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Monday, April 6, 2009

Lower Ab Workouts - Burning Abs Don't Mean Ripped Abs

By Jose Loni

When you do lower ab workouts and feel your abs burning, don't kid yourself and start thinking that you're on your way to ripped abs because you're not. There is no such thing as spot reduction although a lot of claims and advertisements will have you believing that their product can do so. Those empty promises will not get you ripped abs but burning excess body fat by speeding up your metabolism through weight training will, satisfaction guaranteed.

Lower ab exercises are really good at strengthening the targeted lower abs. However, isolation exercises are not very efficient at burning overall body fat. In order to really affect body fat, you must do overall multi joint exercises.

Infomercials are great at showing off the latest wonder machines invented with beautifully sculpted models working them sideways or on their backs making it look easy to entice viewers to buy and get supposedly ripped abs.

Don't get sucked in. Magic machines don't work and perfectly shaped models are just there to make you think they do work. It's all a marketing ploy because target area reduction doesn't work. You end up with stronger abs but you still have to burn the fat covering the ab muscles and magic machines don't burn fat.

Burning fat still requires you to actively use your muscles and the best way is through training with weights. The harder your muscles work, the more energy they use up so the body has to constantly source more fuel for the muscles to use. This is when the body starts to look for and use up any excess fat as a fuel supply.

When we train the body at a higher intensity, the muscles will accumulate excess carbon dioxide and lactic acid. The body must then provide blood and oxygen to the muscles to keep the muscles functioning.

This whole cycle of replenishing and clean-up is very energy-intensive and can last a few hours after the workout, leading to an increase in the body's metabolism and greater amounts of fat burned.

Therefore, burning lower abs while doing lower ab workouts don't mean you're sculpting ripped abs. Target area reduction and infomercials serve to sell you a dream. Speeding up your metabolism through weight training will make you realize that dream! - 17269

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