Tips and tricks on getting ripped
Plan of Attack
-Nutrition
-Exercises
-Cardio
-Determination
Everybody wants a six pack. That is the ultimate fitness goal. To get there it requires determination and discipline. There are a few tricks that help get you there faster but lets start with the basics.
Nutrition
This is another thing that we tend to neglect. What we think sometimes is “I worked out today so I can afford to eat that piece of pie”. Wrong!!! If you eat it, all the effort you put into that day is wasted and you put yourself that much further from achieving your six pack. If you don’t eat right, you will be getting stronger but you won’t look stronger. In other words, if you don’t eat right…why bother.
Exercises
When you want to get huge arms or a strong chest you develop a program that will help you achieve that goal by doing a intense workout focusing on that particular muscle group that you are trying to improve. We have the tendancy to do this with all muscle groups except the abs. If you are really wanting to show off that six pack you have to come up with a routine that focuses on your abs. So set up a good routine that will target your upper, mid, and lower abdominals and your obliques. Here is an example starting set:
(Sets) x (Repetitions)
Pike up 2×15
Hip Raise(pulse ups) 2×15
Fifer Scissors 2×15
Side Plank Crunch 2×15
Mason Twists 2×30
Perform exercises circuit style, resting 90 seconds after final listed exercise. No rest between exercises.
This is what your set should look like. Depending on your fitness level you might do more exercises or more sets than this, but this is a good place to start.
Cardio
First the thing that most of us hate and hope that we can ignore but still get a six pack is cardio. Cardio cardio cardio. This is the one thing that is probably even more crucial than doing crunches. Without cardio you will most likely never see your six pack, that is how important cardio is to getting your six pack.
Now some tricks with cardio. Instead of doing a cardio workout and then doing an ab workout, do it backwards. Do the abs workout first and then do a cardio workout. A 2006 study published in the American Journal of Physiology found that people mobilized more subcutaneous fat from their thighs after a high-rep set of leg extensions. That same concept but instead of your legs, your abs because that is the fat that you want to burn.
Determination
All of this comes down to how determined you are. You have to ask your self one question…How much do you want it? If your answer is not that bad then you can sit on the couch with a bag a chips feeling all gross and nasty inside. However, if your answer is really really bad then the next step is just putting it into action. So which person are you?