Things You'll Need:
- Elastic Resistance Bands are very effective toning large variety of muscles at once.
- Free weights are essential for developing lean body mass, muscle.
- Cardio via walking, running, biking, jumping rope at the gym or anywhere you want!
- Keep track of your daily diet. Know how many calories you eat and what kinds of calories you need to fuel your body.
- Low-Glycemic Protein powder is a great way to add protein to your diet via smoothies,add to cereal etc.
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Step 1
Resistance training or weight training, is the key to building lean body mass. If you want get rid of the ab flab, and reveal the muscles buried beneath, you need to incorporate resistance training into your exercise regimen. Muscle burns fat, each extra pound of muscle you put on burns an extra 50 calories per day! Replace five lbs. of fat with 5 lbs. of muscle and you could burn an extra 250 calories everyday just standing there!
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Step 2
In addition to resistance training, you must also add a moderate amount of cardio to your weekly workout. Consider alternating one day of resistance training and one day of cardio. Remember, resistance training builds muscle, and continues to burn calories for up to 5 hours after your workout. In numerous studies, resistance training tops cardio for overall fat loss, which is your key to obtaining six-pack abs.
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Step 3
Nutrition is another huge factor in your fight for fabulous abs. In order to build muscle you must include adequate protein in your diet. Usually the average of 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight is the standard. After resistance training, it is important to consume protein within 45 minutes. This will ensure that your body burns fat for fuel, and not muscle. There are many myths about how to build great abs out there, but the real truth is; resistance training to build muscle, which burns fat, moderate cardio and adequate nutrition.
