2006-06-11 19:35:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Assists in strengthening the abs however there are 4 muscles in the abs, to get a 6 pack u need to ensure all 4 are switched on and utilised.
If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. Stop making some major mistakes wake up earlier and get active earlier your metabolism is sluggish and needs to be woken up this is half your problem.
Here are the golden rules:
Initially cut down to 1200 calories.
Exercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved.
Don't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise.
Drink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day.
Limit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day.
Never eat dinner after 6pm.
Adopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!
Make low fat dairy choices
Follow this menu plan as a suggestion:
Breakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon
20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR
fruit salad w low GI soy yogurt
Snack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)
Lunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)
Snack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt
Dinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato
Snack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)
Exercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between.
Cardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes.
To maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again.
Good luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
2006-06-12 01:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by debrock16 5 · 5⤊ 10⤋
Well, I actually did nothing from what debrock16 said up there And I have a full built six pack. The only thing I did from what you said was drink plenty of water..
Anyway. I'd rather say my own opinion on this. NEVER cut down this fast to this amount of calories, you'll end starving and you'll eat like a maniac and double the amount of calories you eat daily if you took that risk!
ALWAYS eat what's healthy and skip the unhealthy food, loads of healthy stuff increase your metabolism! and 2 fruits a day is a really low amount btw! Eat fruits, eat veggies, eat proteins and just stay healthy and you'll see perfect results!
there's nothing called never eat dinner after 6 pm, It's all based on how many calories you eat per day. If it fits your calorie intake then it's no biggie! and something else, if your last meal is 6pm you'll be starving while you're sleeping.
Exercise is the main think of course, I'd recommend resistance training if you want some good looking abs. these babies shed the fat outa your skin.
Best of luck! Stay active!
2015-10-13 22:40:59 · answer #2 · answered by Devil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Do Sit Ups Do
2016-10-01 11:13:06 · answer #3 · answered by baldridge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I say sit ups are the one of the waste work out we can see in the gym, will you agree with me. The sole reason is that most people does not know how to do it, so they will be simply working the hip muscle rather than the target muscle rectus abdominus.
Most of the gym goers think that sit up and ab curls will be the anwer for the flat tummy or the 6 packs. That is entirely wrong. On the other hand regular doing of sit ups will ruin your back.
You can write me if you do like to know more.
Have a nice day.
2006-06-11 20:29:45 · answer #4 · answered by VINU 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Works out and strengthens the abdominal muslces in the thorax. Also works on breath control and the diaphragm. Moves the spine which lubricates and feeds the intervertebral disks.
Discourages fat deposits in the tummy area as fat doesn't expand around working muscles.
2006-06-11 19:43:45 · answer #5 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yr abb muscle strengthen and this in turn helps yr back
2006-06-11 19:58:43 · answer #6 · answered by trusty crusty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋