Are You Still Looking For Those 6 Pack Abs?
You may be getting discouraged, and it’s hardly surprising, because you have worked on those six pack abs regularly, and they are still not showing. What more do I need to do besides crunches to get them defined enough to show as a great set of six pack abs?
To start with, you are not the only one in this state, there are a lot of people in this position, so don’t give up yet, and with a few adjustments, your abdominals and six pack will be showing very soon. Even with the best of intentions, which can be seen by the number of crunches we do daily, not every one can get their abdominals to show. You are sure that your abdominal muscles are way stronger, but they still don’t show, so what exactly is going on? Well, what you need to do first is to make absolutely sure that it is your abdominal muscles that you are targeting in your crunches, an also check that you are not rushing through them. For many workout enthusiasts, it is how many they can do in a fixed time that is important, but that lowers the level of the exercise. To benefit more, you need to hold each contraction of the abs for a few seconds, and if you are rushing to beat the latest record of number of the crunches in two minutes, then you cannot do this, and the exercises will not be as successful for you. So slow down, and improve the quality of your crunches, and any other exercises you do that target the abs muscles.
Next on your agenda is to discover what your body fat ratio is - if you are a gym member, you can get weighed there and the scales will be able to tell you your body fat ratio if your bathroom scales don’t tell you. This number should be around 12, but if yours is a lot higher than this, then that explains why your six pack abs are not showing. The body fat ratio is a guide to tell you how much body fat you have, and the bigger the number, the more layers of fat your body has. The more fat you have, the more layers of fat are covering your abdominal muscles, so if you have been doing your exercises the right way, your abs will be well defined but just hidden by too much fat.
Now then, if too much is the cause of your abs to not be defined as great six pack abs what can you do? You can see that you need to lose some of those layers of fat, and abs exercises alone will not achieve this for you. You must do some cardio workouts, to lose some fat. Don’t panic this doesn’t automatically mean that you have to work even longer in the gym each day. You will probably reduce the time you spend on your abs exercises, and more time doing cardio. If you can eat a little less, you will be well on your way to losing some fat. Make sure your diet is healthy for you, and not over doing the drinks. The occasional drink is fine, but drinking alcohol on a regular basis is just giving your body with too many unneccessary calories.
So, to summarize, do your exercises properly, lose some body fat and your six pack abdominals will be defined and showing like those on others you’ve been jealously watching.