Stop wasting your money on useless informercial abdominal products.
Learn how to effectively work your abs with the right ab equipment
so you can finally develop a flat sexy waist with abs you can be
proud to show off.
What ab equipment you need depends on how you go
about training your abs. If you train your abs
with the most people get ab exercise - lots of
sets and reps - then you don't need much in the
way of ab equipment. Performing sets of the
basic floor crunch and reverse floor crunch
are all you realy need. If these ab exercises
are uncomfortable for you, then you may
need some basic equipment just for comfort
reasons.
Now, if you decide to train your abs properly,
you'll most likely need some quality ab equipment.
What do I mean by training your abs properly?
Your abdominals are a muscle group, just like
any other muscle group.
Let's take a look at some common misconceptions
with regard to ab exercise and then we'll mention
some ab equipment that actually works for you.
Is there anything out there in the fitness world
suffering from more misinformation that how to get
abs?
The number of ab machines constantly coming to
market is mind boggling. Especially considering
that they aren't needed and won't give you the
results that you want.
Let's set the record straight on ab training right
now and give you the real information you need so
you can say no to the next infomercial ab machine
and yes to actual abs.
Training your abs consistently will eventually
give you the flat stomach or six-pack that you want.
No. It's not gonna happen if your abs are covered
by a layer of body fat and doing endless sets of ab
exercises is not the way to rid yourself of that
excess body fat.
Train your abs everyday for best results.
Again, no. Your abs are a muscle, just like your
chest, lats, arms and so on. You should train your
abs just like these other muscles, with progressive
resistance and high intensity - then allow them to
rest and recover. Never train your abs more than 3
days a week.
You need to do hundreds or reps and feel the burn
to get great abs.
Yep, again the answer is no. The abs a muscle just
like I mentioned above. To get six pack abs you
need to strip off the fat, but you also need to build
the abs to get them to really pop out.
If the muscle isn't developed, you'll just have a
flat stomach but no abs. The name of the game is
progressive resistance for sets of 8 - 20 reps, just
like your other muscles.
Train the abs with lots of sets and high reps to
burn off stomach fat.
You guessed it. This is also false. Spot reduction
just isn't going to happen as much as we'd all like
it to. You can't burn fat on your stomach by doing
endless crunches.
In order to do the proper ab exercise and develop
a flat, toned, tight midsection, you need to follow
these rules. And that means working your abs
with progressive resistance weight training, just
like your other muscles.
You need to put together a proper weight lifting
program, nutrition plan, and cardio in order to rid your
stomach of that stubborn layer of fat and bring yout
your abs.
Gregg Gillies is the founder of Build Lean M
His articles have appeared in Ironman Magazine. He has written two books
and writes for Body Talk Magazine. He publishes a free
newsletter available at his site Build Muscle
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