Archive for November, 2009
Showing Off Your Abs
Having great abs is a good feeling, and it’s a sure fire ‘trump card’ that will help you attract the opposite sex or impress mates and rivals. The problem however, is that they’re hidden beneath shirts, t-shirts and jumpers 24 hours a day. By the time anyone sees them, usually the hard work is done [...]
Secondary Abs Training
Ab training is involved in every movement you perform. When you’re running it uses your abs, when you’re walking it uses your abs, when you’re playing gold it uses your abs, when you’re doing a bench press it uses your abs and when you throw a punch it engages your abs. This is why good [...]
Running Tips and Variations Part Two
A good running playlist or soundtrack can also greatly improve the value of your runs. These should include tracks with inspiring lyrics (such as Survivors Eye of the Tiger or Kanye West’s Stronger) as well as a steady beat that you can use to time your running. Studies have shown however that the most effective [...]
Running Tips and Variations Part One
Running is one of the surest ways to burn fat and so expose a ripped six pack, so to improve your running technique and get the most out of your exercise is one of the best ways to improve your progress in getting good abs. See how that works?
Running may seem like a fairly simple [...]
Quick Diet Fixes
Taking on a whole new diet can be hard work, but in many cases it’s not really necessary. To lose weight doesn’t necessarily need to involve vastly editing what you eat or cutting out whole food groups – in fact either of these things can actually cause damage to your health and do more harm [...]
How to Perform Leg Raises Part Two
This above exercise is a good one as it’s easy enough for beginners, but guaranteed to leave even the most hardened bodybuilder with a burning mid section. Still, if it doesn’t provide enough of a challenge there are many ways to make the exercise more difficult.
One such method is to use an incline bench. These [...]
How to Perform Leg Raises Part One
Sit ups and crunches are all very well, but they quickly become boring and this is actually often a large part of what makes people unsuccessful in training up their stomachs – they simply become bored and stop doing it. A workout that feels challenging and is a bit different can be what’s in order [...]
How to do a Sit Up
The sit up is the most basic of all the exercises focussing on training the abs and could be considered the quintessential exercise for the abs. Unlike the crunch it involves the entirety of the six pack (the crunch only really works the top two) which makes it slightly more difficult, but far more effective [...]
How to do a Crunch
The crunch is a great beginner’s workout for the abs that also has value for those who are experienced in working out and training their stomach. Due to its relative speed, and it’s focus more on the lower abs, it can be a great way to give the abs a very target workout in a [...]
How Many Times a Week Should You Train Part Two
In some cases bodybuilders will opt to train two body parts in one session, or when training for a competition might give themselves two workouts in a single day. The idea though is simply to give the muscle as much of an intense workout as possible, and then to give it the large amount of [...]