Sunday, February 1, 2009

Ab Machines Do Not Work For Your Abs Functionally

By Jose Loni

Ab machines are not effective. Ab machines do not work for your abs functionally. They can cause muscle imbalances by not targeting the proper muscles and may cause potential injury. To get ripped abs, we must consider our nutrition and increasing the metabolic activity in our body.

Some ab machines on the market support the neck and back, not allowing them to train, while doing the exercise. This can cause imbalances as the neck and back will not get stronger, while the abs are getting stronger.

Interval training exercises have a way of affecting the bodys metabolism. The exercises anaerobic method allows the body to increase its metabolism by making the body adapt to the increased demands of the training. The increased activity causes the muscles to burn more fat. The body then utilizes the excess body fat to fuel its activity. In addition, fat burning continues well after the exercise session to provide more fuel to the muscles.

The nutritional components of what we eat is key to achieving ripped abs. Rather than eating 3 large meals per day, increase the number of meals to 5-6 and eat smaller meals. This way you can keep a constant energy level throughout the day and keep the blood sugar levels steady.

Eating 5-6 meals a day and by decreasing meal portions, we are better able to control the calories we consume and maintain our energy and blood sugar levels. In doing so, we are better able to utilize and consume the calories we eat and burn off the excess fat.

Increasing our metabolism through exercise will help our body burn the excess fat and expose the underlying six pack abs. Resistance training and interval training will help our body to increase its metabolic processes, which will burn the excess fat.

The increased muscle mass that results from resistance and interval training will kick start our body to become efficient at fat burning and utilize any excess body fat that we have to fuel our activities.

Ab machines are not the answer to getting ripped abs. Achieving ripped abs means increasing overall metabolism through exercise, watching our diet and decreasing stress in our lives. - 15438

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