The essential diet and fitness guide to lean, ripped abs—including a results-driven 4-week program to lose weight, strengthen your core, and chisel your entire body Call it a spare tire, muffin top, or paunch. Men and women consistently cite their belly as their biggest problem area—and it is often the toughest final pounds to lose. Not anymore! Whether readers’ eating habits have been affected by stress, their bodies have changed with age, or they’re constantly doing crunches without results, it’s time to blast belly fat the right way. Using the comprehensive, week-by-week eating and exercise plan, readers can lose up to 20 pounds in 6 weeks—and keep it off, forever. Including a step-by-step, 4-week eating and exercise plan, easy-to-prepare recipes, and hundreds of exercises, The Men’s Health Big Book of Abs is the ultimate guide to a leaner, fitter, sexier body.

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Chiseled abs, a defined midsection, and a powerful core require more than sit-ups, crunches, and the latest miracle diet. To achieve true six-pack success, you’re going to need a plan—one based on the most effective exercises and sound programming. You need Abs Revealed. In Abs Revealed, award-winning personal trainer Jonathan Ross provides a complete program for strengthening, sculpting, and maintaining your midsection. More than a collection of exercises, Abs Revealed shows you how to fire your ab muscles regardless of your current fitness level, identify your goals, and develop a personalized workout program to fit your schedule with progressions built in for quick and clear results. This results-oriented, step-by-step guide also includes more than 60 core exercises, ready-to-use workout plans, and advice on integrating abdominal development into cardio and strength routines. Moreover, you’ll discover strategies for applying the latest research on diet and nutrition to enhance and maintain muscle definition and tone throughout the year. If you’re tired of doing endless crunches with limited results, let Abs Revealed show you a better way. With proven plans and personalized programming, it’s your step–by-step guide to six-pack success.

Miles Away From the Body You've Always Dreamed Of? Can you squat and bench heavy loads but are also carrying an extra load around the waist? Can you perform amazing boot camp and cross-training drills but don't look like you've ever exercised a day in your life? Can you hit amazing running times but are still soft, saggy, and flabby crossing the finish line? There is no doubt about it, Man Boobs & Muffin Tops are a tenacious tag team opponent that is hard to keep down for the count these days. Most of us are a long way from living lean year-round, even if we think we're eating right and exercising the way we should. Ditch the Fitness Myths & Find a Sustainable Diet Structure The truth is, most of us are doing everything wrong when it comes to getting lean and finally getting that much-desired 6-pack. Those quick-fix, boot camp workouts you see advertised on TV? Not gonna cut it. Loading up on fat to be in a ketogenic, "fat-burning" zone? Nope, not going to work, either. So what's it going to take to get the bikini or board short body you've always wanted? More diets, deprivation, and struggle? Or are there some simple strategies you can put into place that fit into your lifestyle that will finally get you lean? Stop Wasting Hours in the Gym Use the most efficient path to results possible. Nate Miyaki has condensed his 15 years of shredding experience into The 6-Pack Checklist, which will give you a step-by-step process for getting the body you've always dreamed about. No magic, no pills, no crazy diet plans that will have you feeling hangry by lunchtime. This is simple advice that anyone can implement. Miyaki walks his talk (and has pictures to back it up). So get out there and start attacking your goals today--not tomorrow, or some other time down the line. "Some other time" usually ends up being never.

Whether young athletes aspire to be football, basketball, soccer, baseball, or some other kind of sports star, this guide to all things athletic can give them a true picture of the life of a superstar athlete. It’s not all autographs and interviews! Long hours of training and even study take place off the field, often for years. This engaging volume offers plenty of advice—some from renowned athletes themselves—about how to avoid injury, hone your skills, and make a splash in the world of sports.

In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range. "They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight." It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages and curfews, and soldiers on every corner. But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend, Ellen, as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellen's life in danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape. Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this gripping novel brings the past vividly to life for today's readers.