Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Muscle Building Workouts, How to Achieve the Best Six Pack Abs

By Ricardo d Argence

If you've ever spent any amount of time in front of the TV after the infomercials come on (that is, after midnight), no doubt you see that a lot of those commercials are promoting ab related products. You'll see diets, pills, machines, and exercise workouts that promise to give you those sixpack abs you've always wanted. There's no shortage of people who want to sell you a way to do it, but do any of them actually work?

In fact, most of these are not reliable methods, but they're fads; they don't last very long, either. Instead, they're exposed for what they really are and people move on to the next "newest and greatest." Those, too, go on to fail, for the most part. So if that's true, can you get flat abs? And if so, how?

Yes, you can get sixpack abs, but the simple fact is, you're going to need to use an approach that's been around for a long, long time. As hard as it may be to hear, you can't get sixpack abs quickly and easily. Instead, you have to adopt a healthy diet and you have to exercise.

There really aren't any legitimate shortcuts to getting the body of your dreams. If you do find a way to drop a few pounds quickly, the weight will probably come back just as quickly.

So okay, that's settled. You have to exercise. What types of exercises should you do, though? Should you just start doing a thousand crunches a day? Will this give you the abs you want? It will -- but not at first.

Your ab muscles are probably covered up by a layer of fat. This means that if you want to see those abs, you have to get rid of the fat first. So how do you get rid of the fat?

Most people believe they have to do a lot of cardio, such as you might experience on the treadmill. However, this is a common (and incorrect) misconception, too. The best way to burn fat quickly, in fact, is by doing weight training and interval training.

Weight training burns calories while you work out, but it also helps you burn calories when you are resting as well. When your muscles start to develop they will be like little incinerators that are always burning calories in order to replenish themselves. This will decrease the amount of time that it takes you to burn fat. In addition to weight training, mixing in a short burst sprinting workout in is a good idea as well.

Besides doing an exercise program that you stay faithful to (and that's right for you), adopt a healthier diet as well. Get up off the couch and stop cramming those nachos in your face. If you keep doing that, it doesn't matter whether or not you exercise; you're probably not going to get a sixpack.

Getting different results in your life requires you to take different actions. If you want a six-pack, you'll need to change what you're eating. Eat healthy foods and drink a lot of water. Put good things into your body and it will give you good results.

In short, it's pretty "simple" to obtain a sixpack, but it's not easy. You're not going to wake up tomorrow with your abs in full view, and you are going to have to work to get them that way. This can take quite a while, depending on how much weight you have to lose to begin with. But do know that you can do this if you stick with it and keep the progress coming. - 16887

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