Lower Abs Workout

What should you do first: Doing lower abs workout or stick with cardio?

Being a flabby belly owner I used to listen to doctors, fitness pros and other health professionals prescribing low to moderate intensity aerobic training (cardio) to people who are trying to lose their body fat. I religiously performed 60 minutes cardio 3 times a week hoping that this activity will burn some fat off my belly. Unfortunately doing cardio didn’t work at all. I seemed to carry the love handles no matter how hard I tried to.

After trying for 3 months I came to conclusion that cardio was not a game for me. First of all I didn’t see any good results; I still couldn’t get rid of my extra weight and I have to admit that cardio was also the most boring activity to do.

Then I decided to focus on my abs alone and abandoned the cardio totally. I jotted down an abs workout plan based on the “best abs workout program” I found online. I didn’t realize that internet was full of scam programs and I just wasted my money on the first six-pack-workout product I purchased online. And then the same story happened again. Before I realized I threw in some more money on the other bogus products, including those abs machines heavily promoted on TV.

Pathetic, eh? But I guess most of people wanted to get rid of their stomach fat – especially women – would do everything to free them from this ugly abdominal fat.

Why those abs machines and abs exercise failed to give me the waist shape I wanted?

Ab exercises such as crunches, sit-ups, and ab machines are actually the LEAST effective method of getting six pack abs (men normally are looking for this) or flat abs for women. The well toned abs muscles will never be exposed because they are hidden and surrounded by the belly fat. And I was told such abs training can’t burn the surrounding fat (after spending a lot of money!). When you exercise your muscles they will respond and adapt to the training given but there is no way to train your tummy fat. Fat should be burned off first – not exercised –in order to reveal the six pack you are dreaming of.

Now as I mentioned above I failed to remove the belly fat by doing cardio. I also failed to exercise my abs because obviously the stubborn fat was still there covering my abs muscles. There must have been a better way to deal with my problem.

In my next post I’ll reveal how to get rid of the belly fat, which method works and why it works. You will see why lower abs workout can’t solve your belly fat problem.