Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Six Pack Abs | The realistic way of how to loose weight

There are many different kinds of diets and theories available on the topic of how to loose weight. No wonder people get confused.

It is actually very simple to loose body weight. You don't need to starve yourself, but simply reduce the total amount of food that you consume. If you eat too much food, then the excess food will turn into fat deposits in your body. Layers of fat will be the result.

I have personally have applied to myself a sensible eating plan, and I can tell that it works. After I have implemented my eating plan, within 2 weeks I lost such a lot of weight around my waist, that people could notice the change in my body. That was not the only problem I encountered,
  • my pants started feeling loose
  • my belt was getting to big for me
  • I felt more energised
  • I felt lighter
  • .......

So how did I get this result within 2 weeks?

Simply I ate 3 meals a day.

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Drink water and juice
  • Walked

The key was that I did not eat after 7PM in the evening. I did eat sometimes in between meals a yoghurt, vitamin c sweets etc.

I basically cut out on fries, chocolates, coffee etc.

I do however reward myself once a week with cake, burger, pasta etc.

I try to walk as much as possible when I'm at work or home. Walking up the stairs can also be a very good exercise.

I don't understand why people make things so complicated. Try this fad and that pill ... you simply just need to have a sensible eating plan, drink water and walk. I can bet you that you will see results just by implementing these simple principles.

I'm talking from experience. This simple steps can also help you to get a flat stomach or even sicx pack abs. You will jsut add some stomach exercises in the equation. Simple.

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Monday, March 05, 2007

Six Pack Abs | What is body fat?

Body fat is the tissue in and around muscles that is made up of fat cells.

When food is scarce fat burns very slowly to sustain the body. In society nowadays food is rarely scarce. As a result of this, there are an increase of over weight people who's bodies carry access body fat.

However all body fat is not bad for you. Your body needs to store some essential fat that produces energy for later use and also to cushion internal organs.

The excess body fat is the problem that causes long term health problems.

Friday, February 16, 2007

Six Pack Abs | The effect of resistance training on abs

You can tone your muscles underneath you waist fat with resistance training.

Resistance training helps to speed your metabolism. Your muscles will become more toned as surrounding waistline fat dissapear.

Equipment eg. plates, bands, cables etc. can be employed in your abs workouts to add some resistance.

Your tummy muscles will tighten as a result of applying an increased resistance. As your tummy muscles becomes stronger ... gradually increase the resistance and blast those abs.

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Six Pack Abs | Do crunches slowly and blast those abs

Speed kills.

The same applies to abs. If you want to see good results the you should take your time while doing reps.

The slower you move your abdomen area, less momentum and the more your abs are targetted.

There are two parts of an ab crunch.

1. Up phase (+)
2. Down phase (-)

When you do the down phase ... do it slowly. Moving slowly on the down phase will chisel your abs. Forget quantity of repititions, but rather focus on quality of reps.

Focus on form and doing it correctly. Don't look how much Dick and Jane are doing, but do it controlled and for yourself. More does not always bring positive results.

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Six Pack Abs | Stress and increase in belly fat

Some time or another we all experience some form of stress.

Problem is, that stress realeases a hormone called cortisol.

This reaction results to an increase in food consumption and an increase in belly fat. It is almost like your not hungry, but the cortisol hormone makes you feel hungry. Now this is a problem.

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6 Pack Abs | Goal setting and getting flat sculpted abs

Goal setting is an important tool that can be a driving force that will keep you pumped up to achieve your objectives.

You need a plan of action of what you want to achieve. You might want to lose a couple of pounds, fit into a pants, close a button etc.

Focus on the job on hand and don't look at others. Work at your pace and systematically achieve your goals.

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Six Pack Abs | Is traditional sit-ups great for developing a six pack abs?

This is a very common question, but the reality is that you work a lot of other muscles and you're not targetting the abdomen area.

You pull on your neck and your legs do a lot of the work. Traditional sit-ups also put a lot of strain on your lower back.

Traditional sit-ups emphasizes sitting up rather than pulling your chest towards your hips. Hip flexor muscles comes into play when doing regular situps. If you want eye catching abs you will have to take the hip flexor muscle out of your workouts.

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