How To Get A Six-Pack - The Wrong Way!

If you could sculpt just one body part to perfection for next summer, what would it be? Let me guess - six pack abs! I honestly don't know anybody who does not want to reduce their waistline, lose body fat, eliminate low back pain and develop a jaw dropping set of rock-hard six-pack abs. Too bad that your brain has been poisoned with contaminated information.

Before you can start learning how to get six-pack abs and discover the truth about what is truly needed to build a beach-worthy abdominal section, you must first reveal the lies, myths and rumors. Before discussing about how to get six-pack abs the right way, we first need to re-program your hard drive and empty every last scrap of trash and garbage that you've been fed.

Because of all this hyped up and misleading information - even among so-called 'fitness gurus' - you should be quizzical about recognizing all abdominal training equipment and programs. Let's first eliminate the top four ways on how not to get a six-pack:

Learning how to get a six-pack does not require expensive training equipment promoted through those obnoxious infomercials. You can't turn on the TV anymore without seeing at least two new abdominal exercise machines being promoted at once. There are so many of them, that if you get swindled into these 'ab workout' schemes, you will end up broke quicker than  it takes Ben Johnson to sprint the 100 m dash! And just get this: Of the $520 million dollars a year spent on exercise equipment, abdominal machines get a $208 million dollar piece of the pie!

Learning how to get a six-pack does not require thousands or even hundreds of crunches a day. So much for the Brittany Spears ab workout! Crunches are okay but are totally overused and associated more with being better. Crunches are a very general exercise and of course, general exercises give general results. Excessive floor crunches only succeed in shortening the abdominal wall, pulling your head forward and emphasizing poor posture. They also involve a very low level of stimulation which neglects adequate muscle fiber construction.

Learning how to get a six-pack does not involve starvation diets. Starvation diets starve the muscle when instead, you should really be feeding the muscle. Guess what happens when you deprive your body? Your metabolism shuts down out of survival causing your body to store fat. Your body must then get energy from somewhere, and guess what ends up being sacrificed? That's right, your precious muscle which is actually responsible for a maintaining a high metabolism. Starve your muscle - great logic!

Learning how to get a six-pack does not require fat burning pills. What did that last weight loss pill you bought do for you? The same thing the next one will do - nothing! Nothing, except give you a thinner wallet and not a slimmer waist line. The entire concept of taking pills to 'burn fat' is constructed on a sandy foundation and misleading information because diet pills only treat the symptoms and not the root cause of the problem. Without focusing on the root problems of a flabby mid-section, like proper nutrition, lifestyle and training, you will just end up right where you started - further away from having a six-pack for summer instead of closer.

So if you just landed on Earth from Mars today, and were able to avoid these four completely incorrect ways of building a six-pack, then you will surely have a huge advantage over the rest of the world and be one enormous step closer to taking your shirt off with pride!

The Benefits Of Muscle Building Programs

Developing your muscles has many important health benefits other than looking good on the beach.

Muscular fitness can be defined as the strength, muscular endurance and flexibility to perform daily tasks and avoid injury.

How you will achieve a certain degree of muscular development depends on a multitude of factors. One thing is clear, however: a program that includes weight lifting and weight-bearing aerobic activity is essential.

Even if you decide you do not need muscle building for injury prevention, performance, or even bodybuilding, you should always consider a minimum program throughout your life. A minimum program for the maintenance of muscles will go a long way in preventing lower back and posture-related problems.

Furthermore, research shows that muscle-building programs can help prevent the gradual reduction of bone density more commonly known as osteoporosis.

Losing fat while building muscle

First of all, when you build muscle, automatically you reduce the percentage of body fat. You even look better. Muscle mass is about half as large as the mass of fat deposits.

This means that, while five pounds of fat is about the size of three grapefruits, five pounds of muscle is more like three tangerines. Therefore, if you exercise to lose weight, do not be surprised if you actually gain weight. This is not a bad thing! This means that you are the muscle mass and you'll look a lot slimmer than before.

Building muscle mass will also burn calories faster. Muscles use energy, fat simply stores it. So when you have more muscle, you will burn more energy and maintain a healthy body weight more easily.

You do not have to build a lot of muscle to get the benefits. Studies show that building only five pounds of muscle mass will make you healthier and better able to fight disease. It does not take much time to build muscle mass, either. Just 30 minutes three times a week is enough to achieve your goals in proper muscle building programs.

Thus, as shown not only does building muscle make us look and feel better too, but more importantly, building muscles can help us to live healthier and longer lives. Everyone should use some form of weight training so they too can enjoy some of the benefits of building muscle.

This concludes today's post. On Saturday we’ll be discussing how to get those six pack abs you've been dreaming of-the wrong way! Also you'll find out in our two part special about some deadly bodybuilding myths I'm pretty sure a lot of you aren't aware of(and more....). I have one question to ask you guys though, have you ever tried to turn your body from skinny to ripped(or shapely in the case of the girls) or if you’re like me you’ve been trying to lose weight so that you can fit into your skinny jeans again? If so then write about it in the comment box as I want to hear about it. We are all here to listen to one another's stories and to give support. Besides, I won’t bite (LOL). I wish you guys the best and hope that you’ll be safe until tomorrow.