Men's Health Killing Fat

Book excerpt: Destroy Fat, Build Muscle, and Get Into the Best Shape of Your Life There is good news in the war on excess body fat. By focusing on muscle growth, which is essential to achieving overall body leanness, you can attack, shrink, and defeat that unsightly, unhealthy fat. Muscle tightens flab, speeds metabolism, powers movement, protects from injury, and burns calories. With Men’s Health Killing Fat, you can get lean while triggering incredible muscle growth quickly and effectively. After 50 years of research, bestselling author Ellington Darden has honed the 30-10-30 method, a unique strength training approach. This training program, paired with superhydration and proper diet, can yield results of up to 40 pounds of fat loss in only 6 weeks. “I got rid of 5 pounds of fat and 1 inch of belly flab each week—for 20 consecutive weeks. And every seven days I added a pound of muscle.” - Angel Rodriguez, 121 pounds of fat loss, 20.5 pounds of muscle gain - Apply the science of thermodynamics as you heat, cool, and kick-start your body to optimum leanness - Use 30-10-30, a new negative-accentuation technique, for fast strength and muscle gains - Shrink your most stubborn belly flab and stimulate your metabolism with easy-to-follow meal plans and recipes, focused training, and extra sleep - Superhydrate your system—sipping ice-cold water maximizes fat-burning - Get motivated with dozens of inspiring testimonials from Men’s Health Killing Fat study participants “For years I had a classic pot belly. After Men’s Health Killing Fat, my belly is now board flat and rock solid.” - Ken Howell, 45.75 pounds of fat loss, 7.75 pounds of muscle gain