It isn’t easy to get firm abs. To get them you need to put in a consistent, daily effort and always have your mind on your goal. Now that I’ve scared away everyone that was reading this, lets move on to the mechanics of how to get firm abs.
Lean muscle is hard and fat is soft, an obvious statement, but some people don’t realize that implies an attack on two opposing fronts. You must decide if you want to just eliminate the fat covering the muscle mass or if you actually need to build more muscle. To check which approach is best for you, squeeze a section of skin on your lower abs. If you’ve grabbed more than an inch of fat with it, you should aim for fat loss first.
If you’re the type to crash diet and avoid exercise like the plague, you’ve probably lost a lot of lean muscle when trying to shed pounds. A reduction of muscle can deal a serious blow to your fat burning capabilities by dropping your metabolism. In order to prevent this from taking place you need to avoid crash diets and use resistance training as an element of your training. Lean sources of protein in your diet are best for maintaining muscle mass while still allowing you to lose fat.
To get firm abs, expect to perspire. It doesn’t need to be hours of steady-state cardio, in fact that doesn’t work nearly as well as the alternative, which only requires twenty minutes of work every other day. That alternative is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Using this approach, you will burn far more calories per minute and for the following 48 hours.
No matter how effective your workouts are, if your diet is trash then you are wasting your time. There was a test a while back where one guy sprinted for all he was worth on a treadmill while another ate pizza. The results were that the guy eating took in about 3-4x the calories the other burned. He wasn’t a competitive eater, and the sprinter was gasping for breath.
Natural food works best with a focus on lean protein sources and fibrous vegetables (certain types will burn more calories in digestion than the item is calorically worth). Major dietary changes are hard to stick to, but if you start changing your eating habits little by little, you’ll begin seeing incredible results without as much mental strain.
Don’t forget that extended periods of limited calorie intake will cause a drop in leptin levels. This will reduce your metabolism. You can avoid this by having a high calorie day every week.
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