Don’t Do These Abs Exercises:

Doing crunches to get abs is like trying to melt an iceberg with a hairdryer…

They’re both extremely inefficient and a waste of your time.

Nevertheless I see everybody who is trying to lose weight and flatten their stomach doing every variation of crunches in the gym.

I think the reason for this is probably because they assume that if they directly work the muscle that needs toning then they’ll get the desired result.

However nothing could be further from the truth.

Doing 5, 10, 15, or 20 rep sets of squats will get you a flatter tummy and tighter abs much much faster than THOUSANDS of crunches.

Why?

How can this be?

The answer is very straight forward. In order to see your abs you must burn the fat off that is covering them. And, compound leg movements like a squat or deadlift are far more metabolic than crunches.

They burn exponentially more body fat and as a result you lose fat from your stomach and everywhere else on your body.

Spot reduction really doesn’t work so it’s a waste of time to focus on small movements when you should be targeting major muscle groups that are far more metabolic.

And as I’ve explained in previous articles after you complete a metabolic resistance workout you’ll continue to burn fat for up to 38 hours!

Now when you combine this with a fat loss nutrition plan you’ll be trimming toning and tightening your waistline in weeks – not months.

So when is it advisable to do crunches?

The best time to add some specific abs exercises into your program is actually after you’ve burned off much of the fat covering them.

Strange but true.

It’s just like running… The best time to do those repetitive movements is after you’ve strengthened the core and rest of your body and now you’re ready for the final piece of the puzzle.

I call it the “icing on the cake.”

So before you get to frost the cake you need to put in the time combining all the ingredients, working the batter, and then baking the cake. Only then does it make sense to add the finishing touches.

I hope this article helped shed some light on why small movements like crunches really are a waste of your time and shouldn’t be a part of your body transformation training program until you’ve burned much of the fat off your physique.

And if you just can’t help yourself and need to add them into your workout just make sure you save them for the end and place your more important moves in the beginning of your workout when you have the most strength and energy.

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Committed to your Success,

Stephen Cabral, CSCS, CPT, NS
Author of Fatlossity – Lose5in7 Weight Loss System
Health Consultant for MTV, Hen’s Health, SELF, Nutritiondata, Diet.com, Gather, EDGE

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