Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Buck County Best Ab Workout is a Full Body Workout

By Jose Loni

The best ab workout is a full body workout. We are always exposed to media ads of ab exercises and machines that promise great looking abs by training the abs directly. The fact of the matter is, the best ab workout is a full body workout that emphasizes increasing the body's metabolism, by training with weights, interval training, monitoring what we eat, and managing our stress.

Training the abs is good to help increase the strength and stability of the abdominal and lumbar area. However, spot reduction is not effective to achieve six pack abs. By training many segments at once, we force the body to burn fat, which will help expose the underlying abs in the stomach area.

Using resistance training to train many body segments at once will help to increase the body's metabolic activity. The resulting lean body mass causes the body to utilize and burn excess body fat to fuel the increased muscle activity.

Interval training has shown its effectiveness in increasing metabolism by forcing the body to adapt to the increased demands of the high intensity intervals. The body physiologically increases its metabolic activity to fuel the muscles for the increased physical activity. The body then searches for fuel sources and becomes efficient at burning excess body fat. Fat burning continues well after the training session has ended.

Watching our diet is another effective way to help our metabolism. By eating quality food made of lean protein and complex carbohydrates, we can effectively provide our body with the calories to fuel our physical activity. Avoiding sugar, sodas and fatty foods will help us control our caloric intake and keep from taking in too many calories. When we take in too many calories, our body will convert the excess calories into fat.

Increasing the number of meals we consume throughout the day to 5-6 meals and making the meals smaller portioned, will help us maintain our energy level as well keep our blood sugar level stable.

Managing our stress is another way to keep fat from being stored in our body. When we are in a stressful situation, our body produces the hormone Cortisol, which stores fat in the abdominal region of our body.

By training several body parts at once, we are better able to achieve results in our abs. Making changes in how we train using resistance and interval training exercises, controlling what we eat and decreasing our stress levels will get us the fastest and best results for a flat toned stomach

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