Showing posts with label flat abs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flat abs. Show all posts

Monday, December 15, 2008

No pain no abs


To achieve a lean, tight, muscular or curvy body, you need to be consistent with your weight training routines and diet program. There are various training styles and techniques available in the net including those that use sassy machines to help sculpt your body. We choose less expensive, fun and nontraditional abs training workouts. One is the staircase workout. Sweat it out with the stairs and keep your muscles working out all the time. Elevators can make you real lazy. Try bringing on those high heels and walk in those flat shoes up the stairs. Try walking in open field too. It is a good form of exercise. Take a hike buddy! Do the real one this time. People over 30 are experiencing metabolic slowdown and almost always start to incur weight gain this way. They tend to continue to take same number of calories and exert little effort burning it. There is no balance anymore with the intake and burning of calories. Imagine your thickening abs if you get lazy doing the stairs and maybe you will be able to motivate yourself to perform one long staircase workout.


Sunday, November 16, 2008

Strength training for core muscles

Strength training always refer to a workout program that can help you build muscles and lose fat. Yup, this is like body sculpting through body-weight exercises to get the physique you want. Strength training is about long lasting habits for permanent change as long as you are ready to do what it takes. Of course you consult a fitness doctor first to determine if the program is appropriate for you.

In one book that I read, it says that weight lifters burns additional calories days after the workout. The increased metabolic effect of aerobics last only for 30 to 60 minutes. Weight training effects last as long as 48 hours. Strength training burns calories long after you leave the gym to maybe until your next workout while aerobics exercise burns only at the time of workout. The extra muscle you build through strength training makes your body burn calories even at rest to keep that new muscle alive.

Weight lifting causes your muscle tissues to break down and rebuild at a higher rate than normal. Muscles break and rebuild. Strength training helps accelerate the process. Know then that short but hard workout had the same effect as longer workout. The more muscle you have, the easier for you to lose fat. Part of the exercise program must focus on particular movement or development of a specific region to help you burn fat and reshape your body. When it comes to long term weight management, gym strength training is preferred.

When you plan to start weight training disembark low fat diets. Low fat diet suppresses the manufacture of testosterone. This is the hormone that contributes to the growth of muscle and burning of fat. Low testosterone level makes your body stores fat more. Eat more protein too which is the most powerful nutrient for building muscle and increasing metabolism. Protein builds calorie-consuming muscle. To have great looking abs, you need to develop abdominal muscles through strength training. Start doing total body training three times a week to have a tighter stronger midsection.

Whole body strength training program can put muscle on your chest, back, shoulders and legs. This gives you a younger stronger body look while helping you burn calories 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Typically you increase muscular strength through consistent and progressive training with weights. Shift emphasis from one region to another on each set of alternate exercise. Still you need to perform aerobic training for your cardio exercises. You also need to include flexibility training to preserve and improve the range of motion in your joints and muscles. This will help you reduce injury while training. This also helps prepare your muscles for a more rigorous activity.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Fab abs motto


The fab abs motto: fuel the body, build the muscle and burn the fat. Get into shape and stay fit – flatten your abs! Lose your stomach fat performing a variety of physical activity every two weeks. Remember that the calories you burned are affected by body weight and intensity of work out. You have to plan your work routine by muscle groups and I bet the first you are going to perform is the one that will flatten out your abs first. You don’t want to wear jeans that reveal bulges don’t you. Then start to grab an overhead bar. Raise your knees to the middle of your chest as far as you can. Then lower your legs as slow as you can. Hanging leg raise greatly works on the middle part of your abs.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Ab crunch exercise


Use a stability or exercise ball for your abs crunch. Lie down with back pressed firmly on the floor. Secure the stability ball between your feet. Hold a medicine ball in your hands.

Then lift your legs up while you crunch up with the medicine ball. Meet and touch both balls at the top. Lower yourself down again and redo steps.

There are many videos and abs exercises one can get from trainwithmeonline.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Tone your abs


Tone your abs the easy way. You can do this while you are driving or working. All you need to do is exhale and pull your belly bottom up. Remember to keep your back straight while doing this. Hold it for about 5 seconds while you continue to breathe. Never hold your breathe. Repeat as often as you can remember.