Can You Get Shredded Abs In One Month?

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Here’s Your Game Plan To Get Flat Abs In 30 Days

On today’s episode of Live Lean TV, I’m answering the often asked question, can you get shredded abs in one month?

You’ve seen the following headline plastered over fitness magazine covers and on the cover of best selling books:

Get shredded abs in one month.

But is it true?

Can you get shredded abs in one month?

Well, like most fitness nutrition question, my answer is, it depends.

Let’s talk about it.

The #1 thing it depends on is what your current body fat level is.

You can do a million crunches a day, for 4 weeks, but if you have that thick layer of belly fat, the abs are just not going to show.

So the first step is to get rid of the belly fat.

We’ll talk about that in just a little bit.

Are You Already Lean?

If you are already fairly lean, let’s say between:

12-15% body fat for men
20-25% body fat for women

You can get shredded abs in one month.

But, does this mean you should start doing a million seated abs crunches a day, for the next 4 weeks.

No, definitely not.

There is no such thing as spot reduction of body fat.

This just means you can’t reduce a fatty area of your body with exercises that target that area.

On other words, crunches do not specifically burn belly fat.

Here’s Your 4 Week Game Plan To Get Shredded Abs

Your 4 week game plan to lose overall body fat, including belly fat, is to dial in your workouts and diet.

Here’s how you do that.

#1. Focus on “Afterburn Effect” Style Workouts

You should be focusing your workouts on a specific style of weight training that maximizes and triggers the afterburn effect.

In other words, workouts that include specific compound exercises, such as:

Also, it’s important to follow specific :

rest periods
rep ranges
set ranges

By doing this, you will prime your body to burn more calories, up to 48 hours after your workout, even while you sleep.

Click here to watch a full afterburn style workout from my Live Lean Afterburn 2.0 program.

This is the style of weight training program you need to focus on to burn belly fat and get shredded abs in one month.

#2. Focus on “HIIT Sprint” Style Cardio Workouts

Now, to really burn belly fat faster, you should also incorporate HIIT sprint training with your weight training.

Interval sprint training has been proven to burn 3X more fat in 3X less time, in just 20 minutes.

Click here to watch a sprint style bike HIIT workout from my Live Lean Sprint 2.0 program.

Focus on this style of cardio to get shredded abs in one month.

#3. Focus on the Right Types of Abs Exercises And Training Techniques

Once you have low enough body fat, 10-15% for men and 20-25% for women, it’s time to sculpt and strengthen your abs with direct training that specifically targets all areas of your abdominal region.

So many people get this part wrong.

Click here to watch a video of me sharing just a small sample of my insider ab training tips that will get you Living Lean.

You can get my full Live Lean Abs 2.0 training program here.

To get shredded abs in one month, focus on the right types of ab exercises and training techniques to speed up your shred gains in your abdominal region.

#4. Get A Meal Plan That Focuses on Eating the “Right Types of Foods” and Use Recipes to Make them Taste Delicious

Now, in my opinion, the grand daddy of them all, your diet.

To get shredded abs in one month, you need to be focusing on optimizing your body’s fat burning hormones, to turn your body’s fat burning switch ON.

It’s true, when you consume the right types of foods, your body will becoming a fat burning machine.

In other words, your body will burn fat for fuel, not sugar.

Your goal is to focus on consuming the majority of your calories from:

foods high in protein
healthy fats, especially those foods high in omega 3s
fiberous vegetables
fruit in moderation

If you think this sounds boring, you obviously haven’t tried the recipes from my Eat Clean Live Lean Cookbook and 8 week meal plan.

It includes over 200 fat burning recipes, including delicious snacks like these chocolate brownies.

Remember, when getting abs, the goal is not to starve yourself.

The goal is to satiate your body with filling foods that are fat burning and hormonally friendly.

That’s it.