In this day and age, it's all about looks. You can't get to the top without looks, you need to look like this, or like that. It's all quite vain, but that's life. One of the biggest and most popular fitness related markets is the six pack abs market. There are literally thousands of companies out there competing for your attention and hard earned dollar. And they all seem to say the same thing: "Buy our product to get six pack abs fast!". If only it was as easy as they claim! There's more to abs than doing sit ups and crunches all day - Much more. Read on to follow my journey into the realm of fat loss, diets, and rock hard abdominal's.
First, let me get something out of the way beforehand. You already have abs. They are right there. Lift up your shirt and look where your abdominal muscles are. They've been there the whole time. You just can't see them. The truth is, almost everyone has tight, hard abdominal muscles. But most people will never see them. The hard truth is that the key to a six pack isn't sit ups and crunches. It's fat loss. Your abdominal's don't really start becoming visible until you have around 10% body fat or less. In order to achieve such low body fat numbers, you need to follow a healthy diet and partake in significant amounts of cardio exercise. It's a sad fact of life, but to look good, you have to work for it.
The truth about the abs is that they are 90% nutrition, and 10% working out. Without a proper fat-loss specific eating and cardio routine, you will never see your natural, beautiful abdominal muscles. In fact, working your ab muscles out in the gym all the time without focusing on decreasing body fat can actually make you appear fatter. If you build up a muscle without decreasing the fat that sits on top, the fat will expand, giving you the appearance of a bigger tummy. Sure, the abs will be big and beautiful, you just won't be able to see them!
