Lose The Stomach Fat, Gain The Abs
26 08 2009
Abdominal exercises are one of the hottest, and yet, most controversial topics in the fitness and exercise industry. Not convinced that it is one of the hottest topics in the fitness industry? Just check out how many abs gadgets and gimmicks are on the market promising that their way is the best way to get abs.
With all of the gadgets and exercises out there, you must be cautious when determining which are scams are which ones are the real deal. 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, yet the six-pack abs are simply covered up by all of that extra flabby stomach fat.
Make sure to put your efforts more in training time with high intensity full-body workouts rather than just abdominal exercises. Training to do full body workouts are much more efficient in losing belly fat than doing exercises that target only a small portion of the body at once.
Target exercising muscle groups such as your legs, upper and lower back, and chest in order to get the most out of a workout when trying to lose belly fat. Do these exercises in high intensity super-set, tri-sets, or circuit fashion and you have the formula for the best fat-burning and metabolism boosting workouts.
Moving our attention to abs specific exercises, it is important to not just mindlessly pump away doing crunches and other low intensity abs exercises.
A good measure to know if you are getting a good abs workout with an abs exercise is to determine if you can do 20-25 reps with ease. If so then you are not doing yourself any favors by continuing this exercise as you are not getting enough resistance to the abs with that particular exercise of the abs. Abs exercises that get you to do around 6-15 reps are the kinds of exercises you need to continue to keep doing to get six pack abs.
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. Instead of doing 50-100 crunches in a sitting, try to do just 2-3 proper hanging leg raises. Youll be surprised to learn that the exercise with the lesser rep is the more intense workout for you!
Remember that the key to getting tight and flat abs is to lose that extra belly fat! For the Truth About Abs review, visit RapidAbs!
