When you are finished stretch your hamstrings and hip flexors thoroughly and call it a day.

Day Four
This day is about resting and doing nothing. Kick back, relax, you deserve it! I’m only joking. There is no rest if you are looking to slash your body fat!! So, today you will do stadiums:

Locate a high school with big bleachers or a college/pro-stadium. Here is how you are to run the stadium:

At the bottom of the stadium row start running up taking two steps at a time if you can. Once at the top, run across the row until you encounter the next set of stairs and walk briskly down to the ground level. Turn and run back up. Repeat this up, over and down and back up routine for 35 minutes.

When finished, walk for about 5 minutes throwing in at least 3 sets of 20 steps of walking lunges to cool down and stretch out the groin and hip area after such a workout. Next do basic static stretching out after you have finished, being certain to not forget your calves (2-3 x 30sec per calf).

If you do not have a stadium to use but can find an apartment building with at least 10 flights, get to it! Run while taking two steps at a time, and run to the 10th floor. Turn around and walk down the stairs until you reach the 5th floor. Once at this floor, run back to the top floor and walk briskly down to the 3rd floor. Now, run back up to the 10th floor and walk back to the 5th. Repeat the run up, walk down, alternating between the 3rd and 5th floors until you have run/walked for 25 minutes. Once done, stretch out, drink some water and go hit the abs.

When you are finished with your cardio for the day, head off to a place where you can do abdominal exercises. Ideally you will have a medicine ball (you can substitute a dumbbell or weight plate, but be careful to grip it well to avoid dropping it on you) of 8-15 lbs. Do 2-3 sets of 50 repetitions of each of the following exercises: regular crunches, crunches w/legs at 90-degrees, seated twists (a.k.a. Russian twists), reverse crunches, toe touches.

Day Five
Now is the moment of truth. The truth today is that you truly deserve a break, so take today off and rest! This is not a day to eat “cheat meals”.

Day Six
Today we train the legs. Our aim is to strengthen them a bit without overdoing it

• Step-Ups, Lunge Style — Today, you will start working the legs by finding a bench that is about 12-16 inches in height. I want you to start from a position that is about one to two feet from the bench, far enough to where you are lunging onto the bench and putting emphasis of the ham-glute area as well as the quads. Step forward with whichever leg you wish making certain to use the heel to toe contact that a lunge should have, then fully step through and pull yourself onto the bench to where the other leg joins on the bench. In true fashion, the exercise is really a lunge, step up and follow-up step up, and a reversal of that so that you can repeat. Do at least 12 step-ups per each leg. Pick a dumbbell weight that is about 20-25% your body weight (if you weigh 100 pounds, the dumbbells should total 20 pounds). Do three sets of each leg prior to moving onto the next exercise.
• Hi Leg Press — We have all done a leg press, but this type of leg press is different — it stresses the hamstrings and the rear. Place the seat in such a position whereas the back support is about three slots away from the last hole. Sit in the leg press and place your feet high up on the pressing board in such a manner whereas only your heels are firmly set. Your feet should be shoulder width apart. Having your heels only on the pressing board (keeping your foot placement high) allows the stress of the downward movement to be transferred from your quadriceps to your hamstrings and lower gluteal muscles. Slowly lower the pressing board downward toward your thighs, keeping your heels only on the top of the board. The top half of your feet will hang over the top of the pressing board. You may find that your lower back/butt curls away from the back pad and this is ok — it is the normal compensatory movement by the body to avoid a compression injury. The important movement is the negative or eccentric downward movement of the high-foot leg press. This, when done enough (high repetitions with moderate weight) the exercise will help tighten the butt and help tighten the tie-in of the hamstrings and gluteus maximus and minimus. Make sure to do 15 — 20 repetitions for 4 sets. Always do a 3-0-1 pace. The use of a “3-0-1″ pace is used to indicate use of 3 seconds for the eccentric part of the movement, 0 seconds at the midpoint of the movement and 1 second to explode to a complete contraction or extension. This system of training nomenclature is used throughout this article and by better exercise physiologists.
• The Leg Curl — The exercise is started with you snuggly positioned into the leg curl machine. Make sure the curl pads are nestled on your Achilles tendons. The idea is to have the knees slightly bent (not hyper-extended) and the footpad resting on your Achilles tendon (back on the ankle). Your knees should be a position where you are comfortable curling the chosen weight. When curling the weight, always try to point your toes away thus enabling you to concentrate on curling with your hamstrings. When curling the weight up, remember to keep your hips on the bench and toes pointed forward. Make sure you move the weight through a full range of motion (ROM), and curl your feet as close to your butt as you can go. Give those hamstrings a little squeeze throughout the contraction and again at the top of the rep, then lower the weight under control to the starting position. Ideally this exercise should be done in a very controlled fashion. Aim to do 12 to 15 repetitions in a 3-0-1 fashion. Four total sets is your goal.
• Calf Raises/Calf Press — do 3 x 15-20

These exercises are all you are going to do for the legs. You can substitute single-leg leg press or Smith machine squats instead of dumbbell lunges. That is your call. We are trying to not overdo the leg muscles since these legs are also powering us through the cardio sessions.

Cardio is also on the agenda for today. Once finished with the legs lifting, go find yourself either a Precor Elliptical or an exercise bicycle and do 30 minutes at a moderately challenging pace. After you finish, stretch and call it a day.

Day Seven
Today is about cardio and abs. Today’s cardio session is to be done on both the treadmill and the rowing machine. I want you to go grab dumbbells that are about 5% of your body weight. Hold these to the side of your body. Start the treadmill so that it is on a 10-15% incline and the pace is 2.5 to 3.5 miles per hour. Walk holding the dumbbells either to your side or slightly swinging naturally. Vary the workout (and alleviate boredom) by adding a minute of side-stepping here and there (getting both sides evenly), or even walking backwards. You may need to slightly lower the speed when going sideways or backwards, but should find it as challenging as going forward at a higher speed. Walk for a total of 40 minutes.

Without hesitation, go over to the rowing machine. Most gyms have one to three of these. Strap your feet in and start the computer. Pick competition setting. You will now be racing against the machine’s rowing team. The goal is 10 minutes of “crew” rowing and of course, for you to beat the machine. Once you finish, it is time for training your abs.

Alternatively, you can go for a 5-mile run; aim to complete it in less than 45 minutes, or 9-minute miles. If you cannot run five-miles, put the treadmill at a five-degree incline and walk at 4.0 MPH for 40 minutes, do not hold onto the front of the treadmill.

Once done with your cardio for the day, head off to a place where you can do abdominal exercises. You should pick one of the two ab routines that you did earlier in the week (on Days 2 & 4). If you are feeling particularly good, do one workout and add exercises from the other that do not feel too repetitive. You may also select to use the basic abdominal machines that are at your gym. If you do that, then be certain to get 80-100 reps in.

This is it, this is your seven-day rotational fat loss workout.

Follow this same exact workout for 21-days, follow it verbatim while keeping your eating as clean as possible. Do this workout and I guarantee your body will be in better fitness and physical shape than from before you started this program. Also, it’s critical to stay disciplined with your diet supplement [2] (Tetrazene ES-50 is highly recommended) as the goal here is to stimulate your metabolism, while causing your body to adapt to a different type of workout stress. This stress will help your muscles to become more defined, stimulate strength and endurance gains while also helping you to shed fat. Following this workout as intended, using drop and complementary sets as written and limiting the time between sets to no more than a minute, while keeping the lifting intensity high and doing the cardio as prescribed herein, will only lead you to fat-be-gone heaven. So, let’s strip that body fat and get in better shape, you deserve it!

Douglas S. Kalman MS, RD is a Director in the Nutrition and Endocrinology Department of Miami Research Associates (www.miamiresearch.com) and contributes to the [3] ProSource Forum.