Thursday, January 1, 2009

Ab Exercises - The Truth

By Jose Loni

The topic of ab exercises should be discussed. Television and media bombards us with countless ab exercises and ab machines, each claiming to give you six pack abs. This topic needs to be discussed so that the consumer will understand what they really need to do to get six pack abs. To achieve six pack abs we need to focus on exercises and dietary adjustments to help increase our metabolism. When we increase our overall metabolism, that will burn the necessary fat that will allow for our six-pack abs to become visible.

Increasing our energy expenditure so that it is greater than our caloric intake allows our bodies to utilize our fat as an energy source. When that occurs, it will burn the fat that is stored in our belly.

Doing multi-joint exercises and resistance training increases our metabolism. We increase our lean body mass as a result of the increased training. When this occurs, our muscles increase their metabolic activity and require more fuel to burn.

Anaerobic interval training has also been effective in increasing the body's metabolism by forcing the body to quickly adapt to the increased demands of the exercises. The interval training shocks the muscles to be explosive and reactive, which results in increased muscle mass. The increased muscle mass thereby increases the metabolic activity in the muscles, which has been shown to last for several hours after the exercise session.

There are dietary considerations to consider to help increase our body's metabolism. Eating foods that are rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals help our body to burn these foods as energy.

By decreasing our serving size and eating with greater frequency throughout the day, it will allow us to maintain our energy levels and help stabilize our blood sugar levels.

Increasing our energy expenditure and at the same time monitoring and decreasing our food intake, we can help our body to use the excess fat that we have as a fuel source.

Discussing ab exercises is important in understanding what we need to do to fully understand how the body works. Making adjustments to our overall diet and exercising, utilizing resistance and interval training, will get us to achieve six pack abs. - 15255

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