Personal Trainer from Langhorne Explains How Lower Ab Exercises Can Be Misleading
June 5, 2009 by Jose Loni
Filed under Weight Loss
Is it possible to get six pack abs by doing lower ab exercises? The answer is no. Doing lower ab exercises will not get you six pack abs. To get well-defined abs, we need to focus on increasing our metabolism through our diet and increasing our exercise program.
Localized lower ab exercises will just not do it. Doing them can help our abdominal, hip and back muscles get stronger to support our body’s movements, but they will not help give us six pack abs.
Spot reducing does not work. Directly exercising on the problem area of the lower abs is not effective in burning fat at that spot. We need to do overall body exercises to affect our whole body to get rid of the excess stomach fat.
To get well-defined abs, we need to increase our metabolism. Through our diet, we need to make sure we eat quality foods that our body can easily burn. When our body is able to burn the food we eat, it will then burn the excess fat that we have for further energy production.
Lowering caloric intake by eating small meals 5-6 times throughout the day helps keep our energy up and our blood sugar stable. Energy is used to digest food so the frequent meals help burn even more calories.
Engaging in overall physical activity is a great metabolism booster. Our muscles are positively affected by resistance training, in particular, causing them to work harder and consume more energy. As a result, our body gets more efficient at locating and using up excess fat as fuel.
Interval training trains our body in an anaerobic manner, which makes the body build muscles that will be reactive and explosive. These types of muscles have a high metabolic rate and consume more energy. The increased metabolic activity of the muscles increases the body’s fat burning capacity and allows it to burn excess fat even several hours after the exercise session.
Doing lower ab exercises in isolation is simply not the answer to getting toned and visible abs. However, having a smart eating plan and regular physical activity can boost metabolism and send us on our way to achieving six pack abs.
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