Flat abs problem?
Question:
thanks.
Answers:
Please read the recommendations below. Also, go to the book store and locate the book "Weight Training for Dummies". In chapter 15 you will find excellent information on how to perform abdominal exercises correctly. Page 218 of the book dispels all the myths surrounding abdominal training.
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*1) Burn more calories then you're consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity minus the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). A website that explains this formula in more detail and will help you determine how many calories you need to reach or maintain a certain weight is at http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/calsburned.htm
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Other Answers:
It's likely that you're fine, but if in doubt talk to a doctor. No matter what, getting more exercise is always helpful. It will make you feel better, burn calories, and eventually lower your body fat amount.
good luck trying to lose your flabs and not lose weight.
http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/a/flatabs.htm
they say, doing crunches only shapes or increases your stomach muscles.. does nothing for fat over stomach.... general exercise to burn fat gets rid of that.... (when your body uses up its energy stores cuz you're eating less than you're needing).
Guess what - if you want your abs to look like those models on the magazines, chances are they already do. Do you think they walk around the bathroom flexing their abs all day so they look like they do on the magazines. No. Do you think they suck in their gut when they are kicking back on their couch so they don't have that little bulge and they look like they do when they are posing? No. Don't do a Nicole Richie and get skinny for the sake of being skinny. Be healthy instead. If you like how your body is right now - then go with it. If you are leading a healthy life style - that is so much more attractive than the Skeletor girls out there.
P.s. Doing crunches is not going to melt away any excess weight in your abs area. It doesn't work that way. Your body won't use up energy stores in a particular place just because you are using the muscles underneath more hard than others. The places where we burn fat stores first sometimes has a lot to do with genetics. Thus, the reason everyone doesn't look like a maniquin, but has their own unique shape.
this article has some great workouts for abs in this article that you can try
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