How to get rock hard abs

Want to get rock hard abs? Perhaps you’ve put on a few unwanted pound in the past 10, 15, 20 years. Perhaps you’re a new mother looking for ways to get those abs you used to have. Perhaps you’ve just plaid one too many video games or eaten one too many bags of potato chips. Well, whatever the case you will want to know some things that may surprise you about getting your rock hard abs.

Sit ups, leg lifts, crunches and a number of other exercises will give you rock hard abs. The problem is that you still won’t see them if they are obscured by a layer of fat. Exercises that build stomach muscles actually do little to burn fat. This is because you cannot spot reduce fat on your belly just as much as you can’t spot reduce fat on your chin.

To begin to see those rock hard abs men need to be below 10% body fat and women need to be below 16%. This is the only way you will see those rock hard abs.

So, how do we go about revealing those rock hard abs?

Let’s start with cardio because this is the obvious place to start. Everyone spends hours and hours on the treadmill at the gym or running when miles the weather is nice. So did I. It’s obvious, the more time you spend the more calories you burn. But, after a while it gets boring and tedious and you stop doing it and fall back into your old habits. I recently learned that by changing up your cardio routine and adding short sprints you will actually be increasing your metabolism and, consequently, burning more calories. So, when you get bored with your routine, add some sprints.

Did you know that the more muscle you carry the more calories you will burn? It’s true. So hit the weights! But, before you do, let me give you some secrets. Exercises that require you to move weight a farther distance are better for you to increase your metabolism and burn more calories. So, a clean and jerk where you lift a weight off the floor and over your head is better for you than curling. The best exercises to increase metabolism are compound exercises that work more than one muscle group at the same time such as: bench press, dips, military press, squats, dead lifts & lunges.

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