5 Tips to Getting Six Pack Abs

Basics of Getting Six Pack Abs

You are walking down the beach in your swim trunks and sandals, your shirt is slung across your muscled back. You can see from behind your mirrored sunglasses every one's head turn as soon as you come into view. Women's jaws drop as their husbands and boy friends instantly become jealous. Children point thinking you are some type of super hero. However you notice while their attention was drawn to you by the mounds of lean sculpted muscle all over your body almost all of their gazes settle on your rippling Six Pack abs...

Does this sound like a familiar day dream you have been having recently? Well for most American men this is all that this can be, a day dream. In fact it had been for me for quite some time until I decided to take action! Ripped six pack abs are in your future as well if you can dedicate your self. Now this is by no means a guide to six pack abs however if you follow the 5 tips you will be well on your way to jaw dropping abs!

Getting Six Pack Abs Tip #1

Nutrition Nutrition Nutrition! I seriously sat here and considered just leaving that as the first tip but I feel my readers deserve me to expand on it. Nutrition is essential and in fact is the most important aspect to ANYTHING you are trying to do with your body. This is even more true when it comes to attaining six pack abs. Contrary to popular belief everyone has abs no matter how fat you are! There for the key to finding those abs is not exercising them but uncovering them by loosing some fat. This is why most people fail when it comes to getting six pack abs, they become discouraged after months of endless ab exercises when really they need to focus on nutrition. If this sounds like you just think of the amazing abs you have hidden after doing so much strengthening exercises!

Focusing on nutrition is the most important part of getting six pack abs for the simple reason that most people when they think of loosing fat they think of countless hours of cardio. Focusing on nutrition helps you to think of cardio as more of a tool than an every waking hour hell. We don't want you to dread something when it comes to abs, we want you to focus on what you will look like after!

Getting Six Pack Abs Tip #2

Motivation. Now this may seem a little out of place but stick with me now. For me and many others who go years and years without ever seeing abs we have tried many many times to gain abs. We have set goals we never met and due to one simple fact. We got burnt out, we lost hope, we got tiered of not seeing any improvement. Motivation will help you push through those mental and physical barriers. Put posters in your room or a picture or message in your car. Any where you might break down and get some food or start to fall back into your old destructive habits.

Another way to motivate your self is to start your path to six pack abs with some one else! this can be a great way to stay motivated because when one falls they have some one else to pick them up. This can also be done online with forums or even make a series of Hubs on your goals! Another tip is to look up motivational videos online!

Getting Six Pack Abs Tip #3

This next tip may be the last thing you want to hear, but then again there is a reason not every one has six pack abs right? Doing your cardio in the morning on an empty stomach has been shown to burn far more calories than doing the same cardio later in the day. This is mostly due to the fact your body is in a starved state with no calories to burn from food your body must look else where for the energy. What stores energy in your body? Fat! Now afterwards try to give yourself a light meal with mostly lean protein. This is because you don't want to ruin your calorie burning potential by giving your body a rush of calories to use. This being said you also don't want your body to start to use muscle tissue as fuel! This is the reason for lean protein to help support your muscles while burning those fat cells!

Getting Six Pack Abs Tip #4

Get into a routine! Don't just wing it every day when it comes to diet and exercise, this can be a terrible mistake. When you are trying to get six pack abs it is essential that you plan out your weeks meals and work out/cardio sessions before hand. This will hold you accountable to what you already have written down and will give you a guide so you know whats coming up and you can track your progress. There is nothing that pushes you harder when you see how far you have come! A good idea is to start a weight loss journal where you right down EVERYTHING you eat and all physical activity you have during the day. That way every day you can compare your plan to what actually happened. Also this gives you a chance to document how you are feeling through out your transformation. This is key sometimes to see if you are doing something right or wrong! Listen to your body when it comes to this stuff.

Getting Six Pack Abs Tip #5

The final tip to getting some rock hard, lean, sexy six pack abs is to get enough sleep! Yup that's right sleep makes a huge difference when burning fat. Stress causes our bodies to store fat very quickly. One major stress to most of us is lack of sleep. Our bodies need rest especially when we are tearing them down physically during the day. Most adults should get 7-10 hours of sleep a night and most don't. This needs to change for you though if you want to see your six pack abs any time soon. Keeping a journal is helpful here as well because you can plan out when you sleep and stick to it!

Over the weeks and months to come while you are pursuing your physical goals be sure to follow these 5 tips to getting six pack abs. Stick with it and become the best version of your self possible!