 Okay, so just to put things into perspective here there's got to be about a gazillion different weight training exercises out there and probably just as many ways to perform them. However, the information I've been reading (you know, the link I keep putting up - I'll put it up again at the end of this post) says you should be concentrating mainly on compound exercises and not isolation exercises.
To me, that makes a lot of sense. Considering that the overall goal is to reduce your body fat (so that you can see your abs) then it only makes sense that doing exercises that have large movements and exercise multiple muscles at the same time is going to be a much faster way to go. So, I'm not saying you shouldn't do any crunches, leg lifts, or sit ups, I'm just saying that you shouldn't be spending a majority of your time doing them, thinking that the more you do of these isolated ab exercises the sooner you're going to see a six pack. Instead, you should be doing compound exercises such as squats, deadlifts, lunges, and upper body presses. I'm going to start putting up a few exercises as I get time. You can get to them by clicking on the category Abs Workout or clicking here.
To drop your body fat down to under 10% is going to not only require some exercises but you're going to have to pay attention to what you're stuffing in the old pie hole! Yep, the old saying you are what you eat is probably a lot closer to the truth than the person that originally coined it thought. Here's that link again, just click here!
 I've been searching around online and trying to find out as much information as I can about how to attack this waistline blob. And I've been finding out some pretty good information.... stuff I never would have guessed.
For example: I don't have a gym membership and I don't really have much exercise equipment at home so I'm thinking I'm probably going to have to invest in one of those ab rocker contraptions that you see on infomercials. But I'm finding out that most of those gadgets are pretty much junk. As a matter of fact, experts say that you can do crunches and ab exercises till the cows come home and you still might never see your abs! They say that crunches, ab machines, leg-lifts and sit-ups are among some of the least effective ways of developing and showing a six pack! So how do you get a good abs workout then?
According to some of the leading fitness experts out there, you won't see your abs until you get your body fat percentage down to 10% or less. So no matter how many ab specific exercises you do it's not going to help unless you're eating properly and excercising enough to reduce your body fat. Since ab specific exercises work such a small muscle group you could be making a lot more progress by working larger muscle groups. (Remember, the goal is to reduce your body fat, quickly, and effectively) - This doesn't mean you'll never do exercises for your abs, it just means that you don't want to concentrate all your time on just your abs when you could be doing full body exercises that have a larger benefit, such as squats, upper body presses, lunges, deadlifts, etc.
So it seems that the best abs workout is really a full body workout. I'll give some exercises that I found and how to perform them in another post tomorrow or the next day. If you can't wait till then feel free to check out the site I've been finding a lot of information at by clicking here!
 So..... I guess now I know why little old men wear their pants so funny! You know, they either have the waist clear up around their chest or they have them cinched below their belly fat and they look like they're expecting a child any day now!
I never understood that before but now that I'm older and as the pounds race to my waistline it's all starting to be clear..... that's the only way that they can wear them! All right, now before you go getting the wrong idea here let me just tell you that I've always been skinny, I've always been one of those people that could chow down anything, anytime and never gain a pound. Abs Workout? Not likely..... I never needed to.
And even now, I'm nowhere near fat, I'm actually still pretty skinny, I just have this annoying tire around my waist line now. Once again... Abs workout? Hmmmm.... maybe so! LOL
I thought I better start taking control of this before I grew my way through another waist size - I get online, and I start digging around. But I have a little bit of a problem here, you see, I really am skinny and while I'd like to lose this belly fat I really don't want to drop any pounds. So, I'm thinking I'm going to have to do some sort of abs workout but I'm going to have to really watch my diet at the same time. You know, try to keep from dropping weight while doing this abs workout thing!
I've never had six pack abs and when I started this I wasn't really trying to get them, I just wanted to burn off some of this belly fat. But while I'm reading up on this, I start to dream a little bit, It really would be kinda cool to have a six pack, wouldn't it? But I'm coming across some pretty crazy information - I've been finding info that says things like "It really doesn't matter how intense of an abs workout you do, you're not going to see your abs until you can get below 10 percent body fat".
So now I start wondering, just how much body fat do I have anyway? I mean besides on my waistline!
I gotta go for now, I'll reveal more of what I've been reading tomorrow or the next day. Meanwhile, here's a great site where I've been getting a ton of info at.....click here.
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