Showing posts with label six-pack abs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label six-pack abs. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Six Pack Abs - Is it Possible Or Just a Hollywood Myth?

Are Six-Pack Abs a Hollywood myth and only something that we see on magazine covers and TV? By the looks of most Americans one might think that it is a myth. So is the possibility of having a rock hard stomach and Greek god physique even a goal worth striving for? Is this something that is obtainable yet too unrealistic or time-consuming to take a shot at? My answer to this question is NO!

The answer to this question is no, but it will take some sacrifice. The sacrifice has to be a consistent change in your lifestyle and your personal diet and exercise program, but it is a very reasonable goal to strive for. You have to absolutely commit to sticking to a steady healthy diet and completely cut out all of the junk. You can have a cheat meal from time to time, but you most always have to eat perfectly healthy. Now this isn't as unreasonable as eating perfectly unhealthy, right? You can commit to being a loving father or mother, husband or wife, commit to paying your bills all of the time, so why should this be any different. If you take on this mindset you are 90% there.

Gaining a Greek-god body is not as far from the realm of possibility as you would think. We've established the significance of having the right frame of mind. Next you need a well structured strategical plan. One of my favorite quotes from the movie "The Usual Suspects" Kevin Spacey says, "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist!" Well, in referencing a rock hard body and six-pack abs this is the very mindset of many people when it comes to achieving that level of fitness. Most think that it doesn't really exist, at least for them. This is not true.

Consistently working out EFFECTIVELY and eating the healthy diet CONSISTENTLY is the key. Remember that with your workouts it is much better to have a short intense workout than a long leisurely one. This is what I mean by an effective workout. As long as, you can engage in this as steadily as you pay your bills and kiss your spouse on the cheek everyday, or at least in the case of working-out, every other day then the results will blow your mind!

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Iron Abs - 2 Ab Blasting and Conditioning Exercises!

I want to state that getting those "six-pack abs" involves a lot more activity than just doing crunches. Doing sit-ups and crunches train the muscles of the abdomen, but they don't speed up your metabolism to burn excess body-fat away from your body so those developed muscles underneath are revealed. Now I will say that your nutrition should be about 90% of your attempt at getting iron abs, but this article is going to discuss 2 exercises that will train the muscles of the abs and help to speed up your metabolism.

Iron Ab Exercise 1: (The Rolling Squat) The rolling squat has a funny name and is a rather challenging exercise that will hit a lot of muscles in your body while blasting your abs in the process. You want to start this by making sure that you are standing on level ground with maybe some sort of relatively soft surface behind you. Either grass or a soft mat will do. You want to stand with your feet about shoulder width distance apart. Next, in one quick explosive movement, you want to do a deep squat lowering your rear all the way to the ground. In the middle of this movement you roll back on the ground lifting your feet off of the ground with your knees bent. Still in the middle of the roll quickly thrust and roll your body forward firmly planting your feet right back to the ground where they were and stand up to execute a vertical jump! Every rep afterwards should be executed in rapid succession.

Iron Ab Exercise 2: (The walk-out plank) This one is rather simple to explain, but just as hard to execute. Consider the same situation as above as far as your surroundings. Here your feet are also shoulder-width distance apart. Next you just simply crouch or squat down placing your hands on the ground in front of you. Next you simply just walk with your hands out extending your body and placing yourself into a plank position. From here just push yourself back up with your hands and walk with your hands back to a standing position.

This is the secret to your Iron Abs! Enjoy!

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