Why Abdominals
May 17th 2007 15:36
The idea that you can shrink your stomach in isolation from the rest of your body is so absurd that it is hard to believe that you can still find it purveyed in magazines and infomercials. Doing ab work will not shrink a stomach on which fat has been deposited. Dieting will do it,but it may be emotionally painful when you realize that the body has a predispostion to reduce fat in certain areas first and others only later. The pain will come when you realize that the stomach is one of the last places to lose fat. Like it or not, the body intends the midsection to be a convenient storage area for energy to be available in case of starvation.
If you cannot burn the fat off your stomach with abdominal work, why do it? The answer is two fold. First, lets assume that your body fat is low or that you are dieting and hope to have it there someday. Working your abdominals will lend a sculpted look to your body and muscularity there will lend a fit look that muscles in other parts of your body cannot. You will,of course, be much more proportional with abs that are taut. Your chest looks bigger as you abs become tighter and more free of fat. For women the hour glass look will be more of a reality as you tighten your abs.
The odds that a normal person will evolve a super defined six pack of abs is rather low. Yet, it is the pursuit of these that is the key to building the waistline that gives aesthetic appeal. You should be treating your abs like any other body part and hitting them with every technigue you would use elsewhere. I believe that using heavy weight on ab machines and doing alot of sets is the way to build strong and shapely abs at the same time. The idea that ab training is somehow different than the rest of the body is goofy and will assure you that you never reach your potential in "six- packness."
A second consideration in building abs is that they are involved as no other muscle group in maintaining the health of internal organs. When you strengthen you abdominal wall you assure yourself that your visceral organs are kept in their proper position and the effects of prolapsis do not lead to all kinds of unwanted conditions. Your lower back will benefit from tight abs as well. When the abs grow slack and prolapsed the result is back pain and other imbalances. Your servant, as always.
If you cannot burn the fat off your stomach with abdominal work, why do it? The answer is two fold. First, lets assume that your body fat is low or that you are dieting and hope to have it there someday. Working your abdominals will lend a sculpted look to your body and muscularity there will lend a fit look that muscles in other parts of your body cannot. You will,of course, be much more proportional with abs that are taut. Your chest looks bigger as you abs become tighter and more free of fat. For women the hour glass look will be more of a reality as you tighten your abs.
The odds that a normal person will evolve a super defined six pack of abs is rather low. Yet, it is the pursuit of these that is the key to building the waistline that gives aesthetic appeal. You should be treating your abs like any other body part and hitting them with every technigue you would use elsewhere. I believe that using heavy weight on ab machines and doing alot of sets is the way to build strong and shapely abs at the same time. The idea that ab training is somehow different than the rest of the body is goofy and will assure you that you never reach your potential in "six- packness."
A second consideration in building abs is that they are involved as no other muscle group in maintaining the health of internal organs. When you strengthen you abdominal wall you assure yourself that your visceral organs are kept in their proper position and the effects of prolapsis do not lead to all kinds of unwanted conditions. Your lower back will benefit from tight abs as well. When the abs grow slack and prolapsed the result is back pain and other imbalances. Your servant, as always.
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