Ab Exercise Tips

by Sean Cavanaugh

The risk of obesity is a problem that people throughout the world face. Fat unapologetically kills millions every year. You probably already know this. But, what you may not know is ab fat is possibly the most dangerous fat of all.

When most people think about fat around the abs they think of it as being unattractive. They think the ab fat is keeping people from seeing the sexy abdominal muscles underneath. Although this may be the case there is a much greater issue to be concerned about.

Apart from your ab muscles there are two fat types that make up the abdominal region. Although both are risky one is extremely dangerous to your health.

Subcutaneous fat is the layer of fat just underneath the skin. This subcutaneous fat accounts for about 80% of the fat in your body. This is the fat that is often measured by fitness trainers using body calipers to determine your body fat percentage. Although you may have strong ab muscles they are often never seen because of this layer of fat.

The organs of our bodies are protected by a layer of fat called visceral fat. When an excess of this fat surrounds the organs it becomes a serious health issue. This fat often shows itself in the belly of men, and the hips and butt of women. Although these areas have flabby subcutaneous fat the visceral fat usually has a hard feeling to it. As when you push a mans belly and it really doesn’t sink in.

When considering the dangers visceral fat is by far the worse of the two. So be concerned about just the outer layer of fat would be a mistake.

Visceral fat causes the body to release more inflammatory messengers. This is a major driving force behind inflammatory disease. These inflammatory messengers are used in your bodies immune defense system. However, when there are too many messengers the system turns on itself. It begins to attack healthy tissues. This can lead to many of the so called inflammatory diseases. These include Alzheimer’s, cancer, and may include asthma, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and more.

Now that you are armed with this information you should walk into the gym with purpose. Reducing ab fat could literally save your life. At the very least you will help avoid many of the diseases that plague the world. Oh, and of course you will create hot sexy six pack abs.

Now that you know how dangerous ab fat is to your body, what’s the solution? Most of the things you have tried or seen others try simply don’t work. The first thing you need to realize is there is no magic bullet. No simple trick that will transform your abs over night. However, if you learn some sound principles there is an effective way to get results.

Most people who set out to get healthy and develop tight toned abdominal muscles give up. They start out with good intentions, but find little success. They make up some plan of their own from what they have seen other people do. They fail to realize that most of what they see doesn’t work. They don’t follow nutritional and workout plans that are successful.

Most people don’t see results and decide to take the easy way out and quit. However, after reading this article you know you are not only giving up on looking your very best. You are giving up on a healthy lifestyle that can help keep you from experiencing the horrible inflammatory diseases.

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by Sean Cavanaugh 

What is the proper way to eat in order to promote a tight toned mid-section?  What are the diet tips for developing the abs you have always dreamed of?  Those can be really confusing questions for you to answer.  Whether you are reading magazines or books, watching television infomercials, or browsing your local nutrition store there seem to be a million different answers to those key questions.

Once you know how to train your abdominal muscles in the gym.  Once you know how to burn the fat off of your stomach by raising your metabolic rate.  You can really increase your success rate to six pack abs with the proper diet.

One of the key things to remember is that you don’t have to follow any of the so called fad diets.  One program tells you to go low carb, one tells you to go low fat, one says to go high in protein.  If you want to see your abs underneath that layer of fat surrounding your belly then don’t try to make it difficult.  Don’t sway with this and that fad diet that all your friends are trying out.  I like fitness expert Mike Geary’s advice.  Keep it simple with the key being on balance and eating foods that are high in nutrients that have not been damaged through food processing.

Eating a proper diet is not as easy as getting your daily allowance of fruits and vegetables.  The way our foods are grown, and made have made it difficult to eat right.  Foods have been chemically altered for taste, shelf life, and growth.  That has left us with potential adverse health effects which are still unfolding.  You are much better off sticking with unprocessed nutrient rich foods.

Here are four keys to a healthy abdominal diet.

* Consume quality protein in large amounts.  You will burn more calories by the simple act of consuming protein.  Foods rich in protein require more work to digest.  In addition the protein builds muscle which also need energy to maintain and grow.  As this energy is used calories are being burnt.  If you have ever heard that eating 6 small meals a day is good for you its true.  Your energy level is maintained throughout the day, you don’t crave junk food, and you burn more calories through the process of digestion.

* Take in food high in fiber.  Try and take in your carbs from high fiber sources.  Foods that are rich in fiber will satisfy your hunger.  Natural fiber from unrefined grains, fruits, and vegetables are a much better choice than fiber supplements.  It’s a good idea to stay away from foods such as sugars and fruit juice.  The fiber has been removed from them to make digestion easier.  A key cause of body fat struggles is refined grains and sugars.  Two to three grams of fiber per ten grams of carbs is a good rule of thumb when comparing food choices.

* Not all fat is bad.  Don’t be afraid to eat fat! When you eat too little fat your body is deprived of many of the vitamins and minerals it needs to thrive.  Healthy skin, nails, and hair are all a result of proper fat intake.  In addition good fat is used in cell construction, cell repair, and for storing energy.  Sources of good fats come from fish, egg yolks, nuts, seeds, nut butters, avocados, olives, olive oil, organic meats, virgin coconut oil, coconuts, durians, and unrefined oils.  Your local health food store will have many of these.

*  Trans fats and high fructose corn syrup should be avoided.  If you can stay away from sweets, margarines, and basically all processed foods you will avoid these.  That may seem hard to do but once you learn to consume unprocessed foods you will not only look and feel better, but you will most likely live longer.

Following these four steps will put you in control of your body.  Together with your work in the gym, your diet can lead you to the lean body you desire.  Not only will you be more sexy, but you will be healthy and most likely live longer.

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