Build Strength For Six Pack Abs – Without A Diet, You Can Do It
Written by Dan Solaris on April 14th, 2009They’re a favorite subject of mass media- fashion spreads and fitness magazines, infomercials, billboard advertisements, action flicks, even soap operas. I’m talking about people with gorgeous six pack abs and they’re the envy of millions everywhere.
Watching movies and TV, it’s easy to think that America is filled with physically fit men and women with lean, shredded abs. Sadly, like most things on the silver screen and on the boob tube, this is just fiction.
Recent data gathered by Center for Disease Control and Prevention brings disturbing news. As much as sixty-six percent of American adults are overweight and almost half of that number already obese. The hectic schedules and unhealthy lifestyles most people have been forced to adopt are mostly to blame. Working overtime in these lean financial times leaves not much room for regular exercise and healthy, well-balanced meals.
The market is chock-full of seemingly innocent munchies packed with flavor and loaded with calories. Ours has turned into a culture of fast-food and the surplus calories are showing-up on potbellies and lovehandles across the Western world.
You know what? We aren’t at all helpless. It may seem impossible but getting lean enough to get a well-defined six pack on our midsections is just a matter of finding the right workout that fits with a tight schedule.
Everyone knows that weight-training is the best way to form additional muscle and improve one’s physique. However, it’s a little-known fact that it plays a bigger role in eliminating belly fat to bring-out a well defined abdomen. Adding muscle tissue to one’s frame actually increases the body’s metabolic rate thereby increasing the amount of calories burned throughout the day.
Creating a calorie deficit will become that much easier by increasing our BMR through intense exercises. Cardio exercises are known to be the best method for burning calories from body fat, but experts have discovered that intense anaerobic exercise (resistance training with little rest) can be effective for burning loads of calories in less short time.
Another great thing about exercising to build strength is that if it’s done intense enough, the daily calorie deficit produced by boosting our metabolism and during the actual workout will enable us to keep eating modestly. Since eating has become part of our emotional as well as our physical needs, it’s ultimately easier (not to mention more enjoyable) to hit the gym and adopt a regular exercise regimen rather than restricting our diet.
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