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Abs Work Out – Working Smarter Will Bring Faster Results

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:26:32 +0000

The right abs work out will generally bring faster results for men than it will for women. All things being equal, men naturally have a lower body fat percentage than women – which means that it’ll be slightly easier for you to lose enough belly fat to show off those ripped muscles hiding underneath. But one thing both men and women have in common: if you want to get a six pack stomach as quickly as possible, make sure your abs work out includes interval training. In other words, work smarter – not harder.

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Fat Abs – Are You Shooting Yourself in the Foot?

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:32:54 +0000

Fat abs aren’t as hard to get rid of as you might think. Your biggest obstacle might be outdated information about stomach exercises and weight loss. Don’t waste time on actions that will never get you the results you’re looking for. Here are 4 Core Facts that will put you on the fast track to getting rid of fat abs.

1. You May Not Actually Have Fat Abs

Many people who think they have fat abs are technically wrong. You might just have a layer of fat covering up abs that may or may not be decently toned. The right stomach exercises can help you tone your abs, but they won’t get rid of the fat covering them up. For that you need a simple weight loss plan that includes a full-body workout and good nutrition.

2. Some Diet Foods Can Cause Fat Abs

As hard as it may be to believe, a lot of ‘health foods’ are nothing more than cleverly disguised junk foods. Despite their marketing hype, these foods can actually stimulate your body into adding more belly fat, not less. To lose weight you need to eat REAL foods, not highly processed diet products. Healthy, natural foods will help fat abs disappear – not bogus ‘fat burning’ pills and other wallet-sucking supplements.

3. Stomach Exercises Alone Won’t Get Rid of Fat Abs

Stomach exercises like crunches and sit-ups are actually the LEAST effective way to get rid of fat abs. So are infomercial gimmicks like ab-rockers, ab belts and ab loungers. I guarantee you that the hard-body fitness models in those infomercials didn’t get that way by using the products they advertise! They got those chiseled bodies through real workouts and eating real foods. Don’t let the marketing hype fool you into wasting your time and money on one of these contraptions.

4. A Good Workout Routine Isn’t Boring!

Workout routines consisting of repetitive and boring cardio exercises are NOT the fastest way to lose the body fat covering up your six pack abs. There are other types of unique workouts that will produce ten times better results for you, at twice the speed of outdated cardio routines.

If you’ve tried to get rid of fat abs in the past and failed, don’t give up! You’ve probably been a victim of outdated myths and downright lies about what it really takes to get six pack abs. Fortunately, it isn’t rocket science. All it takes is making a few changes and doing the right type of exercises along with getting the right nutrition. Then you’ll begin to lose even the most stubborn belly fat, and start uncovering your flat stomach hiding underneath!

Six Pack Stomach – What You’re Probably Doing Wrong

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:27:45 +0000

A six pack stomach is a very popular subject in the fitness industry. A simple web search will turn up hundreds of gimmicks and gadgets that promise to help you lose belly fat with little to no effort on your part. Getting a flat stomach is certainly an achievable goal, but if it was as easy as those products claim then we’d all have a six pack stomach by now.

Six Pack Stomach 101

What bothers me most about the stomach shaping products I see is that they’re based on a faulty theory. The truth is, stomach exercises alone aren’t going to give you a six pack stomach. If you’ve been training at all then you probably already have pretty decent abdominal muscles. They might just be covered up by an extra layer of fat that you need to work on.

Is Your Exercise Routine Sabotaging Your Efforts to Get a Six Pack Stomach?

You’ll have much better luck getting a six pack stomach by focusing your training on your entire body, instead of just your abs. Exercises that involve the large muscles use more energy, release fat-burning hormones in your body, and are the most effective for weight loss. Hundreds of reps of abdominal exercises won’t do anything to help you get rid of belly fat.

Workouts that target the big muscles in your legs and buttocks, chest and back will give you much better results in your efforts to get tight abs. Combining large muscle exercises with high intensity exercises in your trouble spots will work wonders for getting rid of belly fat. The main reason people don’t get the six pack stomach they’re looking for is because they try to take a shortcut around this fact.

A Six Pack Stomach Requires Resistance Training

Another mistake I see a lot of people make is not using enough resistance during their workout. You could do a hundred crunches, but if you’re not using enough resistance to challenge your stomach muscles then you won’t see any improvement. In fact, you shouldn’t even waste your time on any stomach exercise that you can easily do more than 20 reps of. If your goal is a six pack stomach, you need to use enough resistance so that you feel challenged to complete just 15 reps (or less) of a movement.

If you’re serious about stomach shaping, don’t let yourself be taken in by fitness gimmicks that will only waste your time and money. A six pack stomach requires work, but that doesn’t mean your workout has to be boring. Combine high intensity exercises with a good full-body workout, and you’ll soon have the sexy, tight abs you’re looking for.

Stomach Exercise – The Bottom Line

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:51:09 +0000

Over the past 20 years there as been a rapidly increasing numbers of ab gadgets, fat loss pills, and new miracle diets. All of the above have promised losing stomach fat and getting flat abs, however none of the above have ever succeeded. I am positive that you have seen at least 25 different ads already this year promising long lasting, fast, fat loss from around your stomach. I know I have counted over 43 of them and it’s only a few weeks into the year. This makes me sick….The problem is that most of the stomach exercises that are recommended all over the internet, and in magazines, etc, are not necessarily the best method to get that six-pack abs appearance. First and foremost, the most important aspect for great looking six pack abdominals is losing the extra belly fat that is covering them up. To be honest, most people already have decent abdominals underneath, however their six pack abs are being covered by a layer of stomach fat.

So today I have come to set the record straight once and for all on how to effectively train your stomach for optimal fat loss. The truth about abs is actually that crunches and situps won’t give you flat abs. Neither will those fancy abdominal gadgets or costly weight loss pills. However what will give you the greatest and most beneficial abdominal workout is doing full body exercises that work multiple muscle regions all at the same time.

Exercises that work the large muscle groups of the legs, upper and lower back, and chest give you the biggest metabolic bang for your buck in terms of abdominal fat loss. Combining these types of big multi-joint exercises in high intensity super-set, tri-set, or circuit fashion gives you the biggest fat-burning and metabolism boosting response from your workouts.

And that is one of the best kept secrets for flat sexy abdominals that are actually visible as a six-pack!

Now when it comes to abdominal-specific exercises, another mistake most people make is mindlessly pumping away with hundreds of crunches and other meaningless stomach exercises that barely give your abdominals much resistance to work against. If you want to actually develop your abdominals to the best extent possible, don’t waste your time with exercises that you can do more than 20 or 25 reps… that means you are definitely not doing an exercise that provides enough resistance to the abs. Exercises that give you enough resistance to get you down into the 6-15 rep range per set works great for the abs.

Generally, higher resistance stomach exercises that provide a much larger stimulus to the abs come in the form of exercises that involve raising/curling the legs and pelvis either upward or inward closer to the trunk. A couple great examples of these higher resistance abdominal exercises are hanging leg raises or knee raises using a “pelvic curl up”, or an exercise like lying hip thrusts. Many times, the same people that can do 50 or 100 crunches, can’t even complete more than 2 or 3 properly executed hanging leg raises.

If you really want tighter flatter abdominals that look like a six-pack, remember that losing that extra belly fat is the MOST important factor. Also, when it comes to abdominal-specific exercises, always remember higher resistance exercises that involve curling/raising the legs and pelvis upward or inward are what develops the abs to the best extent possible.

So with that being said it is very important that you also have your diet, or what I prefer to say ‘supportive meal plan’, in place to complement your fitness routine.

By: Matt Shuebrook