subject: 5 Hot Ab Workouts You Never Even Considered [print this page] Are you looking for some great workouts for a hot set of abs. I was too. I was seeing no results with sit ups and crunches and thought it was all pretty hopeless. Then I learned the truth.
To get the results you want, a set of hot abs, you need to lift weights. I know, it sounds strange, lift weights with your arms and legs to get hot abs. But, let me explain.
The mistake most people make is thinking that you can spot reduce fat. You can not. And, even if you could sit ups and other ab exercises do not burn enough calories to make a difference. You see, a single pound of fat is 3,500 calories, even if you spend an hour on the treadmill you are only burning 500 calories. Now, you are starting to see how useless ab specific workouts are in burning fat.
But, weight lifting is a different story. Because, by lifting weights, you can actually raise your metabolism so that you are burning calories at a higher rate for days after. This is because muscle weighs more than fat. Consequently, your body has to work harder and therefore burns more fat throughout the day.
But, the types of exercises you do make a big difference. You must do compound exercises which work multiple muscle groups and cause you to exert so much effort that they throw your body into a state of metabolic shock so that you are burning calories at a higher rate for up to 24 hours afterwards.
So, without further adieu, here are the 5 hot ab workouts you never considered.
1.The dead lift: while you might think that this is a workout for your legs it actually works virtually every muscle in your body including, you guessed it, you abs. You see your abs must act as stabilizers to keep your body in balance when you are doing this exercise.
2.The squat: yep, another supposed leg exercise. But, again, your abs must act to stabilize your body and maintain balance.
3.The clean and press: this is one of my favorite compound exercises and you will really feel it in your abs as you lift the barbell from the floor to your chest and then over your head. Imagine doing this without abs. Impossible.
4.The single arm dumbbell snatch: this is a real killer and, like the clean and press, you will feel it in your abs even though it does not look like you are working them.
5.Renegade rows: I have saved the best for last and, just as the other exercises look to be working other muscles, this does not look like an ab exercise at all. However, this will leave you so exhausted and your abs so fatigued that you will wonder why you never thought of this before.
By doing these exercise you will work your abs indirectly and reduce your overall body fat percentage so that you can finally see those hot abs you have worked so hard for.
