Dec 04 2008
How To Get Abs Quickly
The abdominal muscles are the most difficult to bring out in the open as we have a genetic predisposition to store body fat around our midsection. This is why belly fat is and love-handles are the last to go. As such, getting a lean, chiseled abdomen requires the longest time and the most effort. Countless gym goers have even given-up their programs faced with the frustration of getting a six-pack.
A very small percentage of guys that hit the gym start pumping iron just to get big. An overwhelming majority want to get buffed AND lean. At least lean enough that their muscles (especially in the abs) are well-defined and visible. The time it takes to accomplish getting visible muscles and a shredded midsection can be overwhelmingly long because of our physiology however. Certainly one can’t have a beach body six-pack in a month’s time.
Having basic knowledge on our metabolism- which exercises and foods increase and decrease its process can help in figuring out how to get abs that look great. It can significantly shorten the hours logged in the gym and lengthen quality time with the family or the less strenuous activities in our lives.
Mind you, knowing the right foods and effective exercises for belly fat burn won’t give you shredded abs instantly. It will however, shorten the process of defining your abdominal muscles and make working-out less frustrating.
The quickest path to great looking abs requires eating properly. Not just eating healthier food, but eating at the proper times also. Skipping meals won’t do it as this can actually slow metabolism, and that means less belly fat burned. Snack fiends, rejoice!
Rather, we can substitute worthless junk foods we normally snack on with vitamin-packed and fat-busting fruit. Eating relatively low-carb, high protein food can do wonders for our efforts in burning fat. Carbohydrates are good, but only on times of the day that we need energy. It doesn’t make much sense to scarf down a bagel or a sack of fries before turning in for the night.
Of course proper fat-burning exercise plays a big role in getting lean abs quickly. A weight-lifting regimen combined with cardio exercises designed to keep the heart rate at ideal body fat-burning percentage is needed. Experts discovered this is at 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. Any more than that and our body starts to get energy from glycogen rather than body fat.
Too much of anything is bad, and there is such a thing as over-exercising. Our bodies need time to recuperate, muscles need time to repair and heal themselves. It’s easy to forget this in our eagerness to get that proud six-pack in the shortest time possible, but this can in fact lead to wasted efforts and worse, injury.