Is There a Secret To Getting Six-pack Abs?

Everybody wants to have a trim, firm stomach. Yet very few people do. Why is that? Is it truly that hard? Is it in your genes? Or are there systems that a few individuals know and others don’t?

The truth is, it really is not all that difficult. There may be a little bit of a hereditary part, but the honest truth is that the genetic influence is minor. The real problem boils down to diet and exercise.

A trim, fit stomach needs healthy muscles. Nevertheless no matter how powerful and well developed muscles are if they are covered by a layer of flab you will not be well placed to see them. You can see the evidence of that on the defencive line of any NFL team. Those very skilled sportsmen are incredibly strong, including their abdominal muscles, but you can not see them because of flab they're packing.

So a health-supporting, prudent meal plan and some awareness of your percent body fat is important to let stomach muscle definition stand out.

Having said that, waist muscles are rather like any other muscle. They get stronger and bigger as you exercise them. They also develop increased tone. So in the same way biceps bulge in someone who’s been on an intense arm training session, abs bulge in someone who has exercised them correctly.

Exercising muscles correctly is the key. Here is where some knowledge and the correct equipment can give you a real advantage. It is definitely possible to spend literally hours performing exercises that yield no results while spending a small fraction of that time doing useful exercises would have given the results you’re looking for.

Even worse, some exercises can leave you open to the chance of injury while not being especially effective. An instance of this is the old duck walk exercise. It was meant to develop leg strength but basically was best at producing knee damage.

When not done right the normal setup could result in back and neck issues without actually strengthening the stomach muscles.

Most Effective Ab Exercise: Bicycle

1. Lie face up on a carpet or ideally a excersize mat and place your hands behind your head, lightly supporting it with your fingers.
2. Bring the knees in to the chest and lift the shoulder blades off the floor without pulling on the neck.
3. Rotate to the left, bringing the right elbow towards the left knee as you straighten the other leg.
4. Switch sides, bringing the left elbow towards the right knee.
5. Continue alternating sides in a 'pedaling' motion for 1-3 sets of 12-16 reps to start with. As this becomes easier add more reps and more sets as you go.

A good tip to remember is that the hardest ones to do i.e the later reps becoming less easy, are in fact the ones that are doing the most good. So keep pushing yourself to that point by adding to your reps. Don't take the easy option of simply doing the same reps and finding them easier to do each time. Push yourself.

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