Strength Training For A Strong Feminine Body

Strength Training For A Strong Feminine Body

Weight Training For Fabulous Six Pack Abs

Could you ever imagine owning six pack abs that's the envy of every man and woman? Yes, it's possible for the average woman to develop these fabulous muscles that seem to be elusive even to the male species.

Now, you don't have to be a professional body builder who eats, train and lives for bodybuilding. Just tweak your diet a little, get your tush off that treadmill and head over to the weight section. You may be wondering why you need weights to do ab training.

You see, the ab is just like any muscle group in your body. It responds to resistant training just like your arms or shoulders. It also needs rest just like the rest of your body. So if you have been hearing that you need to do 50 over sit ups or crunches every day to lose fat and flatten those abs, please do yourself a favor and erase it from your brain. That's just crap.

First of all, you can't spot reduce fat burning by doing countless ab exercises. The body decides where it wants to lose the weight when it starts burning fat. Genetics play a big part of this process, so thank your parents. You just need to do that cardio 4-5 days a week and eat sensibly 5- 6 times a day as long as you eat a little less (maybe 100-200 calories below maintenance weight).

While crunches, reverse crunches and hip thrusts have their place in ab training, the true secret in developing the muscles are by actually loading them with resistance to force growth. One of the best exercise for the lower ab is actually the hanging leg or knee raises. Don't worry if you can't lift high at first as you are using your lower body weight to stress the muscles. Do as high as you possibly can and in 3-4 weeks, you'll be at it like a pro.

You may also want to start using the ab machines that allow you to add weight plates for resistance. With these machines, you should load the weights that allow you to complete 12-15 reps with some difficulty. If you breeze through 20 reps, it's too light. As you get stronger, add on another 3-5 lbs. Your muscles with grow with such speed, you'll be wondering why you haven't done this years ago. Don't forget to work your side muscles as well by positioning your body sideways when you crunch with the machines. These are the muscles that stabilize your body and protect your lower back.

There you go; the recipe for fabulous six packs. It's within your reach but if you are overwhelmed and need guidance, I would recommend that you check out this site by a wonderful trainer named Mike Geary who gives it straight to you without fluff and teaches you the correct way to do the exercises. He's pretty creative in his approach and makes you challenge yourself consistently. If his approach doesn't give you the results you desire, I doubt anything else will!

www.LoseAbFast.com

Train hard but have fun too. Life is about balance..

Till the next time,

Nina Redza
www.ninaredza.com

Why Are Women Afraid of These Metal Things Called Dumbells?

I've noticed a pattern in all gyms across America, Finland, London and Malaysia. Just drop by any cardio station and you'll see almost an equal number of men and women stomping mindlessly to the rhythm of the treadmill or the swirling of the stationary bike. And I mean mindless because half of them seem to be trapped in the "I have to do 40 minutes of continuous aerobic exercise or I'll be on a guilt trip for the rest of the week an end up binging to make myself feel better".

Then drop by the free weight area. You'll be lucky to find a woman who's pumping iron confidently in the middle of the room, oblivious to th grunts and clanging of 200 lb dumbells being thrown around in a fit of testosterone rage.

Oh, ok, so it's me. But seriously, where are all the women, and why are they not taking advantage of the one thing that will GIVE them what they are striving to achieve? A better & toned body?

I'm baffled. Really.

Oops, gotta go hit the weights.. Be back for more later..

Nina

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