subject: Ab Rocket Workouts That Will Rock Your Abs [print this page] Ever heard of ab rocket workouts? Neither have I but people are so eager to find the perfect workout for abs that they will type in anything. Are you looking for the perfect workout to get 6 pack abs? Have you tried everything from sit ups to leg lifts to stomach crunches and nothing works? Well, I am about to let you in on a secret ab workout that, by the looks of it, does not actually work the abs. But, if you do these workouts you will have greater success than if you did a million sit ups.
The reason people do not usually see success in their midsection with the traditional ab workouts is a few reasons. First, you cannot spot reduce fat on your abs any more that you can spot reduce fat on your big toe. To reduce fat, you need to reduce it over your entire body. Second, you need to build over all body muscle. This is because the more muscle you have the more fat you will burn. When you concentrate on the abs or the biceps or the quadriceps or any other individual muscle you are not building muscle throughout your body. Thirdly, you need to burn calories to burn fat and doing exercises that focus on individual muscle groups do not burn a lot of calories.
So what secret workout will do all this? Well, there are a number of them fortunately and they will do a number of things for you. These workouts will cause you to build muscle all over your body causing you to burn fat. But, they will also indirectly work to strengthen and tone your abs and create a metabolic shift in your body so that you will be burning calories even while you sleep.
These are kettlebell (KB) workouts. A KB is a Russian device that looks like a cannonball with a handle. Because of the design it is ideal for swinging between your legs with one hand or two. Now, this may not seem like it would do much, but it does more than you would ever imagine. This is because it targets the muscles of your core: your back, hips and, most importantly, your abs. The other thing it does is burn calories at up to 20 per minute so that you can burn twice as many calories in half the time.
Here is a sample workout routine that will build muscle and reduce your overall body fat percentage.
KB swing, clean and press, one armed snatch, body weight squats.
Do this circuit with only a brief period of rest in between and you will be burning calories for hours after the workout.
