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The Best Abdominal Exercise
By admin | May 3, 2008
What is the exercise that will get you a six pack the fastest?
The best abdominal exercise might not be an abdominal exercise at all. Sound confusing? Actually, it’s really incredibly simple.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably tried a whole slew of abdominal exercises, from crunches to kings chairs to leg lifts to Ab Rolllers, but still you don’t have six pack abs… or so it seems.
In reality, you might well already have a decent six pack, it’s just buried under that layer of fat on your stomach, hiding there, waiting to be revealed.
How then do you reveal those sexy, ripped abs for all the world to see and admire? The short answer is diet and aerobic exercise.
But odds are you have already tried these too, with mixed results. You might have lost an inch or two off your waist, but still you have that last layer of fat that you just can’t burn off.
How to burn off that last layer of fat
There is a way to burn through that fat. And fortunately, it doesn’t involve running longer or walking further. Instead, you have to exercise more intelligently.
Intelligent aerobic exercise means varying the intensity of your workout, much like sprinters run wind sprints, going all out, then recuperating during periods of slower jogging, before sprinting for another minute or two.
This cycle of aerobic exercise, punctuated by intense bursts that get your heart pumping at near the top of your target heart rate range.
You can apply this method to most types of aerobic exercise, from running to elliptical trainers to walking.
First, always consult your doctor before starting a new exercise routine, especially one with intense exercise. Then, once you have chosen the form of aerobic exercise that works best for you, follow a regimen that goes something like this:
STEP 1: Warm up for 5-10 minutes
STEP 2: Then work out at 90% of your maximum heart rate for 1 minute
STEP 3: Follow that up with 2 minutes at about 60% of your max heart rate
STEP 4: Repeat this interval (steps 2 and 3) from 2 to 4 more times.
STEP 5: Cool down for 5-10 minutes
This form of interval training can really rev up your metabolism and get you over the hump, especially if you have hit a wall with your fat burning.
Start by doing this routine every other day, doing 3 sets of intervals (this means you repeat steps 2 and 3 - 3 times).
Work your way up to doing 5 to 6 intervals, 5 days a week.
This internal training is really the best abdominal exercise you can do. Follow it for three months, and you should well see some pretty impressive results.
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