In our quest for leanness and the fight against The Flab, a lot of people make the common mistake of putting their faith on the effectiveness of isolation exercises. In getting a lean abdomen, it might make sense to think doing lower ab exercises in order to target belly fat and bring out the six-pack most gym-goers yearn for is the answer.
It’s quite easy for people to believe isolating belly fat through lower ab exercises can be done because of the sheer number of exercise gadgets advertised to give you a six pack in a few weeks for “just minutes a day”. Although some of these can be effective in developing the muscles in the lower abdomen, they don’t really do much in eliminating belly fat.
The reason why new “breakthrough” gadgets and diet supplements are still introduced to the market each year is because in reality, there is no single gadget, drink or exercise that will target belly fat!
If nothing is really done about eliminating the belly fat concealing the contours and striations of ab muscle underneath, the tremendous effort doing all those lower ab reps and strengthening the muscles will be all for naught. Getting that lean, shredded look comes about when the midsection is relatively free of excess fat.
The physiology of the human body is set-up in such a way that stored energy in the form of fat cells is concentrated mainly around our midsection, buttocks and thighs. No matter how developed and strong our abdominal muscles are, we won’t really get that lean and ripped appearance on our gut if there’s belly fat hiding it from plain sight.
Lowering our body fat percentage to low enough levels to expose the contours of the abdominal muscle is the only way to get Achilles-like abs on your torso. Of course, how developed the muscle tissue is will dictate the extent of “sculpting”.
Doing exercises that combine muscle-building resistance training and fat-busting cardio exercises that keep your heart rate just below the maximum percentage is the quickest way to get rid of the troublesome blubber hiding those six pack abs from public view.
Adopting healthy eating habits and way of life can also aid us in our fight against belly fat. Choosing the right foods to eat and while doing the right fat-burning exercises can greatly shorten the time it takes for you to bust those six pack abs out in the open.