The New Abs Diet Cookbook: Hundreds of Delicious Meals That Automatically Strip Away Belly Fat!
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2. Additional cardiovascular exercise. On non-strength-training days, you can
swim, run, cycle, walk, or use cardio machines. I recommend one high-
intensity interval-training workout one day a week. Studies show that
intervals are far more effective at burning calories than long slow cardio
workouts.
3. Abs exercise. Twice a week. I recommend doing them before your
strength training or interval workouts. These moves help tone and
strengthen the core muscles that support your spine—and that look so
good at the beach when they are sculpted into six hard, little ripples
over your midsection.
You'll find detailed instructions for performing all these workouts
and individual moves in the books The New Abs Diet and The New Abs
Diet for Women. But if you want to get started in a light strength-
training program immediately, I recommend you ease into exercise with
this workout three times a week: Do three sets of pushups and three sets
of squats with no weights. Both exercises use your body weight as
resistance and will get your body accustomed to a strength-training
program. Alternate the exercises. Do 8 to 10 repetitions of pushups
followed by 15 to 20 repetitions of squats. Then repeat the sequence
twice more. You can rest for 30 seconds to a minute between exercises.
When that workout becomes too easy, increase the repetitions of
pushups and hold on to some form of weight for the squats. Light
dumbbells are best, but you can also use cans of beans or jugs of water
for resistance. This light workout, especially in combination with 30
minutes of brisk walking, will really fire up your fat burners. Then,
when you are ready, move on to the strength, interval, and core workouts
outlined in The New Abs Diet books and other workouts at
