I'm having a hard time with this whole growing my 6 pack, can you give me advice?
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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.
The following healthy living recommendations will help you if you’re trying to lose weight, tone up your muscles, have aspirations of building lean muscle mass, are attempting to get a wash board stomach, or just want to feel better:
*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
Get a diet and fitness calculator that you can put on your computer or cell phone. This will allow you to easily calculate the above formula, set goals, log your daily calorie consumption, and register your physical activities.
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It is difficult and unhealthy to lose more than one or two pounds per week. There are 3,500 calories in a pound. If you eat 500 fewer calories per day for a week you will lose one pound. If you burn through exercise 500 more calories per day for a week you will lose one pound.
*2) Eat natural and organic foods found on earth versus something created by a corporation to make money. Eat meals in small portions throughout the day and take a good multi-vitamin supplement.
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*3) Exercise on most days by doing cardiovascular training and/or resistance training activities.
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A good book to buy that teaches you the cardiovascular training basics is “Fitness for Dummies”.
*4) Get plenty of sleep. Sleep experts say most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health, and safety.
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this article has a just for women wanting great abs page
I find it easeir to cut down on junk food, than to cut it out.
Find an alternative for yourself. Every time you want junk food, reach for the alternative. You r craving will gradually change. For example- feel like having some candy? reach for some dried fruit.
Get a twelve pak and ,
EAT A SANDWHICH
switch to baby carrots... no dip :)
I think a 4 pack is just as good as a 6 pack. But if you want a 6 pack then you should start going to the gym and work on all those muscles that help build your 6 pack. So I hope you lose weight by doing this gym thing. Good Luck!
no junkfood.
crunches like crazy.
get an Ab Lounger (only $163 at BJ's)
works fine.
girls dont really need 6 packs. it shows your fit but its never a turn on for guys. but if you must insist the fastest way for you is situps. you dont weight a lot so couple weeks as much situps you can do everyday. never failed for me and i weigh much more.
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The key to having a six-pack is, unfortunately, all in the diet. You simply have to get you body fat percentage down to an extraodrinary level to allow those muscles to show through (assuming you have built them in the first place with crunches and situps, etc). Keep the diet strict. You don't have to cut out the junk food; you just can't eat a lot of it.
just do crunches and cut out some junk food send me a picture of ur abs and i can tell u wat else to do. DON'T LISTEN TO MIKE U DON'T NEED TO WASTE MONEY AND TIME. U PROBALDY LOOK GREAT ANYWAYS.
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