Abdominal Six Pack Development

Feb 15 2010

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Abdominal six pack programs have been available for a long time but it is still not being done correctly. The main issues will be repeated here.

In the first instance it is worth mentioning that attempting to spot reduce around he abdominal area will not work. Many people start looking for ways to lose their belly fat and begin by exercising their abdominal six pack muscles without exercising any other muscles in the hope that they will miraculously appear. They don’t think about their legs, or arms, or back and just hit the abdominals hard.

This has little benefit because of the small relative muscle size which does not use many calories and will therefore provide very limited advantage in losing fat.

In order to show off the abs the fat needs to be eliminated, and there are better ways of doing this than exercising the abs themselves. Of course the abdominals will benefit from some exercise but a high concentration on this muscle group is not necessary for good progress. It is better to concentrate on increasing the load on the abdominal six pack muscles and to keep the number of repetitions relatively short, at under 25.

As the abs are able to handle increased load they will start to develop and will show up once the fat covering is eliminated. Many other core strength exercises also exercise the abs indirectly and so direct exercise of the abs is only required to be modest.

Exercises that involve the legs with weight on the upper body will exercise the ab muscles very effectively. Routines that involve deadlifts and squats will be great for this as will standing and seated presses, pulldowns, dumbbell pullovers, stiff-arm pushdowns, cross-bench dumbbell pullovers, and tricep pushdowns all engage the abdominal six pack muscles in a very effective way.

Belly fat in particular needs to be eradicated if the abdominal six pack is to be seen. Consideration needs to be given to a balanced exercise and nutrition regime geared towards eliminating the fat layer, and not just concentrating on the abdominals.

The training program needs to be balanced and regular so that all body parts are exercised, with aspects of both weight training and cardio, combined with a good diet and results will start to show.

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