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Sunday, April 12, 2009

The Best Ab Workout Is Not About The Abs

By Jose Loni

The best ab workout works many segments at once; it does not focus on just the abs. It is a misconception that in order to have ripped abs, we need to do ab crunches or use an ab machine. Television ads constantly sell products that are not effective at developing six pack abs. The best ab workout actually trains many segments of our body, giving an overall full body workout, which can be done by training with resistance, interval training, controlling what we eat and decreasing our stress.

On the spot reduction does not work. Doing ab exercises will help strengthen our abs and help our hips and back get stronger. To get ripped abs, we must do a full body workout to burn fat. When the overall body is able to burn fat, the abs underneath the stomach fat will become visible and give you the ripped abs.

Using resistance training to train many body segments at once will help to increase the body's metabolic activity. The resulting lean body mass causes the body to utilize and burn excess body fat to fuel the increased muscle activity.

Interval training has been effective in increasing the metabolism of the body to utilize the excess body fat and burn it as fuel. The quick, high intensity intervals force the body to increase its metabolic activity. It makes the muscles more efficient at burning fat, which continues to burn fat well after the training session has stopped.

Controlling what we eat will help our body's metabolism by helping it utilize the food we eat to fuel our physical activity. Eating food made up of complex carbohydrates and lean protein allows our body to fuel its metabolic activity. By avoiding fatty foods, sugar and carbonated beverages we can monitor the calories we take in and allow our body to use it as fuel. If we take in too many calories, the excess calories are converted and stored as fat.

Another way to keep our energy level constant throughout the day is to increase the number of meals we eat to 5-6 small-portioned meals. In doing so, we stabilize our blood sugar level and be better able to fuel our physical activity.

Stress affects us by increasing the amount of Cortisol in our body. When this occurs, fat is stored in the stomach area so that it can be used as a fuel source when there is an emergency situation.

By training several body parts at once, we are better able to achieve results in our abs. Making changes in how we train using resistance and interval training exercises, controlling what we eat and decreasing our stress levels will get us the fastest and best results for a flat toned stomach - 17269

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