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| Easy Steps To Get Great Abs |
For many years I spent time doing crunches. I was told that an ab workout was complete by simply doing crunches and chances are you have heard this advice as well. Despite what you may have heard you are about to learn more about getting ripped six pack abs and burn fat the best way.
Every time you look in the mirror and see less than awesome abs you figure you are doing something wrong. Maybe you think that you are not working out hard enough. Maybe you think that you are not targeting your abs the right way and that is why your stomach muscles do not look tight and ripped.
You Can Not Spot Reduce Your Abs
Even though you have been led to believe that the right number of crunches or sit ups will get you better abs this will not work. In order to get a flat stomach you can not do a long series of ab exercises in hopes that they will start looking better.
Imagine yourself trying to get skinnier arms, or you just want to burn fat on your upper arms. No matter how many biceps curls you do the fat will not decrease because fat can not be spot reduced. The same technique applies to ab exercises. Doing sit ups will not burn fat.
You Already Have Abs Beneath The Fat
Although you may think I am joking around or you find it hard to believe but you definitely have six pack abs. Everyone has six pack abs the problem is they are not always visible. Most people assume that some quick exercises will bring out definition when the truth is a layer of fat is what is coming in between abdominal muscle definition and sexy abs.
The Steps To Get Abs To Show
If fat is the primary reason for abs not showing then naturally what you need to do is burn fat around your midsection. If you are serious about losing the fat here are the steps to burn it off.
- Eat fewer calories: I won't ask you to count calories because it really is annoying to do so. If you want to count calories this is fine but you can simply eat less than what you are eating now if you want to see a decrease in caloric intake. Look at your portions in your meal and decrease them or eliminate one item that is considered unhealthy.
- Eat less fat or sugar: eating fat and sugar is unavoidable. Every other item of food you eat will be heavy with either one of these substances. The important thing to keep in mind is that high amounts of these unhealthy items are probably contributing to your high fat percentage. Look at what you are eating or drinking; is it soda, chips, junk food, high fat foods that are holding you back? Eliminate them altogether or greatly reduce them and you will see improvements.
- Perform interval type cardio: if you hate doing cardio believe me, you are not alone. Nobody likes to do cardio but it is a great way to burn off those extra calories. However, doing long steady state cardio sessions like running for an hour on a treadmill or on the track is not the ideal way of doing this. If you want to make your cardio more effective do intervals for 15 to 30 minutes and you will burn more calories not just during a workout but even after your workout is done.
- Do some form of strength training: when someone mentions the words strength and training they picture bodybuilders. Although this is one way of doing strength training, weights is not the only way. Any exercise that puts the muscle under constant tension is strength training. You can do bodyweight exercises, kettle bells, resistance bands or machines. Any of these types of exercises will help you burn more calories and will boost your metabolism.
The only way you will see your abs show is by burning excess fat, especially around the midsection. Put these tips in to practice and you will see that your midsection will begin to show definition. Remember that ab workouts are only a small part of achieving ripped six pack abs.
