Fierce Abs: Your Jump Start Guide to Sculpt, Tighten, & Tone Your Abs

Fierce - (adjective) characterized by the intensity of the force, activity, or participants involved; synonyms: stern, furious, intense, strong, powerful, turbulent, forceful, aggressive, ardent, passionate.

This one word is the sum total of this book. Each chapter is power-packed with ardent information on your body and stern nutrition advice geared to jump start, you, the participant's, lifestyle and get you to a level of activity and intense attitude and turn you into the aggressor in the battle of the bulge. The path will be turbulent and at times you may feel infuriated; but to earn your fierce abs you have to be passionate, but even more than that you have to be what? Say that again. FIERCE! There you go.

The book begins by introducing you to all six of your abdominal muscles, what they are called and what it is that they do exactly. Understanding them better will show you their importance and give you a new-found respect for them, leading, hopefully, to a better working relationship between you and The Six.

Speaking of the elusive Six, did you know that your Six (including the one of them that becomes a "6 pack" are probably more developed than you think? These are muscles that are used every day for almost every activity, including breathing, so you're not off to a bad start. When you stand in front of the mirror and suck in your gut, straighten your back and shoulders and pose with your chest out (we all do it) you're engaging those powerful abdominal muscles you already have. All you need to do now is tone them so they can keep that nice pose all on their lonesome and shed that surface layer of unhealthy fat so that your six pack (the most visible of The Six) can shine through. No diet or exercise plan alone will do this for you. You need three things: proper nutrition, proper exercise and proper...what was that word again? Yes, Fierceness. You've gotta eat fierce, work out fierce and become fierce in general for this to work out for you.

There is a chapter in the book that will help you determine your general body type and the exercises that are the most fierce for you. You will also get help determining your optimal calorie consumption and essential balances such as protein, carbs, fat (macro-nutrients) with a special section on sodium. The right balance of macro-nutrients will help get you lean and fierce, fierce being a synonym of mean as well. You will be able to calculate your required protein intake so you can adjust your nutrition plan to make sure you get enough of this essential macro-nutrient to build lean, healthy muscle in your abdominal region and anywhere else you want. Meat is not the only source of protein so don't worry if you're vegan. Combining the proper exercise for your body type with proper general and specific nutrition is key to those fierce abs. The other key is attitude.

You will have to make a lifestyle change to get and maintain fierce abs. Don't worry, a fierce lifestyle isn't difficult; it's like anything else in life. If you are committed and set and meet your goals properly, you'll accomplish what you aim for.

You will get the best advice on exercise as well as free videos so you're sure you are performing the workouts for optimum benefit. There is a chapter on High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) which can cut hours off your cardio workout time and even give you better results. There are chapters on staying focused and motivated as well as how to avoid "plateaus" where your body adjusts to your nutrition plan and exercise routine. Avoiding "burn out", boredom and these plateaus are essential for your fierce plan to succeed.

The best and worst foods and drinks to consume are given for you as well as a shopping list. You'll be surprised how many tasty dishes can be made with your new food cupboard and refrigerator contents! Special sections on workout boosters like smoothies--what to put in them and what not to--will be found towards the end of the book.