Monday, November 1, 2010

Six Pack Abs is a 3 Step Process



I have been receiving tons of questions in regards to burning fat around the midsection and how to get 6-pack abs...

I will be straight to the point with you about how to get six pack abs.

It's a 3 step process.

The first step is to take control of your metabolism.

The next step is to eat supportively

The final step is to complete a full body workout that is geared towards working as many muscles at once as possible.

Let's break that down a bit more.

Step one: Take control of your metabolism

The way we do this is to stabilize your blood sugar levels. If your blood sugar levels are stable than the hormone that releases fat or liberates fat from your body is able to work. That is good news. On the other side of things, if you have an unstable blood sugar level then a hormone called insulin will work and insulin job is to stabilize your blood sugar. It does so by trapping the excess sugar and storing it as fat.

So if you are able to limit, not restrict, and simply limit your sugar intake to a reasonable amount you will notice that your body will be able to burn fat more efficiently.

Part 2 of the process is to eat supportively. A lot can be said about eating supportively. In fact people have written hundreds of books about supportive eating. Basically supportive eating is really simple. It's eating meals that will support your lifestyle and will enhance your quest for building lean muscle mass. This will involve eating a lot of proteins and cutting back a little bit on the carbs and fats. Again I must warn you: DO NOT COMPLETELY LAY OFF THE CARBS OR FAT. It is so important to note that because carbs are where your body gets its energy from. If your body has no carbs to resort to for energy, your body will then resort to your muscles as energy and in effect eat away at your muscle (you grow weaker). Not good. So make sure you eat supportively.

The third step in this fat loss process is to follow workouts that will build you lean muscle mass and will shed fat. That sounds simple but yet it can be so difficult. I will be up front and honest with you. The majority of workouts that I see in magazines that promise 6 pack abs in 6 weeks or less are just a bunch of lies that get you to buy the magazine.

Six pack abs only become visible when your body fat is below 9% in males and 18% in females.

If you are able to understand that, then this next nugget of information will really make sense.

If your goal is to get down to 9% body fat, then it is obvious that you should build some muscle. The best and most efficient way to build muscle is to workout and do full body workouts. Full body workouts will incorporate as much muscle and therefore provide you with the greatest probability of gaining lean muscle mass.

Once you have added a few pounds of muscle and shed a few pounds of fat you will be able to see your six pack abs

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Loose Your Gut Using These 6 Steps to a Healthier Life and Great Abs Quick



Loose your gut by adopting these 6 steps to a healthier life and you will be able to see some great results fast. First, you must understand the concept that "Eat less and exercise more" is the law of thermodynamics that cannot be violated. This concept is one of the simplest to follow and yet we are faced with a society that cannot coped with this problem.

If you have been looking for a healthier life and training for a set of power pack abs, take note that these 7 steps can give you a leaner body as well as an added bonus, it will reduce your risk of getting cancer. So let's quickly skim through these 6 steps and get your butt off the computer and start implementing your workout and diet schedule.

1 - You have to be physically active everyday, at least for 30 minutes. It is not too much to ask of your time. Regardless of how busy you are, you can just take a stroll, jog around, and try to come up with a schedule using interval training or gym training.

2. Avoid foods such as fried chicken, fried foods, fast food like burgers and also avoid any foods that have plenty of sugar, calories and fats in them. Especially avoid soft drinks that contain plenty of sugar.

3. When preparing for your meals, always try to be aware that you need to have at least two-thirds of your meal to be mostly from plant origins. You are highly recommended to consume plenty of vegetables, beans and fruits. Try to have whole grain like wholemeal bread or brown rice instead of white rice.

4. Avoid or if possible, reduce your intake of processed meat. Some examples of processed meat can be ham and bacon.

5. Another thing to take note is to avoid salt as well (prevents water retention in your body). You should also stay away from moldy grains as well.

6. If possible, when you are on a diet, try to just consume the kind of foods being advised, and as much as possible, try not to include health dietary supplements into your diet. Go natural.

Hopefully, the above 6 points will be able to help you loose your gut, live a healthier life, and maybe start seeing some great abs on you.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Lose Belly Fat - 4 Tips To Get Ripped Abs Without Sit Ups And Crunches



Do you spend hours doing crunches or sit ups and yet, you are not getting ripped or six pack abs? Chances are you've been doing it all wrong!

It's a common mistake in most people who want visible abs to do abdominal exercise only. Sure, you develop abdominal muscle but it's only hidden under a layer of fat. In fact, you may find your ab getting bigger as a result of the increased muscle mass.

If you want visible abs, your focus should be on reducing excess body fat.

Low body fat = ripped abs

You achieve low body fat by burning more calories than you consume.

Here are 4 tips for losing belly fat effectively and permanently.

1. Interval training

Research has shown that interval training is more superior to slow, steady cardio for fat loss. Your metabolism remains elevated post workout, thus resulting in the after burn effect. Effectively, you continue to burn calories even after an interval workout but not after a long, steady cardio workout.

Also, if you don't have long hours to spare in the gym, interval workouts enable you to achieve the most fat loss in the least amount of time. Some examples of interval workouts are wind sprints, hill sprints, swimming sprints and speed rope jumping. You can also do intervals on a treadmill, stationary bicycle, stairclimber, rower and elliptical machines.

2. Nutrition

Proper nutrition is the key to fat loss. No matter how much or hard you train, you'll never get visible abs if you live on crisps, sodas, fast food, cookies and other crap. Don't fall for any of the low carb, low fat, high protein and other fad diets. Instead, eat a healthy and well balanced diet that includes various food groups - carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins and minerals.

Eat 5-6 small meals a day to keep your energy levels stable. Choose wholesome, natural foods, preferably organic, and avoid processed foods. Avoid refined and simple carbs that contain white flour and white sugar. Your main sources of carbohydrates are fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Include a source of high quality, lean protein with every meal. There are several benefits to consuming lean protein. Your body burns more calories from digesting protein than carbs or fats. Protein keeps hunger at bay and gives you a feeling of satiety. It is also necessary for building lean muscle that controls your metabolism and burns calories.

Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated and to speed up fat loss.

Consume healthy fats from avocado, flax seed (or flax oil), nuts, seeds, fish (or fish oil), etc. Essential fatty acids help to regulate appetite and burn fat.

3. Resistance training

Resistance training not only sculpts your body but is important for building muscles. Like interval training, it raises your post workout metabolism so your body continues to burn calories even when you are doing nothing.

Aim for low rep resistance training, i.e. 8 reps per exercise, as it has been shown to boost metabolism after the workout.

If your goal is to burn fat, don't isolate your body parts by training certain muscle groups using single-joint movements. Isolation exercises such as leg extension, bicep curl and tricep kickback burn little body fat. Shift your focus from single-joint to multi-joint muscle movements such as squats, lunges, split squats, pushups, chinups, rows, step ups and deadlifts. These are full body movements that work many muscles at one time, burn more calories during each workout and increase your metabolism post workout.

4. Reduce stress

Stress has been associated with belly fat. In stressful situations, your body releases a stress hormone called cortisol. Excess cortisol production leads to build up of belly fat. A fat belly is more than ugly looking. Accumulated fat in the abdomen increases your risk of developing high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Be aware of your stress level and learn to manage it through yoga, meditation, qi gong, tai chi and other stress reduction techniques. The truth is there's no quick fix for losing belly fat. Forget about ab gadgets, diets or magic pills that promise to give you lean abs. They are nothing but scams.

The good news is that you can attain a set of lean or six pack abs through a healthy diet plan and effective training program that promote fat loss.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Discovering the Correct Abdominal Exercise That Gives You Ripped Abs



Even though numerous individuals concentrate on abdominal exercise to flatten and strengthen their stomach, in quite a few instances they are training their stomach to stick out instead of appearing flat and solid. Numerous individuals observe some changes when they initially start to workout their abs, but little changes after a month or two.

The first error many individuals do when executing an abdominal exercise is not the particular exercises they perform, but how they do them. Numerous individuals merely go through the motions while performing sit-ups and other ab exercise, and step-up the number of repetitions over time and find little difference.

Training Your Abs With the objective of getting your stomach to be really flat, it is essential you train your muscles to acquire this shape. To attain flat abs, you must tighten up your stomach muscles during your abdominal exercise. Prior to beginning this abdominal exercise, suck your stomach in as though you were trying to tuck in your shirt and tighten the muscles in your stomach. Persist in keeping your muscles tight all through your repetitions.

If you do this correctly, it is likely you will feel quite a bit more of a burn in your abs compared to if you were to do a similar workout routine in the absence of tightening your abs. By holding your muscles tight and pulled in while you execute an ab exercise, you exercise for them to remain in that state rather than being unshaped but strong.

While it appears as if you do plenty sit-ups and commit to good eating habits you should be deserving of flat well defined abs, however, this is not the case. Regrettably, the workout routine you apply to strengthen and shape your abs may not be intended to develop the six-pack abs you are searching for.

Unique Abdominal Exercises You might not understand it, but your ab workout might simply work your upper abs, providing you a two-pack rather than the hoped for six. In order to acquire traffic-stopping abs, it will be necessary for you to do an assortment of abdominal exercise workouts that center on various abdominal muscle groups.

There are a variety of unique sit-ups you can employ to concentrate on various abdominal muscle groups, in addition to exercises that involve you to lift or swing your legs out. While sit-ups are the most widely applied abdominal exercise, abdominal workout programs that require your abs to tighten in order to keep you well-balanced will produce splendid end results because these workouts will work the smaller and difficult to tone muscles in your abdominal area.

These are exercises for overall toned abs. Nevertheless, no single abdominal exercise will develop perfect abs. A beneficial exercise for your abs had better expect you to do a assortment of unique ab workouts.

Even though everyone would like to have perfect abs, diet, genetics, and life can sometimes get in the way. However, any abdominal exercise you can fit into your schedule will help get your stomach muscles tightened and burn any extra fat you might have in this area, as well as keep the pounds off in the holiday seasons.

Listen to Korbin Newlyn as he shares his insights as an expert author and an avid writer in the field of fitness. If you would like to learn more go to Body Building Tips advice and at Workout Routine tips.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Get Six Pack Abs Much Faster with 3 Advanced Techniques



I know you might be wondering that it is not easy to get six pack abs in a very short period of time, but I am going to destroy that myth once and for all!

It is not hard to get strong, sexy abs in a very short period of time when you know the right way to do it.

And so far, the only things I have heard from other people are:

1. Hundreds to thousands of Ab Crunches/ Sit ups/ Leg Raises
2. Hours and hours of cardio
3. Go on completely strict diet so you starve to death
4. Get on of those ab machines advertised on TV
5. Drink diet pills

It is shameful to say that these are the biggest most bitter lies one could tell you when it comes to getting lean or getting a six pack like you've always dreamed of.

I am not going to tell you why they are big fat lies (more on that later), but I can definitely tell you what you REALLY need to do if you want to get the ripped looking abs.

-- Interval Training

I know this may sound new to you but a few minutes of research on Google will give you hundreds and hundreds of articles on Interval Training.

With a 20 minute interval training workout, you will be working your lower body to such a level, that your stomach will just give up the fat that it is holding back.

In short, you will be burning more stomach fat with interval training than any other exercise. And moreover, you will also be burning fat even while you sleep!

-- Weight Training

This may come as a shock to you but you will NOT bulk up by lifting heavy weights! It will take really heavy weights and different techniques to pack up big muscles really fast.

All you need to do is 45 minutes of total body workouts using free weights like the dumbbell or the kettle bell.

The best way to make use of the 45 minutes is to choose total body exercises like Squats, Deadlifts, Chest presses, Rows etc By working your major muscles, you will be working the smaller muscles at the same time.

That means you will burn 200-300% more fat the smart way.

-- Core Training

It doesn't require expensive ab machines or hundreds of ab crunches to get six pack abs.

All you need to do is strengthen your abdominal muscles and keep burning fat. Doing this will get your six pack abs visible in no time. I promise!

What kind of Core training can get you that washboard abs?

# Plank and Variations of the Plank
# Deadlifts
# Front Squats
# Swings
# Swiss Ball Rollouts
# Leg Thrusts
# Ball Crunches

These are just few of the many exercises that make your abdominals super strong just waiting for you to remove that fat off your abs so they can peel out and show off

Here's the gist of it;

Interval Training and Weight Training will successfully shred the pounds of fat if you keep consistent and keep choosing the right total body exercises. Core training will strengthen your abs in the shape of a six pack so that once the fat is gone, your abs will just peel out of your skin with that washboard look

If you are looking for the total training program that takes you from the diet to the workouts as if you were a complete Noob, then you need to take a look at my review on The Truth About Six Pack Abs and decided if it can help you get the six pack abs you've always dreamed about!

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