Ryan Murdoch and Adan Steer have a training and diet plan, called Bodyweight Burn System. This plan is ideal to those who want to lose weight and do not have the time to make it to the gym.
The plan, body-weight only workouts, offers people a chance to lose 21 pounds of fat in just 12 weeks’ time, all while doing just 21-minutes a day. One of the Bodyweight Burn workouts follows an 8:12 protocol or 8 seconds of maximum intensity followed by 12 seconds of rest. Therefore, even though the total workout time is only 21 minutes, you really push yourself a lot in that time.
There are also workouts dedicated to muscle building (called metabolic-muscle) and less intensive ones for muscle recovery (called cardioflow). They all are designed, however, to get the most out of you in a short period of time.
No gym equipment is necessary. An exercise mat is highly recommended as it will be more comfortable for doing some of the floor exercises on. Additionally, you will need to have an exercise or resistance band for the arm and back exercises.
While the workouts are quick, they are very powerful. The majority consists of high intensity interval style training with very little rest periods (called afterburner workouts).
If you’re not familiar with doing intervals, you will most certainly be after this program. Interval training consists of doing certain exercises at a very high intensity, followed by a period of rest or recovery.
Along with the workouts, there are also strategically paired “diet days” that are meant for maximizing fat loss. There are 5 specific days: Low Carb, Moderate Carb, Good Carb, Back Load, and 24 Hour Fast.
For low and moderate carb days, you will have three meals a day and two small snacks. The portions are visually based, so there’s no need to count calories, but the meal size will probably be less than you are used to. You are allowed to eat lots of vegetables, though.
For good carb days, you are allowed to eat a little bit more, but are advised not to fill yourself and to stay away from refined carbs.
Back load days are days when you will consume your carbohydrates late in the day, after you have had your workout. There are no portion controls on these days, but again, you are advised not to stuff yourself.
The 24 hour fast days will be the most difficult days to power through, especially if you have never fasted before. If you want to follow the diet strictly, you will not be able to eat anything for 24 hours, except water and other non-caloric beverages.