Are Your 6 Pack Abs Still Not Showing?
November 21st, 2009
You may be getting discouraged, and it’s not surprising, because you have exercised those six pack abs regularly, and they are still not defined. How many more crunches do i have to do to get them developed enough to show as a great set of six pack abs?
Firstly, you are not the only one in this state, there are a lot of people in this position, so take heart, and with a few adjustments, your abdominals and six pack will be defined very soon. Despite our best intentions, which can be seen by the number of crunches we perform every day, some people just cannot get their perfect abs to show. You know that your abdominal muscles are much stronger, nevertheless they still don’t show, so what exactly is going on? Well, what you need to do first is to make absolutely sure that it is your abdominal muscles that you are targeting in your crunches, an also check that you are not rushing them. For many exercisers, it is how many they can do in a fixed time that is important, but that lowers the standard of the exercise. To be more beneficial, each muscle contraction should be held for a few seconds, and if you are trying to beat the latest record of number of the crunches in two minutes, then you are not able to do this, and the crunches will not be as beneficial for you. So slow down, and improve the quality of your crunches, and any other exercises you do that target the abdominal muscles.
The next thing you need to do is to discover what your body fat ratio is - you will be able to do this on the weighing machines at the gym if your bathroom scales don’t tell you. Your body fat ratio should be around 12, but if your ratio is much higher than this, then that confirms why your 6 pack abs are not showing. The body fat ratio is an indicator to inform you how much body fat you have, and the bigger the number, the more layers of fat your body has. The more fat you have, the more layers of fat are covering your abdominal muscles, so if you have been doing your exercises the right way, your abs will be well developed but just covered by too much fat.
Okay, if too much is the cause of your abs to not show as great six pack abdominals what are your options? You obviously need to lose some of those fat layers, and abdominal exercises alone will not achieve this for you. You must do some cardio exercises, to lose some fat. Don’t panic this doesn’t automatically mean that you have to workout even longer in the gym daily. You can probably reduce the time you spend on your abs crunches, with more time doing cardio. Combine this with eating a little less, you will be able to to losing some body fat. Make sure your diet is healthy for you, and not over doing the alcohol. Occasional drinks are fine, but drinking alcohol on a regular basis is just providing your body with too many calories from an unnecessary source.
So, to conclude, do your exercises properly, lose some body fat and your six pack abs will be defined and showing like those on others you’ve been jealously watching.
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