I have worked out before, off and on, and am planning to get back into alot more once my exams are done. I would like to see some of the fat around my stomach go and maybe have some abs visible. I already lift weights about(or will be) 3-4 times a week cycling between chest/tri, bicep/back, rest, shoulder/legs and some abs sprinkled throughout on random days. I ahve no cardio to speak of yet but would like to start something (running, skipping, rollerblading, anything really). I am on no strict diet and don't think i am really capable of one either to be honest. I am looking into eating healthier in general however. I was just wondering what I could/should do to help my goal of seeing some abs asap. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Need some abs advice
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ok here is something that might come as a shock to you but the two most important things to get defined abs are............ cardio and diet. That's right you need to cut fat to make your abs visible rather than try to jack your abs up with loads of crunches. A simple ab program 2-3 times a week combined with a very healthy diet and running maybe 4 times a week will get much better results than doing crunches until you are blue in the face. I reccomend jacknifes to everyone. If you don't know what those are google them and you will find websites with pictures and videos of them. Find a simple ab program online and keep reading other posts about diet to find out more. Good luck!
Read this, a T-Nation article entitled The Hierarchy of Fat Loss:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1526539
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1526539
I do know that diet is #1, i was more curious as to how strict that needed to be. Like say if i cut out pop and ate healthier, more times a day if that would be enough or are there the certain foods i'd have to eat at certain times in certain amounts...etc.
Bran, let me just make sure i am clear as to what your link said. Nutrition/ calorie deficit. high impact power lifting, so basically enough that im not doing alot of reps, and very fast like a circuit(like the 12 sets in 31 minutes), and high impact aerobic exercises(like sprints?) Please tell me if I missed anything, I like the sound of this. The one goal at one time thing really makes sense and might explain why i failed previous times. Thanks
Bran, let me just make sure i am clear as to what your link said. Nutrition/ calorie deficit. high impact power lifting, so basically enough that im not doing alot of reps, and very fast like a circuit(like the 12 sets in 31 minutes), and high impact aerobic exercises(like sprints?) Please tell me if I missed anything, I like the sound of this. The one goal at one time thing really makes sense and might explain why i failed previous times. Thanks
bran, great link there.
HomeGroen, you almost got all the info you need in that link.
About the food we are looking at total caloric intake here so if you are going with your normal 3times a day diet timing should matter too much. You should of course consume less of the saturated fats that I am sure you know well enough about. Your goal is to lose fats anyway so try to consume as little as possible of those, but not forgetting that you need a balance diet that includes fats as well... Read up on the different types of fats.
HomeGroen, you almost got all the info you need in that link.
About the food we are looking at total caloric intake here so if you are going with your normal 3times a day diet timing should matter too much. You should of course consume less of the saturated fats that I am sure you know well enough about. Your goal is to lose fats anyway so try to consume as little as possible of those, but not forgetting that you need a balance diet that includes fats as well... Read up on the different types of fats.