Your quest for perfect six pack abs is not just about how you look. Reducing stomach fat and having a strong body core is also a key to good overall health. Did you know that people who carry that spare tire around the waist are often at increased risk of heart disease than people who carry excess weight below the waist?
Determining your waist to hip ratio can help you determine your risk of heart disease and other illnesses and conditions related to obesity. Knowing where you stand give you a good idea of what to target to get washboard abs fast!
To calculate your waist to hip ratio, exhale and then measure your waist Read more…
There are many myths about stomach exercises. Here are some common ones:
Get Washboard Abs Myth I – Losing Fat Just Around the Stomach
It is not possible to target reducing the fat just around a particular part of your body by training that part alone. It just doesn’t work that way.
If you would like to lose the stomach fat, the spare tire, or the love handles you will need to burn off the fat all over your body. The fat burns off relatively evenly all over. Sadly, this means that biggest problem area is probably the last part to finally get all the fat off.
You will need to practice some cardio exercises… this is probably the most important thing you Read more…
What does it take to get washboard abs?
There is a lot of talk and information out there. And a lot of gadgets and devices with wild claims. But do they work? Will you lose those love handles? work off the beer gut? flatten that tummy?
How many late night infomercials have you seen promising a toned core and six pack abs just by sitting in a funny looking chair and bending a bunch? or kneeling into a device on the floor and swiveling side to side for a few minutes?
My favorite was the the plastic device with exercise bands which looked like a crossbow. The exercise was to pull that thing in towards your stomach as hard as you could for as long as Read more…
