Build Strength For Six Pack Abs – Without A Diet, You Can Do It At Langhorne

May 31st, 2009 by Dan Solaris

by Dan Solaris

Society has long acknowledged fit individuals with well-defined muscular physique- even more so now. They’re used as models for all sorts of things from clothes to cars and fitness products because let’s face it- they’re the envy of unfit masses around the world.

Watching movies and TV, it’s easy to think that America is filled with physically fit men and women with lean, shredded abs. Sadly, like most things on the silver screen and on the boob tube, this is just fiction.

Figures recently collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that 66% of adult Americans are overweight. Given the unhealthy fast track lives most of us lead, it’s not really surprising. We spend most of our waking hours on our butts- in our office chairs, in our vehicles and at home on the couch or the computer chair.

The market is chock-full of seemingly innocent munchies packed with flavor and loaded with calories. Ours has turned into a culture of fast- food and the surplus calories are showing-up on potbellies and lovehandles across the Western world.

Of course, we’re not at all helpless and we can still do something to fight of the dreaded flab. All it takes is determination, will-power and a little knowledge on anatomy and the human body’s metabolic process.

Everyone knows that weight-training is the best way to form additional muscle and improve one’s physique. However, it’s a little-known fact that it plays a bigger role in eliminating belly fat to bring-out a well defined abdomen. Adding muscle tissue to one’s frame actually increases the body’s metabolic rate thereby increasing the amount of calories burned throughout the day.

Increasing our BMR through strength-building exercises is an optimal way to achieve six pack abs because it leads to faster fat loss. The amount of muscle tissue we have on our physique dictates how high our metabolism is. The higher our metabolism, the more calories and fat we eliminate.

The increased muscle tissue we gain from resistance training improves our metabolism and already increases our body’s ability to burn calories. Increasing the intensity of weight-training by shortening the rest periods between sets will result in even more calories burned because of EPOC (excessive post-workout oxygen consumption). This will let us shorten our workout sessions effectively and get us out of the gym faster. Always remember that moderation in eating means moderation in working-out.

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