Get Flat Abs with Full Body Exercises
Are you looking to get flat abs?
Albert Einstein once quipped, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Does this sound like your exercise routine? Do you head for the gym 4-5 times each week, combining weight training with boring cardio only to see very little result in your abs and overall body?
If so, you are not much different than the majority of people, but there is a method for changing your monotonous routine – one in which you can see real results and get the flat abs you want in record time. The answer, which is also the topic of this article, is full body exercise.
Why Full Body Exercise?
After a while your body becomes conditioned to the same old exercise routine, causing results in each area to be harder to come by.
Maximum fat burning, especially in the area around your midsection, requires that you change things up a bit and focus on the whole body rather than individual areas. This is why sit-ups and abdominal crunches rarely produce the flat abs that most people want. If you really want to get flat abs, you’ll need to do things differently.
Fat in the midsection cannot be spot targeted, and although abdominal exercises are a necessary part of a full body exercise routine, they are rarely successful at burning fat when performed as the sole workout for that area. Full body exercises, especially when performed in a circuit, will provide you with the fastest fat-burning results and help you get flat abs.
What Exactly Are Full Body Exercises?
Full body exercises are calisthenics in which the only weight used is the resistance of your own body. These exercises are designed to get you moving, build lean muscle mass and increase your metabolic rate to make burning fat throughout your body a snap. Some examples include:
• Pushups
• Standing and Walking Lunges
• Full Body Squats
• Sit-Ups
• Up and Down Staircase Movements
• Floor Planks (Holding the plank position with legs and forearms)
• Floor Abs Exercises. (Bicycles, Leg thrusts)
• And more…
How Should Full Body Exercises Be Performed?
The great thing about full body exercises is that they allow you to switch up your routine for maximum fat burning. Using a combination of the exercises listed above, you’ll want to work out for about 5 minutes, and up to 5 times a day, varying the exercises with each workout and the number of repetitions of each set. An example would be:
8:00 10 Pushups and 20 Bodyweight Squats
10:00 5 Pushups and 10 Walking Lunges
12:00 5 Trips up and down the staircase and 3 Minutes of Floor Abs Work
2:00 15 Sit-Ups and 10 Floor Planks
You get the picture. Varying the intensity and duration of each workout – one that involves exercises for every part of your body – will give you the best fat-burning results and help you get flat abs in no time at all.
Perhaps best of all, floor body exercises are convenient. You don’t have to spend hours each week driving back and forth to the gym to get the flat abs you so desperately want. With full body exercises you can work out wherever you are and whenever you want. All you need is a little floor space and self-motivation to receive the same, and sometimes better, results than you’d get from a gym.
So, if you really want to get flat abs, make a start now. You have no excuse!