How To Get Ripped Abs Program
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 14
It’s finally Sunday day 14 and the completion of week 2 on my How to Get Ripped Abs Challenge. That means I’m 16.6% of the way to the finish line. The time goes by quickly and I need to stay completely focused if I want to hit my goal of 40 pounds in 12 weeks. I got a lot of rest today and kept the physical activity to some short walks with the dog and my kids. Looking in the mirror now I can actually see a big difference in 2 short weeks. That in itself gives me a lot of motivation to continue on and stay the course.
Once you get yourself a couple weeks into the How to Get Ripped Abs the changes in how you look and feel are so noticeable that your motivational levels will go up. When you aren’t seeing results quickly it can be harder to believe in the system you are following. Watching the change I have made in 2 short weeks lets me know that this is working and I need to stay right on track. I’m actually looking forward to my torturous Monday workout A. It will be the last time I do workout A for Phase I. On Friday I will be switching into the phase 2 workout which will have a new workout A that is slightly more advanced and difficult. The workout program progresses you through 4 three week phases over the 12 weeks with each more difficult than the last.
So far so good, I’m ready for more!
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 13
Today is Saturday day 13. I had to hit the gym first thing in the morning and do my workout B of How To Get Ripped Abs. I worked it especially hard knowing I was going to have my Saturday night cheat meal of pizza and a glass of wine. I pushed so hard I that ended up a bit nauseas towards the finish of my workout. I really punished myself in the gym and it felt great. The funny thing is how these workouts are so tough that they will raise your endorphin levels for a few hours afterwards giving you a bit of a natural high. I feel extremely calm and relaxed for several hours after the workout or maybe it’s just sheer residual exhaustion from pushing myself so hard.
Once you see that results are showing in the mirror at the end of week two it makes you push that much harder. It is motivating to see the fast changes happening to my body so now when I’m in the gym it gives me that much more incentive to stick very close to the program laid out by How To Get Ripped Abs. I know the harder I work the quicker my body will change and the results will be visible quicker. I’ve found it very easy to stick to this and now I look forward to these grueling workouts that I do 3 days per week. The other 3 days where I do high intensity cardio are also extremely tough but I almost consider them a break compared to the core workout plan.
I ate well through the day and made sure not to try to cut out meals to make up for my cheat meal at night. It can be very counter productive to skip some meals in anticipation of a cheat meal. You really want to stick with all of your meals to keep the metabolism charged high and the fat burning hormones and enzymes at peak levels. It actually makes the body burn up the cheat meal that much easier. I had half of a large pizza, a glass of beer, a glass of wine, and 1 mini Hershey’s Chocolate bar. I’ll have all day Sunday to eat clean and drink a ton of water to flush out any excess water that this meal makes me hold prior to my Monday morning weigh in. I really ate more than I needed to but it’s a cheat meal and I’ve seen such a noticeable difference this week alone that I’m not worry about this impeding my progress. If I was at the stage where I was trying to get rid of that last 3-4 pounds that sat around my lower abs I would be more careful on the cheat meal and maybe not even cheat at all.
Another successful day done in my How To Get Ripped Abs challenge and tomorrow is a much needed day of rest from training. I’m going to be early also to catch up on my Z’s.
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 12
It’s Friday day 12 on my How to Get Ripped Abs challenge. I am once again looking forward to the weekend and getting some rest. Although because of the holiday on Monday I had to make an adjustment and instead of doing my final weight training workout today and cardio tomorrow I will be hitting the elliptical machine today and enjoying a nice grueling Saturday morning workout in the gym.
I actually had a chance to talk on the phone today with the guy that developed this system. John Alvino is the author and developer of this system and he has a place down in New Jersey where he trains athletes exclusively. He made this to be a complete system. It’s not just another eBook out there on the web. How to Get Ripped Abs is a system that includes an individualized meal plan, recipe book, protein shakes book, exercise manual, exercise plan, and an eBook that goes along with the system. For him to put this system together for someone he would end up charging around $500 and I agreed that this system was worth well more than the $77 that he charges for it. It’s like getting a personal trainer and coach right out of the box. The exercises are explained in depth so if you can read and understand a picture you don’t need a trainer showing you how to do these because he did such a good job creating the exercise manual.
How to Get Ripped Abs isn’t for everyone. So far I see this as an unbelievable system for someone that not only wants to lose fat but also wants to get into single digit body fat and into exceptional condition at the same time. Many of the programs out there are developed to help you lose weight. There is a big difference between just losing weight and dropping body fat to rip up into photo shoot condition. I would also recommend this to someone that is preparing for wrestling season, mixed martial arts, or any sport that requires intense conditioning and low body fat levels. If you want to look like one of the UFC fighters you see on television this system will get you into that kind of condition. It has the ability to help you build some muscle while losing every ounce of fat.
Today I hit the elliptical machine for my interval training cardio and pushed it hard. The main workout is 18 minutes with 4 minutes of warm up so I’m in and out of the gym in 22 minutes. Then I spend the rest of the evening with a high metabolism burning fat. How to Get Ripped Abs is keeping me within a structure that I need to make my end goal. If you don’t have a road map to follow you might take a lot of wrong turns and it can take you awhile to get where you are going. Follow the How to Get Ripped Abs roadmap for 12 weeks and you will end up in tip top shape. I’m not there yet but I’m on my way.
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 11
It’s Thursday Day 11 on my How to Get Ripped Abs Challenge and it’s business as usual. I am now finally waking up in the morning and not feeling sore all over my body. It’s nice to not have to limp around the house like a broken old man. I was getting a little worried that maybe I was biting off more than I could chew and at the age of 38 my body just wasn’t going to recover like it did back 20 years ago. Well needless to say it will never recover again like it did 20 years ago but I am happy to finally getting through that initial soreness.
How to Get Ripped Abs challenges you every single workout. One thing I love is that I can print out my workout logs, throw it on a clipboard and easily follow along and just log my weight and reps. Every single workout I make sure that I am either increasing the weight or doing more total reps. I really haven’t had to increase the weight on any of the exercises though because I just keep pushing myself to hit more reps each workout. When you walk out of the gym you have worked every muscle in your entire body within 40 minutes. This is what causes such a huge metabolic afterburn effect throwing your metabolism up into the stratosphere for the rest of the day.
This was my third time to perform workout A. There are a couple exercises like the single leg ball curl that are very difficult for me and last week when I did the workout the first time I was only able to do 3 sets of 5 or a total of 15 reps. On my third attempt at this workout I was able to hit a set of 9,8,6 for a total of 23 reps. I’m improving quickly and just need to keep pushing myself. How to Get Ripped Abs will have you doing exercises you have probably never done before. The exercise manual does an excellent job showing a picture and description of each exercise. I bring this with me on my clipboard for a reference during my workouts. If you are used to the traditional raw iron like I am these will challenge your body to new levels.
Once again I felt like Jello after my workout and practically had to crawl out of the gym. If I keep pushing this hard I’m going to need someone to take me out in a wheelchair pretty soon. Overall a great day again and stayed right on plan with the nutritional program.
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 10
Wednesday Day 10 and moving right along. The overall soreness in my body is finally starting to subside as I’m getting used to the workouts. My body isn’t used to the high repetitions that the How to Get Ripped Abs program uses. I’ve been training for strength for so many years and this requires a whole different level of conditioning. It’s quite a change from what I am used to.
I mixed it up a bit on my diet today. I usually have oatmeal with protein powder for breakfast or eggs with potatoes. I didn’t have any potatoes cooked up so I had 2 pieces of Ezekiel Bread. This bread is made without flour instead coming from sprouts and tastes great. A lot of fitness pro’s and bodybuilders use this as their bread as it has more protein and fiber and a little lower on carbs. It doesn’t sell as fast so you usually find it in the freezer section in most grocery stores. I don’t substitute bread very often on the How to Get Ripped Abs nutritional plan but I do make slight changes that are allowable and outlined in the program.
Dinner was also a nice change of pace. I’ve been eating chicken breasts everyday but tonight had a nice steak salad with some crumbled blue cheese sprinkled on top. This was a restaurant quality salad. The How to Get Ripped Abs program doesn’t allow you to starve yourself and I have to admit I’m eating better than ever now that I have forced myself back into something more structured when it comes to eating.
For cardio I did the elliptical workout again. I need to do that at least once or twice a week as it doesn’t put any stress on my joints. I’m still pretty heavy so doing jump roping or full body cardio exercises can put a lot of wear and tear on my joints. The elliptical gives my knees a break but I push it really hard so those 18 minutes are extremely tough and go by fast. How to Get Ripped Abs keeps you workout out hard all week which forces your metabolism sky high. Every few days that I look in the mirror I’m able to see more changes. For me my shoulders and arms start to lean out first and veins start showing. Then it starts coming off of my chest and eventually the lower belly fat. 10 days down, 74 more to go!
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 9
It’s Tuesday Day 9 of my How to Get Ripped Abs challenge. I ate most of the usual same things today for carbohydrates and fats but I ran out of chicken and wouldn’t have that until later in the day so I substituted a lean protein with protein powder. It’s not quite the same having a plate of rice and black beans with a side of veggies and your chocolate protein drink. I need to get my grill going and stock my fridge back up with lean chicken breast. My wife will be getting back from Whole Foods soon with all the foods I need. It’s important to not let this happen because then there is the temptation to go off plan and start eating whatever is in the house. In this case the fridge is stocked with chocolate chip cookies but I was able to stay away and leave those for the kids.
If you have carb craving problems like I do you’ll find that the best cure is switching over to a diet of clean whole foods. Once you detox your body and start giving it the right foods your hunger pains start to disappear and you won’t have those constant carb cravings anymore. Eating a lot of processed and sugary foods makes you body want them more and then it becomes a vicious cycle. The How to Get Ripped Abs program has brought some much needed structure back into my life with its healthy eating plan. I just needed a nudge to get myself eating right again so I knew that following the plan and being held accountable by logging my journey will help keep me on track.
Once again I pushed my workout harder than the last. I made sure to hit more reps on all my exercises than I did before. How to Get Ripped Abs has the workout charts that you can print out and they are perfect for keeping a workout journal. I swear by keeping track of every set and rep so that I can push myself harder each time. If you constantly put your body under the same stress it won’t have any need to adapt by making your muscles stronger or bigger. Pushing each exercise to the max also creates a surge in lactic acid and workouts like this can help stimulate growth hormone release in the body which in turn is a very potent fat burner.
I pushed myself to total exhaustion on this workout and was practically crawling out of the gym. Not only am I losing fat fast, I’m also getting myself into great physical condition. It’s about time I get rid of the bulky bodybuilder look and lean out so I can see what’s underneath the fat. The How to Get Ripped Abs will do everything from condition, strengthen, build muscle, and increase fat loss. So far I see this program hitting every angle. Now I just need to stay on track and finish the race.
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 8
Today is day #8 on my How to Get Ripped Abs challenge. It is Monday and time to weigh in. I weighed in at 244.4 pounds so I lost 5.6 pounds and was very pleased with those results for week 1. I also lost an inch off of my waistline. Every inch you lose off of your waist makes a huge difference visually. It makes your upper body look that much bigger when the ratio of chest to waist starts favoring the chest measurement more. People in the gym are already making comments about my fat loss and I haven’t even got started yet on this great program of How To Get Ripped Abs.
Today was the Labor Day holiday so the gym was closed. I was supposed to do my workout A but since I didn’t have access to my gym I am making a slight adjustment this week. I will start the week off with cardio and then do my weight workouts on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I’ll still have a full day off before my Monday workout when I get back on the Mon, Wed, Fri schedule for my workouts. Making a slight change like this won’t affect results and it’s always necessary to make some dynamic changes when small obstacles present themselves. Rather than missing a day of my program I made a simple change and will still get all my workouts in this week. I am not going to let anything keep me from following the How to Get Ripped Abs training routines consistently. I want to be able to give an honest review of before and after results and I know major results will come if I just keep sticking to the plan.
For cardio I did the jump roping workout again. I pushed much harder this time and noticed that being 5 pounds lighter makes a big difference as I didn’t fatigue quite as quickly. Once I got a few cycles into it though my calves start burning out after 30 seconds and I have to stop and take a 30 second rest. I worked up a good sweat and burnt off some major calories. The high intensity interval training cardio sessions are very intense but I’ll choose them any day over mind numbing boring cardio for 45 minutes at a time. The cardio workouts on the How to Get Ripped Abs program last anywhere from 12 to 18 minutes total and they will kick your butt.
My diet went well but I need to make a trip to the grocery store to stock up on more chicken breasts. I’m going to pick up the ingredients to make my turkey chili also. I’m eating plenty of food and am never hungry. The How to Get Ripped Abs program comes with a very precise eating manual and recipe book. If you follow this program there is no guess work involved. Just stick to the plan and you won’t believe how much you get to eat. It’s all clean whole foods which makes your metabolism run faster and allows your body to start detoxifying from any unhealthy eating patterns you may have had prior to starting.
Again, I am very happy with Week 1 results of my How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – weight loss = 5.6 pounds, waist reduction = 1 inch.
How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 7
It’s finally Sunday and a much needed day of rest from training. How to Get Ripped Abs has been a very challenging first week. My hamstrings are still sore and now my calves are quite sore from yesterday’s jump rope workout. I planned on doing the stretching routine today but I never got a chance. There is a dedicated stretching routine in How To Get Ripped Abs that can help you work out all the kinks to loosen up. So far I feel good and am actually looking forward to pushing my workouts even harder next week. Now that I know the exercises and have my weights set for each exercise I should be able to do them quicker and can really strive to push out more reps. I’m making sure to keep an accurate log. The workout program includes logs that you can print out. This makes it really easy to bring my workout plan to the gym and just fill in the weights and reps.
I did some of my prep cooking tonight. I created another big batch of brown rice and beans. This time I used black beans and pinto beans. These are so high in fiber that this dish fills me up for hours. I added chopped a chopped red pepper, chopped jalapeño, and half of a chopped onion to the mix. This made me 4 servings of a side dish that I will have with my chicken the first four days of the week. I eat this everyday with one of my meals to get my starchy carbohydrates with fiber. It supplies good clean sustained energy for hours. The How to Get Ripped Abs nutritional program has you eating a lot of fibrous carbohydrates in order to keep your blood sugar levels low and without any spikes. This creates an environment for fat burning throughout the entire day.
Tomorrow I’ll be weighing in and checking my waist measurement. I’m certain I have already got some good results but tomorrow will be the first time I’ve stepped on a scale since day 1 of my How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge. I almost feel like this week was just a primer and now that I’ve got myself started I can really take off. 1 Week down, 11 more to go!
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How To Get Ripped Abs Challenge – Day 6
It’s Saturday and day 6 on the How to Get Ripped Abs challenge and also a long 3 day holiday weekend so I’m looking forward to getting some time with the family. Sometimes it’s tougher to stick to a diet plan when I don’t have the distraction of work all day to keep me busy. I haven’t had that problem today. I’ve been feeling so great and energetic that I don’t even want to fall back into any of my old eating patterns. Once you start associating the good feelings that you have with how you are working out and eating you develop a neural link in your brain. When this starts happening it gets easier and easier to follow a program because it becomes more of a habit rather than a chore. Ultimately you want to develop your healthy eating lifestyle into a habit that comes without thinking. Any thoughts of straying from your healthy lifestyle start to bring up the painful memories of how you felt when you were tired and overweight.
The How to Get Ripped Abs program will keep you on a nice steady line of fat loss with boundaries that you can easily stay within without a problem? When I set off to do this program I intended to do an honest review as well as throw in some cheat meals. I believe that you can steadily lose body fat while still enjoying your favorite meals. In this case I am limiting my cheat meal to once per week until I have got down to my goal weight. Fat loss will happen faster if you stick to the plan 100% but I wanted to show people that great results still occur when you maintain your sanity and enjoy your favorite meal. My Saturday night ritual will typically be a small pizza with a glass of wine. I’m guessing this will have me downing close to 1,000 calories in one sitting. This is what made me fat in the first place but by doing it several times per week. Late night eating that consists of high amounts of fats and carbohydrates will fatten up just about anyone and especially when you do it consistently. Fat loss can still happen if you keep this meal to only once per week.
I ate a small pizza with pepperoni, onions, and mushrooms and had an 8 ounce glass of wine. I had 1 chocolate chip cookie for dessert. It was very important that I limited myself to only 1 cookie though. That’s all I needed to get the psychological good feeling from that food. If I had eaten 3 or 4 it wouldn’t have had any additional positive effect on my mind but it would have been enough extra calories in sugar to take me backwards a bit in my fat loss. Give yourself a treat but make sure you limit yourself. This is an excellent habit to get yourself into for the rest of your life. I used to be a late night binge eater and the foods I would eat were high in sugar and fat. This is a formula for rapid fat gain and should be avoided at all costs. The How to Get Ripped Abs program will burn fat off your body faster than anything else but you want to stick to the eating plan 95% of the time and you should still see all the results you are looking for. In 7 days I will eat around 35 meals so that 1 cheat meal only accounts for 3% of my eating for the week. It’s important that you just don’t overdo it to much on that one meal and when the meal is over stop eating.
I would also suggest that you don’t weigh yourself the day after your cheat meal. This can be very deceiving because when you eat clean whole foods all week your body has flushed out all the excess water and you will be your lightest. When you take in a cheat meal full of sodium and extra carbohydrates your body can hold onto a couple extra pounds of water. This is not fat gain, it’s just your body holding onto water which will make you a little puffier or bloated. One or two good days back to normal eating and drinking lots of water will flush it all back out. My Sunday will be sticking to my eating plan very strict and drinking at least 10 glasses of water. I’ll end up making several trips to the bathroom flushing that extra water out but by Monday my weight should be back to normal. You want consistency in your weigh ins so if you eat your cheat meal every Saturday and weigh in on Monday you’ll be able to measure accurately. If you change it up and eat your cheat meal on Sunday and then weigh in on Monday you could inadvertently disappoint yourself because you might not show any weight loss. It would be better to wait another full day until your weigh in to keep it consistent. Don’t let your body fool you.
The How to Get Ripped Abs program has you doing 3 cardio workouts per week so today I have my third workout. I chose the jump roping cardio workout and it was very challenging. Jumping rope at 250 pounds is quite burdensome and I found myself not able to complete a full minute for the working round so I doubled the work sets and did 30 seconds straight with 30-45 second rests. By the end of 30 seconds my calves were burning pretty bad and I was breathing heavy. This will be so much easier when I’ve dropped 20-30 pounds. This workout definitely juiced my metabolism up so that my cheat meal of pizza wouldn’t do any damage. I still might actually lose fat today!
Tomorrow is a much needed day of rest from How To Get Ripped Abs training. I’m still sore all over so I’ll do some stretching to work out the kinks and get ready for week 2.
