First, as we already saw, abs specific exercises are not the most effective way to burn fat. But to get strong abs that will be rock hard and popping out on the beach, The Truth About Six Pack Abs includes an 8 week abs program.
The best abs exercises are covered (with pictures), the abs program will take you from a beginner to an advanced level. And if you manage to reach the last stage, then you are sure to have really strong abs. But anyway, if you have been doing some abs exercises for some time now, you now just need to burn the fat, as your abs are probably already developped enough to be visible, but currently hidden.
And what you need to understand is your metabolism.
The metabolism is the process your body uses to transform food into energy. Thus, it needs food to create muscles, but it also needs some to give you some fuel : it burns calories.
What experts tell everyone is to speed up your metabolism so you will burn more fat. That’s true, but they also give the wrong methods to achieve this. We talked about abs specific exercises, now let’s talk about cardio.
Cardio burns fat : that’s a lie. At least cardio as we are used to doesn’t burn much fat. Even doctors recommend this. It actually trains your heart for stress issues we encounter in life, which is great, but you may always do cardio sessions as a low intensity training, such as running 45 minutes at a steady pace.
And this kind of cardio sessions don’t burn much fat, they burn fat only when you perform your jogging or cycling. Since this is a low intensity training style, your body don’t have much “work” to do to recover from your efforts. This means your metabolism doesn’t remain elevated for too long.
Mike Geary tells you another way to do cardio. Not steady pace style, not boring. You will even save time because instead of 30-60 minutes sessions you will only have 20 minutes of fun. Shorter but much more challenging for your body, so it will have more work as a recovery process, and thus burns more fat (needs more energy).
If you understand this concept, then you have the key to get a six pack. This is the most important information of the book, it opened my eyes : Keep your metabolism elevated even when you REST, and you will burn plenty of fat. You will understand this even better in next part.
Mike Geary tells you more about it through all the book, and teach you what you need to do to achieve your goal. It involves exercises and workouts, not abs workouts as you already guessed.
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