The AbSmart Fitness Plan: The Proven Workout to Lose Inches and Strengthen Your Core Without Straining Your Back [Paperback]

Adam Weiss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 11, 2008

A smarter, safer way to trim your waistline--without pain, injury, and all those crunches!

As a chiropractic physician, Adam Weiss understands that traditional ab exercises can cause back pain, strain muscles, and can even cause misalignment. That’s why he created a truly safe, and amazingly effective, routine for slimming your waist--without the risk of pain or injury. His revolutionary approach targets and strengthens your core muscles using a unique combination of muscle stretches, dynamic exercises, and dietary advice. It’s safe. It’s smart. And it works.

“I love The AbSmart Fitness Plan. Having neck and back problems I find the exercises easy and safe for me to do. But more than that is the great information Dr. Weiss includes on nutrition. He brings together the knowledge of not only how to exercise properly, but how to nourish your body to get optimal results.”
--Brenda Watson, CNC, Author of The Fiber35 Diet

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About the Author

Adam Weiss, D.C., is a board certified chiropractic physician and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. Medical director of Weiss Health and Fitness Center, Dr. Weiss has worked with professional and Olympic-level athletes and conducts strengthening and conditioning workshops throughout the United States. He lives in Illinois.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071598057
• ISBN-13: 978-0071598057
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #859,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AbSmart Different kind of Ab Workout, January 13, 2009

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Estee Sherman - See all my reviews

This review is from: The AbSmart Fitness Plan: The Proven Workout to Lose Inches and Strengthen Your Core Without Straining Your Back (Paperback)

I love the photos included in the book that shows the various techniques and exercises for each part of the stomach and glutes. The Author's explicit, easy-to-understand instructions are accompanied by clear photographs that will help you check your form as he focuses on the specific aspects of alignment, muscle control, and breathing throughout the workout-keys to achieving the maximum benefit from each exercise.

Plus it offers to let the reader start slowly for beginners or choose exercises that work all aspects of your stomach for those who have been working out for years. You don't have to start reading from the beginning. It only takes me about 15-20 minutes a day to do a workout at home. With many options to choose from, these workouts are fun.

He also share important tips for improving your diet without completely giving up the foods you love. Unlike other restrictive diet plans- this program provides you with smart uses of foods and "swap out" certain food groups for lighter, healthier foods to stop the bloating and swelling that occurs. There are good tips about what to eat and why with a good common sense and straight forward apporach you can flatten your stomach and make your stomach stronger.

A very good addition to whatever workout program you are doing if you need some help for just another view on eating as part of getting and staying in shape. Highly recommended to anyone.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adam Weiss and AbSmart are Simply Real Smart!, May 21, 2009

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Shawn Kovacich "Shawn Kovacich" (The Greatest Little City in the World) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The AbSmart Fitness Plan: The Proven Workout to Lose Inches and Strengthen Your Core Without Straining Your Back (Paperback)

I earlier did a review on the authors other book, The BackSmart Fitness Plan: A Total-Body Workout to Strengthen and Heal Your Back, and had given it to my girlfriend to use as she suffers from back pain. I really enjoyed that book and so did she. It was loaded with a lot of very sound and useful information, just like this book is, only instead of targeting the back muscles, the author focuses on the abdominal muscles.

The information contained within the pages of this book are numerous and are very sound from a safe and effective standpoint. Fortunately I have never suffered from back pain and therefore can not respond with a testimonial about how using the information in this book alleviated any kinds of pain, but I can attest to the fact that my girlfriend has and she just loves this book. She can now do quite a few sit-ups without experiencing the normal pain that she used to after doing only a few sit-ups, perhaps 25 to 30. Now she can do twice that number with no pain, okay a little sore muscle pain in the abs, but not in the back.

I have found that by following the information and guidance provided by the author in this book that I personally seem to be able to do a few more ab exercises during each session, although admittedly I haven't seen a lot of the waist melt off yet, but I suppose that has quite a bit to do with my hating to diet. I know, you have to do both in order to get the results.

I highly recommend this book along with The BackSmart Fitness Plan: A Total-Body Workout to Strengthen and Heal Your Back by the same author, Adam Weiss.

Shawn Kovacich
Creator of numerous books and DVD's.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine read for those who want to kick their fitness program up a notch, May 8, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The AbSmart Fitness Plan: The Proven Workout to Lose Inches and Strengthen Your Core Without Straining Your Back (Paperback)

Getting in shape is a noble goal, but you can leave yourself in worse shape than you began if you do it wrong. "The Ab Smart Fitness Plan: The Proven Workout to Lose Inches and Strengthen Your Core Without Straining Your Back" takes a look at aerobic exercise and how crunches and sit ups alone are not a cure-all for fitness woes. Presenting a solid exercise program with research backing it up, designed to help readers lose weight and craft better bodies, "The Ab Smart Fitness Plan" is a fine read for those who want to kick their fitness program up a notch.