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Encouraging words...
There's quite a lot of material
getting you prepped up before you actually get into specifics, and
even when you think you're about to get into the actual core, you're
hit with a pre-motivational section.
I actually think this is a good thing
personally because it really puts you in the right frame of mind for
getting the most of of this course. Again, it's clear just from
reading this that Mike Geary is determined for you to make this work
for you, by making sure you take action and stick to this
system.
I like the fact that he points out
"There's no such thing a poor genetics, no such thing as no
time...". This was the much needed prep talk that I was looking for,
so let's move on...
Forget what you thought about
food
We immediately move onto diets and
nutrition. Mike points out the importance of this section being just
as (if not more) important as any exercise you'll ever do. I totally
agree before even trying out the system. After all, what good is
exercise if we eat 8000 calories per day?
This section is intense. You'd be
amazed at how much there is to discover about eating right, but Mike
lays out the hard facts about the food industry and what you've been
led to believe about insulin, carbs, fats, sugars, whole grain and
so much more.
This is a real insight and made me
think twice about the stuff I was cramming into my fridges and
cupboards, merely thinking I was doing the right thing as per the
media and those flashy magazines.
What amazed me was the part about
eating the right fats to make you thinner! I'm not sure if you've
heard of such things before, but I soon realized how little I knew
about nutrition.
Mike goes into greater detail about
fad diets and why they not only don't work (why do you think there
are so many released each year?) but why they are essential damaging
to your health. Personally, I was never a fan of diets anyway, but I
have tried the Atkins diet and a low carb diet before and ended up
with a whole range of side effects such as poor sleeping habits,
mood swings, low concentration and all kinds of aches and pains.
My advice is, whatever you decide to
do please just avoid the temptation of fad diets...they're just not
worth it!
Overall, the diet and nutrition
section is more than adequate to finally resolve the myths about
eating right, but thankfully doesn't come in the form of some strict
regime or precise plan. It literally re-educates you on food and
nutrition, so that you can shop more wisely and eat more sensibly
without having to munch on rabbit food or lentils.
A biology lesson
Once you've got through the food
nutrition section (might take a while, but worth it considering that
it's the building block to weight loss), you're entered into a
biology lesson...
This section is all about how abs are
developed, and kinds feels like I am back in school with all the
diagrams and scientific talk!
To me, this section is pretty
in-depth and although I can understand why we're taught about this,
I do feel a little bored reading through this. Some of this I was
tempted to skip through, but I didn't because there was some
important info on body positioning. Then as you keep reading through
you move onto new chapters which actually explain why certain abs
routines don't work, along with recommended exercises.
This is where it starts to get meaty
and the program really starts to kick in.
Although there's been a lot of
reading up until now, Mike does a good job of laying the info out in
a way that makes sense and flows in the order that you must learn it
in. As we approach the end of chapter 5 we're starting to get actual
lists of good and bad abdominal exercises, along with real life pics
of Mike performing them.
These are really clear and are
accompanied by simple instructions so that you know what you're
doing.
I started these at home, but there
was one that I couldn't do properly in my house which was one of the
leg raises because you need to have a pull up bar, which I've
got...but you need space above the bar to make it work properly,
otherwise your legs hit the ceiling!
I actually found all of the other abs
exercises to be really easy to do and didn't need any fancy
equipment to do them. However, although I could definitely feel the
effect these were having at the time, I couldn't say the exercises
alone were anything you've not seen or heard of before.
The workout routines
With that in mind, after you've read
through the pics and instructions you're hit with the routines that
Mike recommends which incorporate these exercises.
It's good that he provides various
levels, as I was ready to move on from Level 2 which I started out
on almost immediately (but that's because I am impatient lol).
I'd say that these workout routines
are pretty easy going at the early levels, but you soon start to
feel the intensity as you progress. Just don't rush it like I did.
They are not exactly groundbreaking workout routines, but
still...it's obvious that there's so much more to a lean and toned
body than what goes on at the gym, as you'll see for yourself if you
read this guide.
Metabolism and calorie burning
busted wide open!
Mike then has a section on metabolic
training and why we see so many people slogging away on treadmills
and other cardio exercise equipment and complaining about getting no
results. I often spent hours busting my guts and reaching a point of
almost feeling sick, with nothing but a fat gut to show for it.
This part of the guide was a real eye
opener for me personally, as I am sure it will be for others too. In
reality, the answers are a little more complicated than you'd like
to think and be prepared to get a complex lesson before you're shown
the kind of exercises that you should be doing.
On a side note, one thing I did
notice about Mike's book is that you'll get a serious chunk of the
theory and education upfront, which is ok if you've got some time to
read and learn, but what I liked is that all of these sections of
learning are followed by specific routines that you can literally
just pick up and run with immediately.
So, although you might be put off by
the serious amount of content, if you're in a rush you can skim over
some of this stuff and get right into the actual practicalities that
he lays out at the end of each section.
An awesome round up
If you've stuck in there and reached
chapter 11, then you'll be pleasantly rewarded with the killer K.O
of getting a lean body and toned abs...where Mike sums up everything
you've learned from attitude to nutrition, cardio to
weights...leaving you with a really powerful system that is
summarized in chapter 11 for total convenience.
Mike uses buller points to sum up all
of the technical stuff so that you "get it" right away and can
reference it easily. (I actually printed off this section, you might
want to as well).
At this point, Mike unleashes more
advanced full body workouts designed to shed fat from your entire
core. Again, I've seen most of these exercises in magazines but when
you approach them in the way Mike teaches you, things start to take
off all on their own and you'll see a difference from day one.
Why? Because not only are you able to
follow one of the most in-depth guides to working out and eating
right, but there is no theory or fluff...just solid, real world
advice from a guy who clearly knows what he is talking about.
Finally, you've got some additional
tips and an FAQ section which I found useful...especially the part
about eating after 7pm and what you can/should eat to avoid piling
on the pounds.
And of course, no good product is
without its' fair share of real life customer testimonials too.
There's an overwhelming amount of testimonials on the Truth About
Abs, which certainly does remove a lot of the usual scepticism about
these sorts of programs that I personally had in the past.
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