Michael Matthews - Cardio Sucks!:The Simple Science of Burning Fat Fast and Getting in Shape (The Build Healthy Muscle Series)

Second Edition

Michael Matthews

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CHAPTER 1
The Great One True Diet Hoax

CHAPTER 2
How to Get the Body You Want with Flexible Dieting

CHAPTER 3
How to Eat Right without Obsessing over Every Calorie

CHAPTER 4
How Much Cardio Should You Do, and How Much Is Too Much?

CHAPTER 5
How I Use Fasted Cardio to Lose Fat (and Stubborn Fat in Particular) Faster

CHAPTER 6
7 Cardio Workouts That Dont Suck

CHAPTER 7
The Definitive Guide to High-Intensity Interval Training

CHAPTER 8
Get Your Cardio Up with Stair Sprints

CHAPTER 9
The Ultimate Boxing Workout

CHAPTER 10
How to Master the Kettlebell Swing

CHAPTER 11
Reap the Rewards of Cross-Training

CHAPTER 12
Burn Fat Fast with Tabata TrainingIf You Dare

CHAPTER 13
Blast Fat with Jump Roping

CHAPTER 14
The Real Six-Pack Shortcut

CHAPTER 15
From Here, Your Body Will Change

FREE BONUS!
10 Flexible Dieting Weight Loss Meal Plans & Maximum Muscle & Fit is the New Skinny

A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if youre not enough without one, youll never be enough with one.

IRV FROM THE MOVIE COOL RUNNINGS

Im Mike. I believe that every person can achieve the body of his or her dreams, and I work hard to give everyone that chance by providing workable, proven advice grounded in science.

Ive been training for more than a decade now and have tried just about every type of workout program, diet regimen, and supplement you can imagine. While I dont know everything, I know what works and what doesnt.

Like most guys, I had no clue what I was doing when I started out. I turned to magazines for help, which had me spending a couple of hours in the gym every day and wasting hundreds of dollars on worthless supplements each month, only to make mediocre gains.

This went on for years, and I jumped from workout program to workout program. I tried all kinds of splits and routines, exercises, rep ranges, and other schemes, and while I made some progress during this time (its impossible not to if you just keep at it), it was slow going and eventually put me in a rut.

My weight remained stuck for over a year, and I wasnt building any strength to speak of. I had no idea what to do with my nutrition beyond eating clean and making sure I was getting a lot of protein. I turned to various trainers for guidance, but they had me do more of the same. I liked working out too much to quit, but I wasnt happy with my body, and I didnt know what I was doing wrong.

Heres a picture of me after almost six years of lifting regularly:

Not very impressive. Something had to change.

I finally decided that it was time to get educatedto throw the magazines away, get off the forums, and learn the actual physiology of muscle growth and fat loss and figure out what it takes to build a big, lean, and strong body.

I searched out the work of top strength and bodybuilding coaches, talked to scores of natural bodybuilders, and read hundreds of scientific papers, and a clear picture emerged.

The real science of getting into incredible shape is very simplemuch simpler than the health and fitness and supplement industries want us to believe. It flies in the face of almost all the crap that we hear on TV, read in magazines, and see in the gym.

As a result of what I learned, I completely changed the way I trained and ate. And my body responded in ways I couldnt believe. My strength skyrocketed. My muscles were growing again for the first time in years. My energy levels went through the roof.