Ab Workout – The Reality

Hi I am Manu, me and my brother Pawan grew up doing gymnastics therefore getting a 6-pack was just a part of being an athlete. A year ago I had a fatal accident injuring my spinal cord. Doctors said my fitness saved my life. I cannot stress the importance of exercise which starts from the core muscle of body – Abdomen. 

Despite of all the controversy, abdominal workout is the most talked about topic in the industry. Market is flooded with unlimited products for people looking to have that hot abdominal structure.

It’s not necessary that the exercises shown in the magazines and on the internet are the only and the best ways to get the perfect abs. People forget the under that fat belly pretty much everyone has six – pack muscles, it’s only a matter of getting rid of that fat.

Let’s keep ab workout aside for a moment and focus on various series of high intensity, multi joint workouts for the entire body. These will also prove to be the best way to deal with the fat belly issue.

Working the large muscle group of upper and lower back, chest, and legs triggers the largest metabolic thrust for your effort for abdominal fat reduction. High intensity circuits and sets boost metabolism and response from your sessions. 

Mindless pumping of hundreds of crunches and other meaningless stomach workouts does not give your abs any resistance. Reps more than 20 -25 are a waste of time which does not give enough resistance to your abs. With proper resistance even 7-16 reps are sufficient.

To give an example of high resistance abs workout giving a larger stimulus to the abs would be: raising or curling the legs and pelvis up and or in towards the trunk, hanging knees and or leg raises, hip thrust while lying. 3 proper leg raises can beat 60-90 crunches.

Tight, flat abs that feel and look like a 6 pack is what you desire and lose that unwanted belly fat then the only way to do is high resistance work out.