July2010 Summit Education Newsletter

By Steve Williams FL142 (Martial Arts & Fitness Guru)

WARNING: What you are about to read is what the people from the ab infomercials don't want you to read. What you are about to read is all 100% true! What you are about to read is the truth about ab workouts and how to get "the perfect abs you've always dreamed of." Enjoy...

I realized that on average, at least once a day I see one of those infomercials about ab workouts. You know them, the ones that have a bunch of guys/girls with pretty good bodies all standing around talking about ab workouts and how great this product is. Maybe they will use it to show how it works, maybe there will be a diagram drawn to show what part of the ab muscles it works, maybe there will be a big speech about why it is better than ANY of the other abdominal machines and abdominal exercises, and better than anything you can possibly do for your abs. Personally, I love the names. The "Ab Doer," the "Ab Dolly," the "Ab Swing," etc., but my question is, why don't they just name it the "Ab machine that will totally waste all of your money and do absolutely nothing for you, except help us people in this stupid, bad acted, infomercial make money."

The truth is, no matter what Chuck Norris or whatever other idiot in the commercial says, it is all a big lie. The truth is, EVERY one of the ab machines you see in EVERY one of these infomercials is 100% useless. The truth is, the ab dolly, the ab doer, the ab slide, the ab lounge, etc. are all a big useless waste of money, and one big lie! The truth is everyone in these infomercials with the perfect 6 packs and flat stomachs all got that way WITHOUT using the dumb abdominal product they are advertising. There is only 1, I repeat, there is only ONE way to get a stomach like that and it has nothing to do with any kind of "magic" ab workouts or abdominal exercises. It's the huge secret that everyone in those commercials don't want you to know because if everyone knew this secret, these infomercial idiots would all have no jobs. So... the BIG secret is...

You have to have a low body fat. It's as simple as that.

You don't have to spend $19.95 to swing in the "Ab Chair" for 8 minutes a day, you don't spend $29.95 to ride the "Ab Dolly" for 3 minutes a day. All you have to do is have a low body fat; not do some kind of magic ab workouts. The brutal truth is we all have perfect abs. The 2000 pound guy who has to be lifted out of his house by a truck because he's so fat, has perfect abs. I have perfect abs, you have perfect abs.

EVERYONE has perfect abs. The problem is most people just can't see them. Why? Because their body fat is too high. Eat a perfect diet, and do cardio, and your body fat will get lower, and your abs will be able to be seen. Sure, doing abdominal exercises and working out your abs is good, this helps strengthen and build your ab muscles, but that won't do much for you if you can't see them because there is a layer of fat covering them!

Everyone in these ab infomercials swear that the ab workouts they are advertising are "the best!" They swear that their stupid useless abdominal product is the best, fastest, and most effective way to get the "perfect abs you've always dreamed of." The truth is, you can get those perfect abs by doing 15 minutes of plain old crunches 2 days a week. My ab workouts consist of a few different types of basic abdominal exercises like crunches (weighted) and leg raises, weighted twists and sidebends. The workout usually lasts about 15-20 minutes. It's the diet and the cardio that give you the low body fat that allows your abs to be visible. Not the Ab doer dolly lounge swing fling thing useless piece of crap blah blah blah! You get my point.

So, the next time you see one of these infomercials, be happy. Feel good about yourself. Why? Because you know the truth. You know the big secret, you know that somewhere out there is someone who is ordering this stupid product right now... and you're not! Be happy that you know what you really have to do to get the perfect abs you've always dreamed of... and lucky you... you even got to save your $19.95!

A lot of guys and girls are looking for a solid abs work out program that can take them by the hand and help them get six pack abs quickly and naturally. While everyone wants a tight midsection, hardly anybody is willing to put in the time required to get tight abs. If you really want to figure out how to get tighter abs, and you get the fact that you're going to have to put in some work for it, then I've got a effective ab work out for you!

Before I jump into the six pack workout, I want to let you know that getting six pack abs is going to take a lot more than simply laying down and grinding through a few hundred Swiss ball crunches. In most cases, you will find in the gyms at least 8 people at a time working very hard on building their abdominals, but only a handful of them actually uncover an impressive six pack. Over the course of a year, I can easily estimate that a few thousand fitness minded people spend hours each week hammering their abs without anything but sore abdominal muscles to show for it!

Why is that? I think that most people don't even realize that in order to expose their abdominal muscles and get washboard abs, they need to focus on losing body fat with free weight workouts and smart nutritional choices, not by training their abdominals. It really doesn't matter how effective your ab work out is, you won't be able to see any of your abdominals until you lower your body fat to a reasonable level.

So instead of performing non stop abdominal workouts, learn how to strip away body fat first and then focus on training your abdominals. Not only will you get a tight mid section faster with this approach, you won't get frustrated when you put in all of the hard work training your abs only to discover that you can't even see them!

A Effective Six Pack Workout
This six pack workout focuses on all of your abdominal muscles in an efficient order. Typically you want to focus on performing the leg lift movements first, and then your obliques, and then your more traditional ab exercises like crunches and decline sit ups.

Training your abs in this order trains each of them in an order that makes the most sense.

Just think about it, the hip flexion movements require alot more work to finish than either the twisting oblique movements or the upper abs exercises like crunches. What you find if you piece together your ab tightening workout in this way is that you'll be able to effectively train all of your abdominal muscles without prematurely fatiguing any of them.

Abs Exercise #1 - Leg Lift Movement
Hanging Knee Raises - Perform 2 sets of 6 - 8 repetitions with a 1 - 1.5 minute rest in between sets.

Abdominal Exercise #2 - Twisting Movements
Medicine Ball Twists - Again Perform 2 sets of 6 - 8 repetitions with a 1 - 1.5 minute rest in between sets.

Abdominal Exercise #3 - Upper Abs Movement
Weighted Crunches - This time perform 2 sets of 6 - 8 repetitions with a 1 - 1.5 minute rest in between sets.

Abs Exercise #4 - Transverse Abdominous Movement
Ab Vacuums - Perform 2 sets of stomach vacuum contractions holding each one for 8 seconds. In between sets rest for 1 - 1.5 minutes.

Do this simple abdominal workout 1 - 2 times each week with a full days rest between ab workouts. This is a very effective abdominal workout that trains each of the muscles in your abs quickly and efficiently allowing you to build tighter abs. Don't forget that you should focus your efforts on melting away body fat at the same time you train your abs, this is the best way to get killer six pack abdominals!

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