A friend of mine recently told me the definition of insanity. The definition states "Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results." When I am at the gym and I am looking around I see that the majority of exercisers are insane. They do the same routine day in and day out. They will never get six pack abs this way. Follow my advice for the easiest way to get six pack abs.
Ditch the long cardio training. The fat burning zone does in fact burn more fat that doing intervals while you are performing the exercise. But in the long run you are wasting your time. Interval training is far better way to do cardio. You will definitely burn less fat while you are performing the exercise, but the after the exercise is completed you will be in the fat burning zone. And most likely be in the fat burning zone for up to 12 hours later. If you stop exercising in the fat burning zone your metabolism drops back to normal. As you can see 12 hour in the fat burning zone from intervals is far more beneficial than the 40 minutes of slow long cardiovascular training.
Do full body compound exercises. These are exercise that involves movements across two joints. Some of these may include dead lifts, bench press, military press, squats and lunges. These are demanding exercises and your body will have to use lots of energy to replenish and repair these muscles after working out. These exercises also create a muscle building hormone. The more lean muscle you have the higher your metabolism.
Avoid the mistake that the majority of dieters fall into. That is cutting their calorie intake too much. When you do this you are not supplying your body with enough calories to recover. You want to stay in a slight calorie deficient zone on average over a week. Then on some days you can eat more and others eat less. This is called shifting your calories. This prevents the body from slowing the metabolism to accommodate for the fewer calories you are consuming. By eating different amounts of different days you are fooling your body into thinking that it is eating more than it actually is.
Do not do 100 crunches a day. If you want to increase the size of your biceps you would not do 100 curls with a 5 pound weight. So why do so many people do this with their abs. Add weight so the maximum amount of repetitions you can complete is 12 to 15. This is the most effective rep range to build was board abs. - 29957
Ditch the long cardio training. The fat burning zone does in fact burn more fat that doing intervals while you are performing the exercise. But in the long run you are wasting your time. Interval training is far better way to do cardio. You will definitely burn less fat while you are performing the exercise, but the after the exercise is completed you will be in the fat burning zone. And most likely be in the fat burning zone for up to 12 hours later. If you stop exercising in the fat burning zone your metabolism drops back to normal. As you can see 12 hour in the fat burning zone from intervals is far more beneficial than the 40 minutes of slow long cardiovascular training.
Do full body compound exercises. These are exercise that involves movements across two joints. Some of these may include dead lifts, bench press, military press, squats and lunges. These are demanding exercises and your body will have to use lots of energy to replenish and repair these muscles after working out. These exercises also create a muscle building hormone. The more lean muscle you have the higher your metabolism.
Avoid the mistake that the majority of dieters fall into. That is cutting their calorie intake too much. When you do this you are not supplying your body with enough calories to recover. You want to stay in a slight calorie deficient zone on average over a week. Then on some days you can eat more and others eat less. This is called shifting your calories. This prevents the body from slowing the metabolism to accommodate for the fewer calories you are consuming. By eating different amounts of different days you are fooling your body into thinking that it is eating more than it actually is.
Do not do 100 crunches a day. If you want to increase the size of your biceps you would not do 100 curls with a 5 pound weight. So why do so many people do this with their abs. Add weight so the maximum amount of repetitions you can complete is 12 to 15. This is the most effective rep range to build was board abs. - 29957
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