Cosgrove also help you understand that doing so is useless in isolation. That's why The New Rules of Lifting for Abs offers a full-spectrum conditioning system designed to get you stronger, leaner, more muscular, and more athletic. Within each workout, you'll get: Dynamic warm-ups to help awaken and activate your muscles Core training to build balanced stability, endurance, and strength in your abs, lower back, and hips. Strength training to increase your strength, power, and muscle mass. Metabolic work to burn fat and improve your overall conditioning. Debunking myths and focusing on the moves and techniques that burn fat, The New Rules of Lifting for Abs will have you shedding fat, building muscle, and showing off your lean, athletic midsection faster than you ever though possible.

An expert fitness team shares their cutting-edge program for achieving stellar abs-in just three hours a week.

A strong, athletic physique, highlighted by a flat midsection with well-defined abdominal muscles, is the goal of everyone who works out, from lifelong gym rats to the New Year's resolution crowd. But most people who seek these goals undermine their efforts. In The New Rules of Lifting for Abs, Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove offer unique programs based on the latest breakthroughs in exercise science. And, as they did in their previous books, The New Rules of Lifting and The New Rules of Lifting for Women, the authors debunk ab-training myths while showing readers how to strip off even the most stubborn flab.
Surprising revelations include:

• Washboard abs do not always equal a healthy, pain-free back
• The crunch is actually a poor choice for most people
• Extending the core can be much more effective than flexing ab muscles • It's impossible to isolate the core muscles
• And much, much more

Readers get three months of intense workouts, combining fat-busting conditioning work with intense strength training, which they can easily expand into a yearlong program. Schuler and Cosgrove also include a nutrition component detailing how to eat for fat loss, muscle gain, and improved health. Home-gym friendly, and illustrated with more than 150 black-and-white photographs, The New Rules of Lifting for Abs delivers the goods.

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**An expert fitness team shares its cutting-edge program for achieving phenomenal abs-in just three hours a week.** In __The New Rules of Lifting for Abs__, Schuler and Cosgrove deliver more than the standard bunches-of-crunches approach to abdominal training. Although building those ab muscles is important-no question-Schuler and Cosgrove also help you understand that doing so is useless in isolation. That's why __The New Rules of Lifting for Abs__ offers a full-spectrum conditioning system designed to get you stronger, leaner, more muscular, and more athletic. Within each workout, you'll get: * Dynamic warm-ups to help awaken and activate your muscles * Core training to build balanced stability, endurance, and strength in your abs, lower back, and hips. * Strength training to increase your strength, power, and muscle mass. * Metabolic work to burn fat and improve your overall conditioning. Debunking myths and focusing on the moves and techniques that burn fat, __The New Rules of Lifting for Abs__ will have you shedding fat, building muscle, and showing off your lean, athletic midsection faster than you ever though possible. Deals with abdominal training. This book offers a full-spectrum conditioning system designed to get you stronger, leaner, muscular, and athletic. It may have you shedding fat, building muscle, and showing off your lean, athletic midsection faster than you ever though possible. Presents a weight-lifting plan designed to help men and women strengthen their core and back and tone their abdominal muscles