Hyson - The mens fitness exercise bible: 101 best workouts to build muscle, burn fat, and sculpt your best body ever!

To all the people who claim they dont have the time or equipment to exercise. Sorry, but you can never use that excuse again.

Thanks to David Pecker, Chairman and CEO of American Media, Inc.; and to Galvanized Brands, LLC, including David Zinczenko, Stephen Perrine, Joe Heroun, Jon Hammond, and Mike Smith. You trusted me with an enormous project and gave me a golden opportunity.

Thanks also to our amazing photo crewBeth Bischoff, Antonio Rodriguez, Nate Mumford, Holly Eve Landfield, Jamie Slater, and Jennifer Flemingwhose patience and attention to detail ensured that hundreds of exercises were shot correctly. Props to Mens Fitness staffers Emily Luppino, Michael Schletter, and especially to Cat Perry, Shawn Perine, Brian Good, and Jane Seymour for your toughness over many long days and late nights.

To Jim Smith and Ben Bruno, thank you for traveling the many miles required to tech these shoots without hesitation or expectation. Your friendship humbles me. Same goes for Jason Ferruggia, C.J. Murphy, Zach Even-Esh, Joe Stankowski, and all the other fitness pros who contributed workouts and nutrition information. Your real-world expertise is invaluable.

Finally, much love to the readers of Mens Fitness, including Kevin and Lynn Hyson, who demanded that I get some exercise back when I was a kid. Now, to their unending surprise, they cant get me to stop.

-Sean Hyson

New York Times best-selling author of EAT IT TO BEAT IT! and THE ABS DIET

The worlds
greatest workout
is right here in
your hands.

Thats a heck of a bold statement to make, I admit, because in the end the worlds greatest workout is the one that is right for your body, achieves your goals, and fits your time and equipment constraints, and lifestyle. So how can one mere book possibly give you all of that?

Because this book is unlike any other fitness book ever created. Because no matter who you are, what you want, or where you happen to be standing right at this moment, the worlds greatest workoutthe greatest workout for youis now at your fingertips.

You see, just walking into a gym doesnt guarantee you a great workout. Its a lot like walking into a supermarket. Just because you fill your shopping cart with lots of great food doesnt mean you know how to whip up a great meal. Cook all of those foods too fast, too long, or in the wrong combinations and even the freshest, most expensive ingredients turn into slop.

The same thing happens in the gym: There are dozens of shiny machines and piles of free weights, and literally thousands of things you can do with them to build muscle and burn fat. But simply having access to a lot of equipment doesnt mean youll know how to craft a great workoutone that will maximize your gains and minimize the time you spend reaching them.

If youve ever been frustrated by fitness plans in the pastor found yourself dropping out because of a lack of results, a lack of time, or because your routine called for equipment that wasnt available on a regular basis, this book is for you. If you want to see progress immediately and feel yourself getting stronger and leaner by the day, this book is for you. If you want to take the gains youve reached and turbocharge them, this book is for you. If you want the perfect workout for the time you have, the equipment you have, and the goals you have, this book is for you.

And most important: If you want total confidence that the workout youre doing is the absolute best possible workout, bar none, this book is for you.

Unlike other exercise books that give you unyielding systems incapable of adapting to time or equipment constraints, or that simply list hundreds of exercises but dont tell you how to meld them into a cohesive workout, this book is different. Like a Swiss Army knife, its a multifaceted tool that adapts to provide you with the results you want, no matter the circumstances.

As the editorial director of Mens Fitness, and the health and wellness editor of ABC News, Ive tried just about every exercise plan ever created. Ive lifted fast, Ive lifted slow; Ive lifted heavy, Ive lifted light; Ive run marathons and Ive done wind sprints. (Although I have not, and will not, Zumba.) And Ive spent more than 20 years reading studies and theories on building muscle, burning fat, and boosting endurance.

But what makes me excited about this bookwhat makes it so different from other exercise guides on the marketis that it guarantees you the absolute best workout no matter where you find yourself, what your goals are, or what equipment you have.

Want the ultimate full-body fat-burning workout for the gym? Its in here.

Want the absolute best upper-body workout but have access only to a pair of dumbbells? Youre covered.

Want to shred your abs but have nothing but a pair of cross-trainers and a jogging trail? Youve got the plan.

Want to build muscle even while youre trapped in a motel room or the worlds lamest hotel gym? This book takes every circumstance into consideration and gives you only the best.

I know how good the workouts are in here because I know the team that built them: Sean Hyson, C.S.C.S., has been designing and editing workouts for the readers of Mens Fitness and Muscle & Fitness for more than 10 years; he may well be the most knowledgeable fitness editor in the business. And I know how good the workouts are because Ive done them myselfand they have kicked my ass. Ive been astounded by the results!

Now its time for you to build muscle, burn fat, and get into the greatest shape of your life in record timeall the while knowing that no matter where you are, no matter what equipment you have, the workout youre doing is the absolute best workout for you, with the absolute maximum return on investment.

Get ready to start winning.