Sometimes I feel like a pre-school teacher. People are always asking “What stomach exercises can I do to get abs?” or “How many ab workouts should I do before I get abs?” What are the best workouts for my six pack and pecs?”.

I am sure the majority of people realize that this is the complete wrong question to be asking.

Everybody has abs. We all have the same abdominal muscles. Yes some people have trained theirs a little more than you have, but chances are that you just have a big ol’ layer of fat covering them up. Same with pecs, every body has chest muscles, except the difference is that chest muscles grow a lot bigger than ab muscles if you are a guy, so you actually do have to work them hard, but you still have to get the layer of fat off.

Here are my suggestions to a few fat burning workouts that will shed that extra flab, and pump up the chest, and probably surprise you about how good you really can look!

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Workouts for losing fat:

  • HIIT – Training with high intensity for 30 seconds to 1 minute and then going back to cruising altitude for a minute. Rinse and repeat. Do this with any cardio such as running, biking, swimming, light weight workouts.
  • Boxing – best done round for round with a mate, or just time yourself and slug it out on a bag for 2 minute rounds with some body weight workouts in between rounds.
  • Stair/hill climbs – taking on a hill or large stair case as fast and as many times as you can.. Gooood.
  • Anything that gets you sweaty and takes the breath out of you is bound to be good for fat burning.

Workouts for Pecs

  • Bench press – this is the king of chest workouts. Use either a dumbbell or barbell and lie down on a weight bench. Pushing straight up from your shoulders to get the weights to the full extension of your arms the carefully lowering weight down.
  • Incline bench press – same as above but you sit on an incline bench.
  • Chest flies – hold dumbbells as if you are at the pinnacle of bench press, then simultaneously but slowly lower your arms to the ground on each side, but keeping them stiff at the elbow. The dumbbells should be following a semi circle pattern and meeting back at the top again.
  • Dips – holding onto two bars the same height, you lower yourself down and back up again. Can attach weight if required.

I hope that keeps you busy for a workout session.

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Until next time, have the discipline of a monk and form good habits.

Johnny