Wednesday 15 June 2011

Looking for that elusive six pack?

There's no big secrets to getting a six pack and anybody telling you that they have some secret shortcut is trying to scam you. There's three simple things you can do to aid you in your goal:

1. Lift weights. Despite what people tell you, lifting weights helps you burn calories.

2. Interval training cardio. Shorts intense bursts of cardio are going to do more for you than running at a moderate pace for an hour or so on a treadmill.

3. MOST IMPORTANTLY! Your diet, six packs are made in the kitchen so replace all the fatty, greasy foods and junk food with healthier foods. Don't forget that healthy can also be delicious.

With perseverance and a bit of effort, you'll be cutting down your body fat and starting to see a noticeable change. Once you have a body fat around 10% (not precise, everybody is different) you should start the ab workouts to really help with ab definition.

19 comments:

  1. When I was working out hard-core I was following the exercises from a video series called Power 90 and I actually started seeing abs in about ten weeks. It was mostly cardio and weights, so yeah...

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  2. Love the fact that not too many people knows that everyone actually have muscles under their fat belly...

    Actually, your secound point is wrong... Recent studies shows that running at the same speed all the time gives better results than interval cardio.

    And use fatburning supplements if you want it to go faster!

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  3. I've read a fair few articles on interval training and it's effects on metabolism. Although I'll admit with the amount of conflicting articles around these days it could go either way.

    Best way to look at is that regardless of interval training or more endurance based cardio, you'll still be burning calories at a steady pace.

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  4. Very interesting info. I could lose some weight myself.

    followed.

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  5. By the Pockets, funny you should mention that. I just recently started the Insanity program, also from Beachbody.

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  6. The problem I always encounter with working out heavily with cardio is that I'm ALWAYS starving for the nearest slab of bacon for all the rest of the day, but I'm keeping with the weights still and seeing where I go from there to at least get rid of the belly and not eat so much, nice post + following!

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  7. That was my problem too for a long while, I worked out hard and didn't choose the best food options. The way I got around it though was when I was eating one of my usual meals I'd replace something, bacon for example, with chicken. Eventually I'd have replaced the whole dish.

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  8. Just started exercising again for the first time in years, good tips.

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  9. Hard work is a big help, most people think they can achieve it in a week and give up if they don't see results straight away.

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  10. Thanks for the tips! awesome blog, supporting!

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  11. its sad how many people still think all they need to get a six pack is to do heaps of crunches when they wake up in the morning

    great info!

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  12. Perseverance, that's the key word and my principal problem. Nice Tips

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  13. So true, so true. The biggest problem I've always had is with the quantity of what I eat though. You are so right though and this needed to be said.
    +followed

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  14. These are some good tips. I am technically obese. +follow!

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  15. Can you give me a blog post that gives me some good workout maneuvers to do for abs?

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  16. Hell yeah, getting fit good post bud.

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