subject: Amazing Abdominal Workouts That Will Actually Get You 6 Pack Abs [print this page] Are you looking to get an awesome set of six pack abs and want to know just what workouts are the best? It really is not all that difficult, surprisingly enough. The problem is that most peoples efforts are misdirected. I am going to tell you the absolute best workouts to get six pack abs and you will never have thought of them on your own.
But first a word about nutrition, because, if you are eating the wrong things, you are shooting yourself in the foot. It has been said that great abs are made in the kitchen not the gym and this is true. The trick to getting great ab muscles is not building the muscle but losing the fat hiding the muscle. By avoiding processed foods (most of the food products you find at the store) you will be going a long way to getting your six pack abs.
This is because most of those foods have additives which actually make you fat. It is best to eat things closer to the way nature intended such as fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, lean beef, bison, chicken, pork and fish.
OK, now on to the workout. When I say that most peoples efforts are misdirected that is because it takes 3,500 calories to burn a pound of fat and doing sit ups or crunches just do not burn enough calories to allow you to see your abs. If you are a man you need to get down to under 10% body fat and under 16% if you are a woman.
Now, most people gravitate to running distances or doing the Stairmaster or other cardio equipment to burn calories. However, you can run a few miles or even stay an hour on the Stairmaster (believe me, I know) and only lose 500 calories which leaves you with 3,000 calories to lose a single, solitary pound of fat. What you really need to do is to boost your metabolism so that you are burning calories at a higher rate long after the workout is over.
To do this you really need to jack start lifting weights. That is because the more muscle you have the harder your body must work and the more fat you are burning even while you are at rest. But, the types of exercises you will do make a big difference. They are called compound weight lifting exercises. These are things like dead lifts and squats, bench presses, clean and jerks and others that exert so much force on your body that they actually throw your body into a metabolic shock that causes you to burn calories at a higher rate for days after.
Now, you are probably thinking that these exercises cannot possibly work my abs. Well, remember it is first an issue of burning fat and reducing your overall body fat percentage which these exercises will do if you do them in a High Intensity Interval Training format. This is using a lighter weight and moving quickly from one exercise to another in a circuit with only a brief rest in between.
But, because your abs must stabilize your body during these exercises they also get a great workout. Just think how impossible it would be to lift or move anything without your abs stabilizing your body.
So, try the following workouts out:
Day 1: Bench press, squats, clean and jerk, dumbbell snatches and start over.
Day 2: Dead lift, chin ups, bent over rows and start over.
Day 3: Lunges, military press, dips, dumbbell swings and start over.
Day 4: Romanian dead lift, pull ups, curls & reverse curls, renegade rows and start over.
