A Flat Stomach ASAP

by Ellington Darden

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.

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 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.


-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

Genres: Nonfiction, Health, Fitness

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Erin]

I'm surprised that the ratings on this book are so low. While I've never actually done the exercise portion of this book the foundation of the book itself has some awesome tips. Just from incorporating the superhydration, thinking about sleeping more, and making some small dietary changes I've lost, and kept off, about 14 pounds. It's one of those books that I've had since the late 90s, I think, and will never get rid of it. Periodically, I like to reread it for a refresher and plan to actually do the exercises...then I realize I haven't the time for them and continue with my normal walking plan. =) Bottom line, it's a great book, it is dated and I don't agree with some of the information but there is definitely something to it.

[Bonnie]

I was given this book when I went for a trial session at The Perfect Workout. Darden's nutritional advice is obsolete (calories in, calories out) and he posits the rather bizarre theory that drinking a gallon of cold water every day will flatten the stomach. The book has some value in his simple high intensity weight training protocol. He provides a workout plan, photos of each exercise and clear instructions.

[Jeff]

This book changed my life.. I STUCK TO THE PROGRAM for.10 weeks and dropped bad habits forever.