Thursday, December 17, 2009

Let's Talk A Little About Ab Exercises

By Gerald Holt

I'm sitting here eating a huge plate of spaghetti and meat sauce and thinking to myself how great the whole combo tastes----angel hair pasta, tomato sauce with green peppers, celery, onions and beef sauteed in it, and an overlay of grated cheese. Yummmm. And the next thought drifting through my hedonistic mind is, "I wonder what this meal is putting in my system as far as calories go, and will I have to increase my ab exercises just to take care of this meal."

Okay----so my conscience has a point; I am getting flabby in the midsection and I could use some stronger core muscles to look better, and the best way to do that, is to work out with a good battery of ab exercises. I do have a trainer, and I have been trying to stick to a routine that will benefit me the most because, from what I understand, there is nothing like a killer set of 6pack abs to reel in the chicks. And that's not the only area that benefits from having strong core muscles; it also gives you better balance all over and helps with things like sports.

So I get on the medicine ball and do what exercising I can on that, work a little with the dumbbells; but I tell you, this is just not for me. I want to look good and I want to be strong and attractive, but I'm just too lazy to put the effort into it; I wish there were another way of attaining the same end point without having to work and sweat so much. These ab exercises are a real downer and I tell you, I am not thrilled at all thinking about all the work I have ahead of me.

I bet things would be different if I had a girlfriend, a person of interest, or any kind of a friend that was interested in how I looked----then I would feel the need to get up and get moving and start exercising for real. But, when I'm told I have to do these ab exercises for 3-5 times a week, and keep that up for every week without fail; I say----nuts to that. And without anyone around who really cares what I look like or any kind of a goal that I've set for myself, then I don't see much on the horizon for me as far as developing my midriff. Isn't there some other way without having to exert all this effort.

So, I guess the secret to sticking to a regimen of ab exercises that work, is just to do it faithfully, without looking for a way out, or whining about how much work it is. I know all the psychological aspects of exercising in the fact that you have to do it for yourself and all that stuff, but if you want to look better, but not badly enough that you have no motivation to exercise, then what. I've never been very good with routines either, or sticking to them for that matter.

Maybe something that will work is if I start traveling more with my friends that eat right and take care of themselves but don't go nuts over exercising and all that; because they look pretty good, seem to be in good shape, and they don't run to the gym every 5 minutes for ab exercises-----their lifestyle seems to work without all the sweating and grunting associated with exercising. That's an idea that might work.

I probably should go out and see if I can drum up a love interest and that would be enough to spark the desire to want to do ab exercises so I can finally get in shape and look like a million bucks for that special person in my life. That sounds like a plan---I need to think about that a little more and figure out just how I'm going to pull that off and where I should start looking. Meanwhile---I'm going to finish off this plate of pasta---it's starting to get cold. - 16887

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