subject: How To Get Sexy Abs In A Matter Of Weeks! [print this page] How to get sexy abs? This is not the riddle of the Sphinx. But, for all the effort that goes into achieving this and the lack of results people get you would think that it was. The fact of the matter is that most people set off on the journey with no idea of how to get there. Once you know what you are doing you will not only be able to achieve your goal of sexy abs but you can achieve it in a matter of weeks, not months, not years.
The key to the whole thing is reducing your overall body fat percentage to under 10 percent if you are a man and under 16 percent if you are a woman. A lot of people go about doing this through sit ups and crunches and any number of other ab exercises there are. They are laboring under the misconception that you can spot reduce fat. This is not true and, even if it was, those types of exercises do not generate enough calories to make an obvious difference.
Even more people go about burning calories by running or doing other cardio exercises. This is good but it is not great. That is because even if you run a few miles you are only burning a few hundred calories. It takes 3,500 calories of energy to burn a single pound of fat. So by running you are only burning a portion of a pound of fat and the fat benefits of running end when you stop.
The best way to burn fat and reduce your overall body fat percentage is to lift weights. This is because the more muscle you have the more fat you will burn. However, the way you go about lifting weights is of utmost importance.
There is a Russian piece of weight lifting equipment that looks like a cannonball with a handle and is called a kettlebell (KB). Because of its design it is ideal for swinging which introduces a cardiovascular element which is typically absent from weightlifting. Believe me, swinging a weight from between your legs as you thrust out with your hips may not look like it does much but you will be winded in a matter of swings. In fact, the workout is so intensive that studies have shown you can burn as many as 20 calories a minute and lose as much as 1% body fat a week using a KB.
The best way to use a KB is in a high intensity interval training format in which you move from one exercise to another with only a brief period of rest in between. This will cause you to exert so much effort that your body will turn into a fat burning furnace and you will be burning calories at a higher rate for up to 24 hours afterward.
