Clients ask me all of the time how to get rid of their gut or flatten up and get those 6 pack abs. However, about 90% of people are actually doing the wrong workouts and in doing so they will never achieve their goal. But what’s the correct way to do stomach exercises you may ask? I’ll talk about some stomach crunching myths and how to do the exercises the right way.
Myth #1. To burn fat and get a flat stomach you need to be do hundreds of crunches and a lot of sit ups. You’ll lose belly fat faster and deliver a good hard workout to your abs with total body exercises like stability ball roll outs and stability ball jackknives.
Myth #2. Special equipment and weights are required to get six-pack abs fast. Not true, in some cases those specialty ab exercise devices used by millions of people are hindering your progress. All you need is your own body. Your body is the greatest piece of exercise equipment ever created. One of its main features is that it can improve by itself if it gets the proper stimulus and fuel. There are exercises for every single abdominal muscle that can be done without any fancy equipment.
Myth# 3. To receive six pack abs you need to work your abs out every day. Nope! Abdominal muscles are like any other muscle, for the best results you should work them hard one day and follow it up with a day of rest. Including resistance training in your ab exercises like cable crunches or using a weight that you can do 10 – 15 reps per each set will give you all the workout you need.
Myth # 4. You can develop washboard abs if you try hard enough. Very few people are genetically programmed to carry very little fat around the abdominal area, no matter how much time someone spends doing sit ups. Exercise and eating a low fat diet will help to give you a flatter stomach but you might not ever be able to do your laundry on your abs. You should blame your parents.
