Can Ab Exercises Prevent You From Getting Flat & Firm Abs?


by Katie L. Faulkner - Date: 2010-08-04 - Word Count: 326 Share This!

Getting firm & flat abs is not an easy thing to do. It takes discipline and hard work to achieve, since you need to get your body fat percentage so low in order to get really flat abs. If you've been trying to get there with less than desired results, you may need to change your focus.

If you're stuck in the mindset that you have to do hundreds of situps, crunches, and other ab exercises every day to get firm abs, then it's time for a wake up call. Since your abdominals are a small muscle group, working them so hard doesn't burn the calories or rev your metabolism enough to make a huge difference in your body fat level.

While it's good to focus on your abdominal muscles, you should take a step back and look at the bigger picture. In order to get nice flat abs that have that 'firm' appearance, you need to learn how to lose abdominal fat and lower your body fat as much as possible. And to do this, you'll need more than just ab exercises.

You may even want to stop doing ab exercises altogether until you start seeing some results doing things the right way. Start to focus more on your diet and the other exercises you do like weight lifting and sprinting.

To get some quick wins and see fast results, one of the best things you can do is cut back on sugar as much as possible. Sugar is known to spike your insulin levels and promote fat storage, which obviously won't help you burn off your body fat!

And instead of running on the treadmill every day to burn calories, ditch your cardio routine and start lifting weights, heavy and hard. By doing big moves like squats, dead lifts, and bench presses, you'll be breathing plenty hard. Plus lifting weights will give you exponentially more long term effects that will help you lose pounds even when you're not working out!

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