Men's Health 28-Day Belly Fat Burner Workout Planner: Medium to high-intensity compound exercises to help you burn fat and chisel your abs with a workout planner to keep you on track

This has some great workouts in it and the quality of the book (content+printing) is top notch.

This review is for the MEN’S HEALTH 28-Day Belly Fat Burner Workout Planner. I received a free taxable sample of this planner to review in my search for a realistic and sustainable workout plan that would help target reducing belly fat.The planner weighs 425 grams with thick hard covers measuring 6 ¾” x 8 ¾”. Between the ring-bound hardcovers are 128 pages measuring 6 ½” x 8 ½”. Inside the front cover is a detachable transparent plastic bookmark and I like that the ring-bound construction makes it easy to lay the planner open on a flat surface.The planner is basically structured so that the first 49 pages provide background and context on belly fat, the next 52 pages provide the high-level workout plan and tracking space, and the remaining pages are an illustrative guide to the exercises with some space for notes. The overall style and layout are similar to what you would come across in Men’s Fitness, with a nice readable layout accompanied by illustrative pictures that doesn’t try to overload you with too much content on one page. The quality of the writing is good with no noticeable errors except for an extra capital “A” after “this” at the beginning of page 42.I personally found the first 49 pages more useful than the actual workout plan itself as they gave me a valuable understanding of why belly fat tends to accumulate and the impact of age, diet, stress, and sleep. That section then stressed the importance of reducing excess belly fat in the context of associated detrimental health effects. My lightbulb moment was the part which talked about the importance of recovery, especially sleep and putting it together in a sustainable approach to fit your lifestyle, environment, and schedule. I especially liked the page on how to pick the right weight which went well with the section on the core components of an effective fat-targeting workout including diet, consistency, complete body exercise including regular cardio, and a good mix of repetitions and weight load.All of this context and information was useful when I came to the detailed four-week workout plan, most of which can be done without the need for any fancy gym equipment. I was able to take what I understood about focusing on form and adjust the exercises to an appropriate and sustainable intensity. What also helped were the illustrative pictures for most of the moves on the same page as the workout plan as well as the detailed and descriptive guide to all of the exercises at the back of the book. Probably the only thing I might have liked to see which I don’t remember reading about is a section on measuring and setting goals.All in all, this belly fat burner workout planner is nicely written and organized. I recommend this as a good option for a guide and planner to understand and put together a realistic and sustainable workout plan for belly fat reduction.

I really enjoy this workout plan. It's well thought out and breaks everything down into achievable goals.There is a great history lesson and methodology given in the first half of the book. You can skip that if you need to, but it can help if you're not sure why you need to do so much full-body work.What I really like about this book is the ability to record your results and track your progress. That's what really drives me. I like that there are pictures and details about each exercise and it helps to put together a quality workout.

I'll be honest, a six pack has been a goal of mine for almost 2 years now... I've spent more time and energy trying to develop a core six pack than anything else. I've dedicated daily time to abs training, gym and exercise training (fixed my knees via PT work, tore my labrum and have been doing PT to fix that as well) and just last week hit a new PR on the bench for my age (I could bench more when I was 20; I'm 53 now).I eat healthy and eat a high protein diet. I've lost weight to the point where I hit weights I've not seen in 30 years, I've gained muscle mass but for some reason the belly fat has been stubborn and I just can't get there. I'm also fairly convinced that I actually do not have a six pack (which unfortunately some do not have) so I don't think I even have a realistic goal.Enter this book: I was pretty excited when I saw this book and it does have great information in it summed up into one spot.My issue with it is the training circuits.... they have you deadlifting followed by glute bridges followed by bent over rows followed by prone leg curls.... I'm not sure what kind of gym the author belongs to but at my gym this stuff is done at opposite ends; if I leave the deadlift area to go do prone leg curls I'll lose my spot and that's only if the prone leg burl machine is even open.All of the workouts have this intrinsic issue whether it's leaving the dumbbell area to head to the cable machine or a rower... it's just not practical workouts unless you're the only one in the gym and even then it could be a hike.I was originally going to rate this 4 stars but after writing this and giving it more thought; I'm giving it 3 stars since it really isn't practical.

This Men's Health manual is beyond just a Belly Fat Burner program. It's really a whole body fitness education summed up to core details one would need to know to get started and advance farther.My favorite part is all the cool little workout illustrations scattered throughout the book to show one how to do each exercise. The workouts are designed too for if you are either at the gym or working out at home with limited equipment. Quite versatile. You can even run the 28 day program with fill in writing spots, to record your data like a journal. Plus, it has variations to continually progress that 28 day cycle over and over.I really am overall impressed here. It's a great booklet to present to any buddy who wants to get into fitness and be all caught up in the lingo of diet, lifestyle, program, and exercise education. But is also filled with enough tips and tricks for the intermediate and up athlete. This one book would be all you need to get started and carry on for a good while.

This is not a beginners guide, which I didn't notice at first. There are lots of advanced exercises and a journal to keep notes as you go. Overall, while it's not been very useful to me yet, the nutrition part is great, and I hope to utilize the remaining parts soon.