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You have seen the following headline plastered on fitness magazine covers and on best selling book covers: “Get shredded abs in one month”…but is it true?
Well like every fitness question…it depends.
The #1 thing it depends on is what your current body fat level is. You can do a million crunches a day for 4 weeks but if you have a thick layer of belly fat. The abs are just not going to show. So the first step is to get rid of the belly fat. We’ll talk about that in just a little bit.
Lets say between 12-15% body fat for guys…
…and 20-25% body fat for females.
YOU CAN get shredded abs in one month!
Does this mean you should start doing a million crunches a day for the next 4 weeks. NO!
There is no such thing as spot reduction of body fat. Meaning you can’t reduce a fatty area of your body with exercises that target that area (i.e. the crunch).
Dial in your workouts and diet. How do you do that?
Well your workouts should focus on a specific style of weight training to maximize the afterburn effect…in other words, specific compound exercises like squats, deadlift, and presses, specific rest periods, and rep and set ranges to burn more calories up to 48 hours after your workout, even while you sleep.
Click here to watch a full afterburn style workout here from my 12 week Live Lean Afterburn program for you to check out. This is the style of weight training program you need to focus on to burn belly fat and get shredded abs.
Now, to really burn the fat faster, you should also incorporate HIIT sprint training with your weight training. Interval sprint training has been proven to burn 3X more fat in 3X less time, just 20 mins. Click here to watch a full sprint style workout from my 18 week Live Lean Sprint program. Focus on this style of cardio to get shredded abs.
Once you have low enough body fat (10-15% for guys and 20-25% for girls), it’s time to sculpt and strengthen the abs with direct training that specifically targets all areas of the abdominal region. So many people get this part wrong. Click here to watch a video of me sharing just a small sample of my insider ab training tips that you get with my Live Lean Abs DVD training program. Focus on the right types of ab exercises and tips and you’ll to speed up your shred gains to get shredded abs.
Now, in my opinion, the grand daddy of them all: your diet. To get shredded abs in a month, you’ll need to focus on optimizing your body’s fat burning hormones to turn your body’s fat burning switch ON. It’s true, when you focus on consuming the right types of foods, your body will becoming a fat burning machine. In other words, it’ll burn fat for fuel, not sugar. Your goal is to focus on consuming the majority of your calories from protein, healthy fats high in omega 3s, and fiber from vegetables and some fruit. If you think this sounds boring, you obviously haven’t tried the recipes from my Eat Clean Live Lean Cookbook and 8 week meal plan. It includes over 200 fat burning recipes, including snacks like brownies, click to watch that video. The goal is not to starve yourself, the goal is to satiate your body with filling foods that are fat burning hormone friendly.
Is it possible to get shredded abs in one month? Yes, depending on your current body fat levels. Is it easy. No, it takes hard work, discipline, and most importantly a proven program that removes all the guess work. So if you want that program, click here to check out my Ultimate Live Lean Abs SUPERPACK that includes all the programs I talked about in this video for one major discounted bundle price.
This Ultimate Live Lean Superpack includes my best selling programs:
—> Live Lean Afterburn (12 week in-gym weight training program)
—> Live Lean Sprint (18 week hiit cardio program)
—> Live Lean Abs (28 days direct ab training video program)
—> Eat Clean Live Lean Cookbook (over 200 low carb recipes)
—> 8 Week Meal Plan (using recipes from the Eat Clean Live Lean Cookbook)
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Thank you so much, ill try to get abbs in one month
I am quite athletic playing football twice a week and I swim 1 day a week
for around 45mins. I have around 20% body fat, I am 176cm tall and I weigh
exactly 60kgs. I tried sauna to burn fat and run a lot but my stomach fat
just doesnt seem to go.Its not too much but that small bit is taking ages
to reduce. I drink 6-8 beers a week average.
Workouts are the easy part….diet is the killer! Its true abs are made in
the kitchen..sigh.
I do squat and dead lift and that really helped me getting rid of belly
fat, but the real problem is, I can’t stay off delicious stuff with sugar
in it (almost everything you buy in stores contain a lot of sugar, even
salty snacks). What meal plan should I try?
I know there are a lot of meal plans, but the ”getting shredded abs now”
commercials demotivate me. It’s too expensive.
Hi brad, I’m 14 and I want to have a great looking body and be confident in
it too. I have 2 months to get abs before school starts again. I’m not fat
or skinny. I eat lots of romaine and kale salads turkey burgers (occasional
cheat meals also ?) . I am confused why I am struggling with weight, I’m 5
feet 2 inches and about 110-120 lbs please help me
Hello Brad ,Im 15
And i started to workout 2 days ago
300 of the kurlups and 200 situps.
I have 3 months to get a 6 pack.
Ive been eating healthy. Im not fat and im not skinny, should i just keep
eating healthy amd working out , everyday for the next 3 months
You are so awesome
Hey Brad , I became Paleo for almost a year with a 85% compliance. It’s one
of the best decision of my life!!! However, couple days before my period I
get sugar crashes and I eat crap (sugar, cookie, cake ect) for a couples of
days. it piss me of because I’m trying to get lean and I totally believe in
the Paleo way of life. But during those days I just can’t help it !!! I
need sugar !!!!Then I feel so bad, emotionally and physically!!! I feel I’m
sabotaging my self because in the past year I lost 45lbs and I still have
15lbs to my ideal weight!!! And during those days I gain like 5 or 6
lbs!!!!! Any suggestions for those couples days . I need advise
Thank you
Thanks for this video, Brad. Great advice.
I can do workouts, but the dieting… MAN I LOVE FOOD TOO MUCH!
1:04 LOL
Brad, what do you use to measure body fat? Something that’s as accurate as
possible but a reasonable price
Thx
Brad, been watching your videos for a while, right now i’m between 13 and
15 percent body fat and since i’m in a cutting phase i eat really carefuly
and i eat 3 time more veggies and fruits than anything else my routine is
the following one monday: bodyweight musculation exercices ( one hour,
dips, chin ups, abs,etc..) tuesday(hiiit, sprint or jump rope at a very
fast pace combined with mountain climbing before the recovery) i do this
1-2 punch workout all the week and rest sunday is it enough?
I really want to bust my ass for a month to see what I can do. Could you
make your cookbook available in Ebook format? I’m going to do before and
after to see.
I would like work on my activity, and follow a caloric surplus, while
trying to get cut.
It’s definitely harder to keep a healthy diet
Good video Brad. I’m actually having trouble logging into the team live lean site. After I type in my user name, and password, I click to login, it brings me to a page that says “too many IP address for a secured area.” Or something like that. I’ve been trying for the last week, because I want to see that Blt recipe, but that screen pops up ever time. Any ideas? Thanks
Thnx bro u helpful
Im 12, do you think i need to diet? My body fat is 17%
Is it workout issues or nutrition issues that’s stopping you from getting a
flat stomach and shredded abs?