Abdominal Training Without Doing Abominal Training (Pt. 2)

What do your legs and a flat belly have in common?

A WHOLE FRIGGEN LOT BABY! Keep reading and I’ll show you…

 
I’m on the finishing touches of my new 28 Flat Belly Formula and while training many clients with my discovered program backed by endless hours of research, I really stumbled on something here… a cutting-edge strategy to severely demolish stomach fat.

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Well, lately, I’ve been explaining how committing to an all out assault on your abs consisting of situps, crunches and other traditional stomach exercises is a one-dimensional approach that will not help you reach your flat belly goals but instead can lead to the opposite effect, even in injuring the disks of the vertebrae.

See, “routines” focusing on the abdomen are great, but what I have found is they are mainly good for only three reasons (the ab “routines” and exercises I’m talking about here are stabilizing stomach exercises such as the plank, v-sit and side plank – NOT SITUPS!). The two reasons they are important are:

1. To stabilize and support the spine.
2. Support other muscles during stabilization
3. To create the “tucking” or “sucking-in” affect of the abdomen (in other words, vacuuming

Other than that, this is it!

You Already Posess a Six-Pack of Abs

Now, when you were born, you had 656 muscles. And guess what? You still do, including that sexy six-pack that’s just waiting to pop out and poke someone in the eye.

So don’t put all your eggs in the stomach workout basket if you’re struggling with shrinking your waist. Instead, do what I call “peeling the onion” in training your abs.

As if you were peeling an onion, “peel” the layers of fat from your waist and get to the core – pun intended : )

Squats equal more calories burned while automatically activating the core which equals a flat and toned stomach!

One way to peel the onion and eliminate the fat around your waist is by incorporating large muscles such as your legs in your interval circuit training routine. The legs are the largest group of muscles in the human body that require a great deal of energy (calories) in moving and even require more energy for recovery after an intense workout. By using these massive muscles, you will burn more calories than your typical workout and sky-rocket your metabolism, causing you to burn even more calories at rest and eliminate stored fat around your waist. Furthermore,  your abs will take a punishing as they are automatically being activated to support the stress you are placing on your legs (look back at reason 2 above) 

So give the situps a rest and drop globs of fat simply by using this one ingenious strategy!

My Killer Bodyweight Leg Exercises

Below I created a video containing a buffet of bodyweight leg exercises I want you to incorporate this week into your routine. Use the following format to construct your own 5-circuit interval routine and I bet you’ll be whipped! Make sure to leave your comments or questions below and tell us about it. 

Perform each exercise for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds rest before moving to the next exercise. When you are done with all 5 exercises, rest 45 – 90 seconds and repeat for a total of 3 – 5 sets. Make it Happen!

1. Push - (ex. pushups, close grip pushups, chest press, etc)
2. Squat –  (choose one of the squating exercises below)
3. Pull – (ex. bodyweight rows, cobra, bent row)
4. 1 Leg – (ex. 1-leg squat, lunges, pistols)
5. Core – (ex. plank, side plank, v-sit) 

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