Get A Summer Body in Just 4 Weeks
Men's Fitness|July 2018

Transform your physique in just four weeks to build a strong and impressive summer-ready body.

Get A Summer Body in Just 4 Weeks

Build a brand new beach-ready body in four weeks

Strip away fat and add lean hard muscle to transform how you look and feel sans shirt

Summer is almost here.So if you need a highly effective training plan to blitz yourself into beach body shape, you’re in the right place.

This four-week plan has been designed to deliver the maximum bang for your back. To this end it’s split into two fortnight-long“blocks”: the first block will lay the foundations of bigger, stronger muscles and start the process of stripping away fat, while the second is an all-out assault on their onto force your body to add lean hard muscle mass while burning the remainder of your body fat stores for fuel. In short, it will dramatically change how you look–andfeel–without your shirt on.

Simply read the instructions below and opposite, then get started on the plan.Its easy to follow,but it will require dedication and focus from you to get the best results possible. Give it everything you’ve got and see how much you can change your body for the better in just one month.

1 THE THEORY 

The plan contains two blocks. The first has four sessions a week: chest and arms; legs and delts; back and arms; and chest and delts. It means you’re training your major upper-body muscles twice a week, a high frequency approach that will change your body fast.

2 SUPER START 

The workouts for the first fortnight of the plan begin on p96. In this first two-week block each workout has six moves: the first two are performed as straight sets, then the third and fourth move are done as a superset, as are the fifth and sixth moves. Follow the order exactly.

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