| Six-pack, washboard,
ripped, and flat abs. Everyone wants them, but not many know how to truly
get them. What is the real secrets of getting tight, firm, defined abs?
Like changing your body, there is no one "magic bullet" that
will suddenly and magically transform a big gut to set of six-packs.
Three Keys To Great Abs
Diet, Exercise (done the right way), and Time..that's it. These 3 in conjunction
will cause the metabolic shift in your body that will strip fat away from
your abs and cause the underlying ab muscles to get bigger (this is a
good thing - trust me - more in a second).
Diet
Unfortunately this is one of the things most people don't want to hear
when they ask how to get a nice set of abs. Why? Because it's hard to
diet for the length of time usually required to allow the layer of fat
over the abs to be reduced. But unfortunately, dieting is the number one
thing you must concentrate on in order to "get those abs."
I won't go into a detailed discussion of the diet I feel is most effective
at doing that as it would take too long. However, if you want to know
what diet is effective at stripping the fat from your body you can get
my Ultimate Results program available at THE
HEALTH AND FITNESS CHANNEL.
I will give you one quick tip -- concentrate on reducing your meal portion
sizes. The biggest roadblock to reducing fat is, of course, excess calories.
Most people know that. However, one easy way to help you avoid going overboard
on your daily calories is to concentrate on reducing your portion sizes
in every meal you eat.
After reducing your portion sizes correctly you should actually feel like
you should be eating more at every meal. If you just wait 1/2 hour or
so after eating this feeling will go away. And the end result will be
less fat on your body. So concentrate on reducing portion sizes.
Exercise
This is the other problem most people have when trying to get their abs
to "show". Somehow, the idea that doing hundreds and hundreds
of repetitions of their favorite abdominal exercises will reveal hidden
"six-packs" has been promoted and practiced by virtually everyone
trying to "get some abs."
Because of the mistaken belief that high repetitions will somehow "BURN"
the fat away from their abdomens. This is one of the biggest fallacies
still in existence today. High repetitions will NOT, and I repeat, not
burn any fat away from your stomach.
Going back to exercising the abs and the right way to do it, remember
how I said you want your underlying ab muscle to actually get bigger?
You probably thought I was crazy when I made that statement earlier in
this newsletter but I assure you that is EXACTLY what you want.
Here's why - Let's use the scenario of a man or woman losing fat throughout
their body. As they lose fat their underlying ab muscles start to show
through the fat still left on their stomach. Now, if your ab muscles were
"bigger" to start with then they would start showing sooner
than if you were sporting a smaller set.
Your ab muscles are composed of rows of distinct sets of muscles. When
all fat is completely stripped away you get the familiar rows of "blocks"
or proverbial "six-pack" set of abs. Now, here comes the important
part -- if your ab muscles are less than developed you will have to achieve
a lower bodyfat level in order for them to "show" through your
skin (and remaining fat). On the other hand, if you have well-developed
ab muscles you can actually "see" your abs at a much higher
bodyfat percentage.
So the trick to creating the illusion of a ripped set of abs is to BUILD
the underlying abdomen musculature. AND, the only way to do this is to
work them just like you would work any other muscle group you were trying
to build.
This means lower reps and heavier weight -- exactly the opposite way most
people are exercising for a flat stomach. This is what you should be concentrating
on in conjunction with your dieting efforts. This is what will eventually
give you an impressive set of abs you can be proud of.
Time
Finally, time and a little patience (as long as you are doing the right
things) will allow you to gradually strip the fat away and build up the
underlying muscles to reveal YOUR perfect set of abs.
Follow this three-pronged approach and see if you too can achieve impressive
abs. |
