Get Six Pack Abs

Adam Shorey asked:




Who in the world doesn’t dream of having a beautiful six pack abs? Imagine yourself with a six pack abs in the summer lying on the beach majestically. Sounds good right? The problem with anybody is to get awesome abs you have to sacrifice a lot of things. You have to change your lifestyle, the way you eat and most of all you must forget how you exercise your abs before!

The last statement might shock you but that’s the truth. I see a lot of people going to the gym everyday working their abdomen vigorously only to feel discourage later because they don’t see the results. To get awesome abs you must know how to exercise the right way. Exercising the right way not only saves you tremendous amount of time but it is also good for your whole body in the long run.

Let me tell you something that I’ve discovered; doing thousands of sit ups and crunches won’t help you achieve awesome six pack abs. The truth is if you have that layer of fat on your stomach no matter how many sit ups you do won’t get the six pack abs. In fact if you are doing sit ups all the time without losing that layer of fat first, your stomach will grow faster because your abs muscle getting bigger.

To get six pack abs you have to work your entire body. There are many ways to increase your metabolic rate and burn off the fat. One way is by doing cardio exercise. Cardio exercises are not limited to running, jogging or cycling only. You also can play soccer, football or tennis and still get a good cardio workout.

V. Singh asked:




Many people have built up the notion in their minds that the only way to get a firm ripped stomach and achieve the six pack of their dreams is to do as many crunches as possible. If that doesn’t work they purchase some new piece of equipment that they’ve seen on TV that they believe contains the solution. Well the simple fact is that there is no magical solution to getting ripped abs; there are no special exercises or special machines that will reveal your hidden abs. The proper way to get a six pack lies in following some simple guidelines which allow you to effectively burn the excess fat around your stomach area. This helps you reveal your hidden abdominal muscles and allows your six pack to be visible. Essentially you must bring your body fat down to around 10% to see optimal results, and this can be a fairly daunting task if you don’t know what you’re doing. Therefore In this article I am going to give you a few tips and reveal the hidden secret that you must know if you want to get a six pack quickly and easily.

As mentioned before, you can work your Abs forever, but they will never present themselves and be visible if there is a layer of fat covering them. The stomach area is the place where we store most of our fat and unfortunately it is also the most stubborn area to lose fat from. You could work your abs for months, doing countless reverse curls, crunches and sit-ups and most probably in that time, you will have built a fine-looking six pack. But until you remove the fat on top of the six pack, it will never be visible.

So how do we eliminate the fat around our six pack? To simply put it you will have to follow a good training system that works out your whole body and in turn raises your overall metabolic rate. Increasing your metabolic rate is the key to success as it helps you burn the fat around your stomach at a much faster rate, even while you are resting. Now the training system you follow should consist of a lot of cardio work, some weight training, and must incorporate a healthy balanced diet into your lifestyle. Amazingly getting a six pack is only 5% exercise work and 95% dietary and Cardio work on your part. If you want to work out your abs, then simply do 30 reps of controlled crunches, 2 times a week and no more. If you want your lower abs to get worked, then do some leg-raises; 30 reps, once a week and that’s all, you don’t have to do no more ab exercises, it’s that easy.

Now the real results will begin to show from the amount of Cardio work you do and the way you eat. I am sure you would’ve heard the saying “abs are made in the kitchen”, and that is absolutely true as 90% of your results will show from your overall diet. The best way to lose the excess fat around your stomach would be to follow a diet that is high in protein, moderate in carbs and low in fat. Most importantly you should consume all your carbs earlier on in the day and not have any carbs at least 4 hours before you sleep, as they won’t be used while you are sleeping and in turn be stored as extra fat. It is also recommended to begin eating 4-6 small meals throughout the day rather than eating the usual 3 big meals, this helps increase the metabolism and will shed that extra fat much quicker. Lastly I would encourage you to drink a lot of water (8-10 glasses a day) as it helps detoxify your body and keeps you well hydrated.

Therefore the secret to obtaining ripped six pack abs fast, lies in following a system that has a good combination of Cardio Workouts, Weight Training, and dieting to lose fat, then you could see a six pack in very fast time. Of course, it goes without saying that the harder you hit the weights and Cardio, and the more disciplined you are with your diet; the faster you will accomplish your goal. So what are you waiting for, put your head down, conjure up the determination and get the task done, believe me when you are able to take your shirt off and see that amazing ripped six pack you will know it was well worth the effort.

Get Ripped And Stay That Way!

ABIMBOLA AKOMOLAFE asked:


Weight loss is essential for a better quality of life. Shedding a few pounds have been known to lower the risk of heart diseases, enhance the aesthetics of the body form as well as keep the body generally fit.

Weight loss can be achieved through various aerobic exercises and through weight loss diets. The question is to know what method is more effective.

Dieting is primarily concerned with the cutting down of calorific intake in a regulated manner to achieve or maintain a controlled weight. You might be surprised to learn that some people, athletes for example, actually want to gain weight! How? They lose the body fat and gain more muscle. The more muscle one has, the higher the metabolic rate of the body. A dieter can lose weight without losing much fat by losing more of water and muscle than the fat. A lot of muscle during weight loss can be minimized by reducing the reducing the level of carbohydrate and increasing the intake of protein.

Aerobic exercise is a great way of maintaining the physical strength of the heart. It can be achieved through the use of handy machines such as exercise bikes and thread mills or through natural exercises like taking a brisk walk, running or stair climbing.

There are many great things about starting an aerobics program for your body. One of the greatest things about aerobics is that you can use it to burn fat in ways that are easier on your body than dieting. It is very simple to burn fat using aerobics as exercises, because there are many ways that you can train your body to do the work that it is supposed to in order to really get the most out of the aerobics that you are doing.

While you are building up a sweat and working on your heart rate, all of your muscles are also getting great things out of the aerobics work that you are doing. As you bring new blood and oxygen to all of your body systems, you are going to find that you are giving yourself the best chance to really get rid of all that unwanted fat as you go along.

All of these things are going to work in tandem with each other to make a situation in which you are really getting the most out of your entire work out. When all of these systems are working together, you are going to find that you are much stronger than you think you would be. As your entire body fights to work harder, you are going to find that actually you are burning fat because your body needs energy to keep moving and to stay moving at a certain rate. It will find this energy in the stored pockets of fat that you have in your body. All of these things are going to happen quickly, and you will find that you are going to be much better off as you start to work out using aerobics more often.

As to the question to which of aerobics or dieting is better, the truth is that both complement one another. Neither one is exclusively at an advantage than the other. Both should be integrated into a good weight loss plan to achieve a balanced weight loss.