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Six-Pack Abs Require A Combination Of Diet And Exercise

November 26th, 2009


Many of us would love to have the six-pack abs. Everywhere you look there are commercials or ads promising these wonderful abs, but what really works? There are many of these ads that say taking a supplement can give you the envious abdominals and the flat stomach you’ve always wanted. Whether or not these supplement is still yet to be decided.  One thing that we do know for sure is that exercises such as crunches and sit ups  will get you the results you want.

Not all the supplements that are available to you are safe. Who knows what they are putting in these supplements that will give you these great abs. There have been reports of serious side effects resulting from taking these supplements. The good news is there is another way to get these great abs without having to take supplements and risking your health. With a little hard work, exercise and a healthy diet you can achieve great looking abs all on your own.

First thing you will need to do is get some sort of journal to keep record of your exercise and diet program. You can choose whatever kind of journal you think will work best for you. If you want to use a little notebook that you can take with you to help you stay on top of your record keeping that is just fine. If you have a personal digital assistant you can invest in a program that will help you keep your records. Whichever way you decide will work better for you is what you need to do.

The purpose of the journal is to keep track of your progress, and help find any areas that may need more attention. Information you will need to put in your journal will be what day it is, your weight, what exercise you are doing or did on that day, and your food intake. You will also want to make sure you record the time of each of these events to make tracking progress easier.

You will also want to take your measurements weekly or biweekly depending on how dramatic of results you like to see and record these also. How often you weigh yourself is up to you as an individual, it all depends once again on how dramatic you want the results to be. Just remember that if you do it every day it may make you more aware of your goals and make you try harder to reach them. Whichever way you decide to go, just make sure you are weighing yourself at the same time of day each time.

When you track this information it will make you more aware of what you need to work harder on the next day or week. If you have a record of what you did you can look and see if maybe you skipped a day of exercise, or didn’t eat very healthy. You want to make sure you are burning more calories than you are taking in. If you keep track of your how much food you ate and when you ate it, it will be easier to see when you need to watch more carefully. Maybe you are overeating everyday at the same time of day, if so your journal will help you see this so you can fix it.

When keeping track of your exercise you will want to write down what type of exercise you did, when you did it, and how long you did it. Keep in mind that just doing sit-ups will not guarantee that six-pack you dream of. You need to make sure you get rid of the fat so that you can see the great abs you are looking for.

To maximize your results you will probably want to do aerobic exercise or cardiovascular exercise to burn fat and calories, strength training to create more muscle, and abdominal exercises. Strength training is important because muscle burns more calories than fat, and will help power your aerobic exercises. Walking, swimming or training along with an aerobic exercise tape are all great ways to get you aerobic workout in. For abdominal work you can do regular sit-ups, or try something like Pilates. Pilates incorporates strength training for your abs and uses twisting movements to get better results.

Just remember that you should exercise four to five times a week, and keep an honest an accurate journal to maximize your results. You also need to realize that you will not get your dream abs overnight; it takes hard work and time.

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Howto Lose Ab Fat

October 8th, 2009

The e-book “The Truth About Abs” that Mike Geary has written is more than a guide to getting ripped abs – since the abs are only a small part of the whole picture. This is an easy to follow program that will help you change your eating habits and patterns, and give you exercise routines to boost your metabolism and build core strength and lean muscle. The book covers 3 main topics -1. An introduction and important general information about leanness, metabolism, body fat %, effective abdominal training, and lean body mass.2. Full workouts, how to exercise more efficiently, explanation of multi-joint vs single joint exercises, along with total body work outs. Mike also explains why cardio IS NOT helping you lose weight the way you’ve always been told; and3. Diet and Nutrition, explanation of how blood sugar and insulin affect your diet program, the Glycemic Index, and the calorie burning properties (thermic effect) of food.The Truth About Abs training program has two parts : Interval training and Resistance and Weight training. The fitness schedules are easy to follow and are time effective. The program explains how sessions longer than 45-60 are not a good use of your time. The program calls for 3-4 sessions per week, each about 45-6- minutes. This should be easy to fit into your schedule if you are serious about drastically changing your body tone and getting in shape. The best thing about this program is that you don’t really need a gym or equipment, but the recommended set of equipment can be purchased for $30-40 – a set of dumbells and an exercise ball is all you need to do the programs set out in the Truth About Abs program.There is a huge amout of nuitrition advice that Mike has included in this program. The suggested diet plan calls for 5-6 smaller meals per day, eating every 3 hours (not including sleeping hours). An important tip is to plan your meals for an entire week, and shop once a week getting only the food you need for those meals. Outside of planned, smaller, more often eating patterns, Mike also explains how to figure out your daily calorie requirements. This is used as a guide for figuring out your overall food plan. I have to say that this part of the book was inspiring – part of this losing weight program actually recommends regular and tasty meals – definately not a restricted, imbalanced, fad diet. There is an entire section of this book explaining why crash diets actually cause weight gain. The meal plans provided in the book make it easy to shop for and prepare your food. The meal plans provide more than enough food – you are unlikely to experience hunger pains – however the plans are most likely a change from your current diet, and in order to be successful you need to be disciplined with your nuitrition. This will be vitally important to your success. It is clearly stated in this book that to succeed on the Truth About Abs program, you must apply BOTH the training strategies as well as the food strategies.If you’ve been thinking of trying to lose weight for some time now, this is a great opportunity to make it happen. Mikes program contains so much information about how to really make your exercise and diet work together, it really is one of the most effective programs available today. You must put some effort in, but he tells you how to make it all work, in the most effective way possible.

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What is the Best Abdominal Workout?

September 12th, 2009

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So your buddy is bragging about his new six-pack abs, taking off his shirt and tapping the stoned-like abdominals, you feel like you want to kick him for that. How did you do it? You may have been asking him that question after the looking at his perfect abs. Your buddy tells you a lot of things, like diet and abdominal workout. Merely listening to him, you want to do it right away!
1. He tells you that proper eating is the number one key. While you have a voracious palate on good food, he advises you to cut it off on fattening dishes and focus on healthy foods such as fresh vegetables, protein-enriched and carbohydrates-packed foods. No junk food is even allowed in your diet. He reminds you to have plenty of water in-take. For those days of sweet cravings, moderate eating of fresh fruits and protein drinks and bars is enough to fill in that sweet tooth. But as much as possible, stay away from too much sweets; this will ruin your diet.
2. He tells you that a cardiovascular exercise and abdominal workout really work. Having the right diet program is not enough. You may have resisting those fattening foods but if you are not training yourself to firm those belly fats hanging, then nothing will ever be achieved. Cardio exercises burns down those unwanted fats; abdominal workout firms up those loose muscles.
3. He tells you to discipline yourself and change your lifestyle. He said, the body needs time to rest and recharge. Forcing yourself to do all these things at once is not good. Healthy diet regimen should be thought about carefully. You can start making meal plans to follow daily and to be able to come up with really healthy meals. With the cardio exercises and abdominal workout, train yourself to do it on a regular basis. It does not mean doing it everyday; you can start some workouts every other day or at least three times a week, burn fat and firm it up all together.
While your buddy may want the best for you also to achieve those six-pack abs that men dream of, you should give yourself a little time to think it over. I do not mean that you need to delay your mission to trim you food in-take and firm it up with an abdominal workout. What I mean to say is that, are those tips from your buddy really workable for you? You have different lifestyles, attitudes, stamina, and eating habits. Though you may say that it worked for him, might as well work for you; that is not the case always. Now, let me give you a worthy piece of advice here. If you really envy those six-pack abs and you want to live a healthy lifestyle, the best way to do it is to consult the real experts about it. Getting a six-pack abs is not as simple as your friend is telling you. There is more to dieting and exercising than you know. If you truly want to know the secrets behind that perfect abs, it is still best to follow healthy and reliable programs that can certainly give you the abs you have been dreaming of, without compromising your health and safety.

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