David Grisaffi - Firm and Flatten Your Abs: Develop a Stunning 6 Pack

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This book is for reference and informational purposes only and is no way intended as medical counseling or medical advice. The information contained herein should not be used to treat, diagnose, or prevent a disease or medical condition without the advice of a competent medical professional. This book deals with in-depth information on health, fitness, and nutrition. Most of the information applies to everyone in general; however, not everyone has the same body type. We each have different responses to exercise depending on our choice of intensity and diet. Before making any changes in your lifestyle, you should consult with a physician to discover the best solution for your individual body type. The author, writer, editors, and graphic designer shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any damage or injury alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.

Copyright 2012 David Grisaffi

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Published by Price World Publishing, LLC in the United States of America.

Editors: Karlee Moore and Lee A. Howard ()

Models: Shelley Stewart and Whitney Grisaffi

eISBN: 9781619840287

This is the first abdominal program I have used that does not center on floor crunch sit-ups. The program is well rounded, and I have even passed it on to my high-school-age kid who plays hockey.

Jeff Casey, MetLife Financial Planner

I have done crunches (200 every morning) to keep my abs fit for years, but to make a long story short, I have had very bad back problems and have gone through a lot of physical therapy. Time and time again, I was reminded about how much I needed to strengthen my core abdominal muscles. Well, let me tell you, Davids program was the key for me. What a difference its made. Be sure to check out his ebook. I HIGHLY recommend it.

Kris Vaage, Publisher
Recipe Lite Newsletter

David is a dedicated, intelligent sports conditioning professional with a demonstrated ability to obtain results with his clients. He is highly qualified to work with anyone at any level. He has my unqualified recommendation.

Charles I. Staley, Vice President of Program Development,
International Sports Sciences Association

I have worked with personal trainers for many years and, of all of them, David has been by far the best and most educated. He is well trained, well organized, committed to his profession, and a delightful man to know and work with. I highly recommend him and his new ebook based on the great results I have experienced in my overall well being and the improvements made in my level of fitness.

Jackson L. Haverly, MD

I have a great deal of respect for the training methods David applied to me. I have had many personal trainers, but they all had me lift like a bodybuilder. Being a woman and in a highly competitive sport, the functional training David applied worked fantastic for improvement in all facets of my bowling. His ebook is a great help while Im on the road. I have given it to many of my colleagues, and they love it.

Jeanne Naccarato, Womens Professional Bowler, Hall of Fame Member

I have found Firm and Flatten Your Absa sound, solid, and practical program.

I have used his information to rehabilitate many of my clients. I have also used his core program for many of my golf fitness clients.

Lee Canton, Physical Therapist, MS
Golf Conditioning Specialist

This is one of the best programs I have ever used to get my core in shape for major boxing matches. I personally have David do all my conditioning and nutrition. He is one of a kind and way ahead of any of the competition.

Kenny Ellis, Middleweight Contender

I was not only honored and pleased that David Grisaffi asked me to pen the foreword to the latest edition of his abdominal and core training ebook, Firm and Flatten Your Abs, I must admit I was somewhat surprised as well. As a competitive bodybuilder who was intently focused for many years on only the form or looks part of physique and abdominal training, I seemed an unlikely candidate for the job.

Bodybuilders often have some of the most incredible abs on the planet and, modesty aside, I am proud to be one of them. I am also one of those lucky ones who inherited not just a six-pack, but an eight-packfour even rows of abs (thanks Mom and Dad!) and my body fat routinely tests at 35% for competitions.

However, functional fitness experts, strength coaches, and athletic trainers often condemn bodybuilders for being purely superficial in their training objectives. Im a bit embarrassed to confess that for many years this was true for me. For a long time, I was completely oblivious to the importance of function in abdominal training and was 100% focused on having ripped abs that looked good while I posed onstage or flexed for photographs.

A few years ago, I was fortunate to meet exercise specialist and strength coach David Grisaffi, and he graciously gave me a review copy of the first edition of his ebook, Firm and Flatten Your Abs. I thought it was interesting, but I shrugged it off initially because many of the exercises looked so weird. I own a huge library of fitness books and videos, but I had never seen many of the exercises described in Davids program. Some of them didnt even look like abdominal exercises at all.

Although David and I developed a friendship and I continued to correspond with him about his training methods, I put his book aside and continued with my floor crunches, rope crunches, reverse crunches, machine crunches, and hanging leg raises that made up the majority of my abdominal routines. These exercises, combined with a strict diet, had given me an awesome-looking set of abs that helped me win numerous bodybuilding titles. Appearances can be deceiving, however.

After a flare-up of lower back pain, an issue I struggled with for many years and which severely interfered with my bodybuilding training, I decided to open Davids book once again and try some of the strange exercises illustrated inside. I was skeptical, but I was also intrigued, because David told me how effective his exercises were not just for developing the abdominals cosmetically, but also for relieving lower back pain and functionally strengthening the abs at the same time.

Today, I still use most of the traditional bodybuilding abdominal exercises that I used to, but they are now balanced with stability ball work, core training, rotational movements, and other exercises explained in Davids program that work each muscle in the midsection through every plane of movement. The result is that my abs look as good as ever, but they are far stronger and more stable than before. I have even been able to return to exercises such as bent-over rows and barbell back squats, which I previously had to stop doing.

I have always had good-looking abs, but I now have good-looking, strong, stable, and functional abs from the outside, all the way inside to the core. I have David to thank for helping to open my mind, expand my paradigm, and get me out of my limited bodybuilding-only thinking.