Resistance training to get abs may seem a little odd, lifting weights can give you abs?

Lifting weights and other types of resistance exercise will help you massively on your way to getting a sexy six pack, and this post will tell you why.

A lot of people shy away from weights because they don’t want to turn into a muscle head body builder – well I have news for you people – unless you are lifting damn heavy weights 3x a week and eating about double what you would normally eat, then you don’t have a chance.

It seems to be a common school of thought that it is easy to get massive muscles – well it may not be quantum physics but it isn’t easy.

Body builders have a very strict diet and will measure all of their complex and simple carbs, lean proteins and fats by the gram. They workout with more intensity than most of us would dream of, they often do intense cardio twice a day and almost have to devote their days to it.

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So fear not my anti muscle friends – although I bet you’d like to get a ripped six pack right?

Well, you are going to use some of the techniques lent to us by our body building brothers.

The first thing you must know is this:

Muscle burns calories (fat).

When your body has muscle – it increases the amount of calories you burn, even when you are doing nothing, sleeping even. This is a closely guarded secret that not many people will tell you without waving Benjamins in front of their green eyes.

So apart from the fact that muscle burns fat, why else should you do resistance training?

Well, here goes a list of reasons!

• Resistance training makes your stronger and gives you stamina for cardio
• It increases bone density and makes you more resistant to sickness and disease
• It can give you the same calorie burning effects as a good cardio session
• It can help to “fill you out” without getting a massive bulkiness – you only get bulky if you eat an extremely large amount of food.
• You will look better, feel better and create a toned, lean body

Incorporate weight training into your program 3x a week if you are trying to get a bigger physique and 2x a week if you want to stay quite lean.

May Hercules be with you

Johnny

This article will give you a quick start method to a low body fat work out that will have you looking damn good in 60 days. All it takes is a little self discipline to tell yourself: “it is only for 60 days, after this I can go back to whatever else I was doing if I choose”. For the first few days your body will fight you with every excuse, circumstance or discomfort that it will try and trick you into giving up, this is because you are forcing adaption, and it does not come easy.

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Stick with it. Most people have given up before day 4, if you can get to two weeks, the force will be much less, and after a month, the new habit will be fully ingrained into you.

Do not be one of the ones who gives up on, that will nead you to a sub par life living far below your truest potential.

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1. Draw up a plan of your workout, include a lot of body weight exercises if you are just starting out such as press ups, crunches, dips, chin ups/pull ups, squats, lunges, burpees, jumping jacks etc, if you go on YouTube and search for any of these, you will get a good lesson on how to do them.

Make the list about 7-8 long for starters and try go through it twice, doing as many sets of each exercise as you can.

You should incorporate some intense (according to your level of fitness) cardio. If you are quite overweight, this may just be going for a walk up and down some stairs until you are sweating like mad, if you are a young female or male who just has a little bit of excess body fat to get rid of, then you should be running, hard and fast. No pain, no gain… Remember that. Nothing comes for free…

2. Schedule a time to do it. This one is the money shot people. Failing to plan is planning to fail. Always plan your work people.

3. Do it! Commit to doing it, it should only take you about half an hour! Stretch a wee bit before hand and away you go.

4. Congratulate yourself after you do it the first few times. Reward yourself with a coffee in town, buy a book or spend a bit of time fully relaxing with family (is that an oxymoron?) or meditating. Your body will start doing things that naturally feel good, so make it as easy as possible for your body to feel good about doing new habits.

Do you want to learn more and take it a step further?  Come and visit my site for more free information, articles, advice and help at <a href=”http://www.absrightnow.com>How To Get Abs</a>.

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Johnny Palmer is a writer, fitness nut, student and a coach.  His website is a vast resource of help and information for anybody looking to lose weight and get in shape.  He has helped many people to get in shape and will continue to do so.  For all the free information and advice on losing weight, getting abs and getting a sexy toned body, go to How To Get Abs.