T R A I N 30 DAYS TO . . .
SHED 5%
OF YOUR
BODY FAT
High-intensity
interval training plus
diet tweaks will lean
you out, big-time.
F
or Devon Levesque,
fitness is a family affair.
His grandfather and
father were both pro
bodybuilders, his mother
competed in physique, and he
grew up with a 2,000-square-
foot gym in his house. So
the Performix House trainer
and Don’t Be a Pig founder
embraced designing a 30-day
program to get you shredded.
It’s all about ramping up your
metabolism so you’re burning
calories 24-7.
“I focus on creating muscle
memory and going more in- LESS ISN’T
depth,” Levesque explains. MORE
“Rather than a regular bear Doing each workout
twice a week is OK,
crawl, you’re pushing a
but doing three
plate in front of you, and
sessions each is
instead of bicycles, you’re better.
doing bicycle extensions.” overdrive, he FULL-INCLINE
These HIIT circuits may be recommends TREADMILL
brief, but they’re challenging Performix SST. SPRINT
to complete with little rest and “It gives you that extra boost Set a treadmill to its highest
incline setting and sprint
proper form. Levesque advises in the morning and lasts as hard as you can for 10
doing each twice a week or through the day,” Levesque seconds. Holding a sandbag
more, plus a mile run daily to says. “It boosts your metabo- behind your head? Optional.
keep those fires stoked—with- lism, helping you burn fat even
in reason. “You have to listen when you’re not working out.”
to your body,” he cautions. “If Take it 20 to 30 minutes before BICYCLE
you’re so sore you can’t move, your workout with a little food. EXTENSION
then you need to recover. But Try the workouts along with Lie on your back with one leg
bent at 90 degrees and the
if you can do six days, three of the following tips, and start
same-side arm behind your
each workout, you’re going to shopping for boardshorts, head. Extend the other leg
get even better results.” because you’ll be beach-ready and arm out. Then reverse
To kick the process into in a matter of weeks. the position.
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By Steve Mazzucchi
LEVESQUE’S TWO-PART
BODY BURN
Do each move with the same number of
sets as a circuit, going through each one
after the other. Then finish the workout.
UPPER-BODY WORKOUT
REPS/
EXERCISE SETS T I M E / D S T.
ASSAULT BIKE 4 20 CAL.
SPRINT
BEAR CRAWL 4 20 YARDS
PLATE PUSH PER HAND
BICYCLE 4 15
EXTENSION
PUSHUP 2 MIN. 10X EVERY
20 SEC.
LOWER-BODY WORKOUT
REPS/
EXERCISE SETS T I M E / D S T.
WARMUP RUN 1 0.5 MILE
FULL-INCLINE 4 8 X 10 SEC.
TREADMILL
SPRINT
TRX BAND SQUAT 4 20
DUMBBELL SITUP 4 15
RAPID-FIRE 20- 4 30 SEC.
INCH BOX JUMP
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T R A I N 30 DAYS TO . . .
ASSAULT
BIKE SPRINT
Get on an assault bike and
pedal as hard as you can
until the screen says you’ve
burned 20 calories. Try not
to dip under your initial time
for each sprint.
TRX BAND
SQUAT
Grab the handles of a sus-
pension trainer set to high
length. Walk back so there’s
tension on it and then squat
down. From there, explode
up so your feet leave the
ground. Land gently.
PUSHUP
Perform standard pushups,
keeping your head, back,
and butt all in line. Doing
them on your fingertips
is one way to increase the
difficulty.
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LEVESQUE’S FAT-BURNING TIPS
> HYDRATE EARLY: > SPICE THINGS UP:
“In the morning, before I do “Hot and spicy food is always
anything, I go to the fridge good for your metabolism
and I chug a glass of cold as well. I put hot sauce on a
water. Sometimes I’ll add lot of things. Frank’s RedHot
an ice cube to make it even is good. You’ve gotta watch
colder. It wakes your whole out, because some hot sauces
body up and gets it going.” rack up the sodium, and that PERFORMIX SST
just bloats you. So find a low- BRINGS THE HEAT
Performix House pushes
> DROP THE COP-OUTS: sodium sauce.” members to transform their life-
“There’s just no excuse for not style—and SST helps power that
working out and sweating. > BOOST YOUR BREW: transformation.
There’s always a way, even if “Add a tablespoon Devon Levesque is living proof
it’s doing a couple hundred of cinnamon to your that the high-end gym in New
York City is about transforming
pushups or situps. Something coffee. That will get your your mind and—especially—
to get moving.” metabolism going.” your body. Not surprisingly,
Performix SST is a driving force
for that change. It provides a
naturally derived, highly active
concentrate of chili pepper
extract, helping accelerate your
metabolism so you’re burning
more calories throughout the
day. This powerful, patented
ingredient and others are deliv-
ered in a medium-chain-
triglyceride-based oil for a fat-
derived energy source, com-
pleting a comprehensive for-
mula for sustained energy and
fat burning that powers you.
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