Friday, January 22, 2010

Free Tips To Lose Stomach Fat

It seems that alot of things have changed over the last 20 years on health and exercise! Things we once thought were helping our bodies turn out to be more of a danger! There are so many things to focus on anymore. My goal here is to give free tips to lose stomach fat.
I do not claim to be a health expert. I have just done my own trial and error as far as finding real results to get the six pack abs I wanted. Some people are just going to be happy to lose the excess stomach fat. My goal here is to provide you with a little insight on the things you could be doing that contrary to popular belief or working against you! Losing stomach fat is more challenging for some than it is for others. Bottom line is no matter what avenue you take to lose the belly fat, make no mistake there is always going to be dedication and desire for any rememdy to work for you. There really is no magic potion. No matter what some health expert trying to sell you some speical pill might say.

First of all the majority of ab exercises people do, such as crunches, leg lifts, or straight situps can be counterproductive to your body type. If you you are like one of those who wants something to do all the work for you like the gadgets you see on t.v. none of them really work. They hire celebrities to promote their product. The fact is these celebrities have personal trainers who are experts in thier field who helped them get the chiseled abs they have. So do yourself a favor and don't waste your hard earned money on things that are worthless!
The best free tips to lose stomach fat I can give is proper diet and exercise. What that means is first of all any ab exercise should always be focused on the quality of the exercise and not so much how many you do. If you do a crunch it is wise to tighten your stomach muscles with every crunch, doubling the intensity of the exercise. If you are going to do leg lifts don't do them off of a bench where half your body is over the edge, that is more harmful on your back than anything. A good leg lift would be using some kind of pull-up bar and holding your knees tight to your body and lifting that way. It is alot better on your back and actually works your muscles alot harder. I have found from my research that the harder the stomach exercise the more I benefit. In other words I use to do 500 crunches a day. Sure it would show the muscles a little bit, but not the results I really wanted. I am a naturally lean person. I worked out for years and still did not get the washboard stomach I was looking for. What I have done now is change the amount to half and tighten my stomach with every crunch, that alone gave me extra nice results. I know most people like to stop once they feel the burn. That my friend is where you actually start working the muscles and need to continue the process as long as you can endure it. (NO pain no Gain.) That is a true philosphy. If you are exceedingly overweight, you will have to start out with a really low rep rate. But don't use that as an excuse to stop. You will find if you add just a few reps to your routine daily with I stress good quality reps... everyone of them, you will find it easier with time. This is where you push yourself more and more. If you don't feel the burn you are not working the lean muscles inside. Constant body movement is a must. In between reps you need to run in place or ride an indoor bike to keep the blood flowing through the muscles. If you take too long of breaks in between you are defeating the purpose.
Proper dieting is such a massive contradiction anymore. I can say this, everybodies body type is different, what works for one does not work for another. For sure you need quality protein in your diet. It has a higher thermic effect than carbs and fat therefore you burn more calories when digesting it and it is a good mechanism for maintaining and building lean muscle. When you eat carbs you need to be thinking fiber. Your carb intake should be from higher fiber sources like vegetables and fruits and unrefined grains. AVOID all refined sugars and grains this is a huge reason why people are overweight. It is okay to eat fat, many people try to stay away from fat but the truth is not enough fat can affect your hormone levels in your body giving you a desire for more food cravings. It is good to eat nuts,seed, avocados, orgainic meats and eggs. Make sure you stay away from artificial transfat items such as margerine, shortening, hydrogenated oils that are in most processed foods and deep fried foods.
The last thing is the exercises I am going to tell you about really aren't even your typical ab exercises but they work very effectively. Most of you are probably thinking thank goodness for that, cause none of us really like to do regular situps!These exercises will not just work your abs but your whole body to a leaner better you. Here are the 3 exercises I am going to talk about now.

1.Renegade Dumbbell Rows:
Start in a push-up position with both hands on a dumbbell.
You then row one dumbbell up while stabilizing your body with the other arm. Bring the dumbbell back to the ground and alternate the rowing arm while stabilizing with the opposite arm. This stabilizing effect during the rows creates incredible work for your entire midsection core area. Trust me... you'll feel it in the abs!

2. Front Squats:
These are done similar to back squats, however with the barbell in front of your body on the front of your shoulders instead of resting on the upper back as in back squats. You stabilize the barbell on your shoulders by crossing your arms and pushing your fists into the bar against your shoulders while keeping your elbows out in front of the body. Front squats require extreme stabilization strength from the abs due to the barbell weight being shifted to the front of the body instead of the back. Even though this is mostly a leg exercise, you'll feel this one in the abs big time!

3. Mountain Climbers:
You start these in a push-up position and then shuffling your feet in and out so that your knees are moving in under your chest and then back out to starting position. It sort of resembles climbing a mountain but flat on the floor. If you want an advanced version, you can also shuffle your hands 8-10 inches forward and backward in addition to the leg movements. This really makes it a full body exercise and MUCH more difficult than standard mountain climbers.
You should take about 30 seconds off in between each exercise and about 2 minutes between each tri set.

Well there you have it some free tips to lose stomach fat. There is alot more where that came from. I got all this great advice from the a program I bought online. It is hands down the best product I have purchased to tone my body and build muscle mass. Read my full review on his product down below and see for yourself if it is worth looking into.

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