Answer = No AB Exercise!
No amount of crunches will help you get a flat stomach if you don’t eat the right foods.
What about other exercises?
Long boring cardio workouts often result in little progress and disappointment. You can’t out train a bad diet!
Using free weights instead of gym machines requires more effort and a greater recruitment of muscles particularly from the core.
Using free weights also has a higher calorie demand and gives you alternatives for the same movement patterns.
Aiming to achieve personal records in number of reps or weight lifted at any cost is the fastest way to become injured. Enthusiasm can often get in the way of the basic rules. To help stay injury free and keep progression rolling it is essential to practice proper exercise technique in every workout.
For best results spend time perfecting each exercise and find an expert to learn from.
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An exercise programme is only as good as the time it takes you to adapt to it. As a general rule it is best to change your programme every two to three weeks.
A beginner can make progress for much longer on the same programme.
If your goal is weight loss, pounds lost on the scale can be misleading. For example, if you follow an extremely low-calorie diet you will lose glycogen and water giving the impression of fast progress. If you continue following this protocol you risk damage to your health and will probably never get the long-term results you want.
Obstacles are just things you see when you lose sight of your goals.
There’s just over a week left to go to get the hardest month out-of-the-way if you have started your New Years resolutions. Don’t give up now – it will seem a lot easier the longer you stick to your plan!
If you haven’t yet started your healthy eating and exercise regime it’s not too late to make an impact and achieve what you would like in the forthcoming months.
A tough exercise for the abs
Put a medicine ball at your feet. Push your hips back without rounding your lower back. Place your hands on the med ball and slowly start walking your hands on top of the med ball driving it away from you. Walk your hands as far as you can without letting your hips sink, and then walk your hands backwards as you roll the ball back towards your feet.
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