Fat Boy Club

You may be getting discouraged, and it’s hardly surprising, because you have worked on those six pack abdominals for so long, and they are still not showing. How many more crunches do i have to do to get them defined enough to show as a perfect set of six pack abs?

First of all, you are not the only one that this has happened to, there are many more people in this situation, so take heart, and with a few changes, your abdominals and six pack will be showing very soon. Even with the best of intentions, which can be seen by the number of crunches we do every day, not every one can get their abdominals to show. You know that your abdominal muscles are way stronger, but they still don’t show, so what exactly is happening? Well, what you need to do first is to make absolutely sure that it is your abdominal muscles that you are targeting in your crunches, an also check that you are not rushing them. For many exercisers, it is the number they can do in a fixed time that is what matters, but that lowers the level of the exercise. To be more beneficial, each muscle contraction should be held for a few seconds, and if you are trying to beat the latest record of number of the crunches in two minutes, then you cannot do this, and the crunches will not be as beneficial for you. So slow down, and improve the quality of your crunches, and any other exercises you do that target the abs muscles.

Next on your agenda is to find out what your body fat ratio is – if you are a gym member, you can get weighed there and the scales will be able to tell you your body fat ratio if your bathroom scales aren’t able to. This number should be around 12, but if yours is much higher than this, then that confirms why your 6 pack abs are not showing. The body fat ratio is a guide to inform you how much body fat you have, and the higher the number, the more layers of fat your body has. The more fat you have, the more layers of fat are covering your abdominal muscles, so if you have been doing your exercises the right way, your abs will be well defined but just hidden by too much fat.

Now then, if too much is the cause of your abs to not be defined as great 6 pack abdominals what can you do? You obviously need to lose some of those fat layers, and crunches alone will not achieve this for you. You must do some cardio exercises, to lose some weight. Now this doesn’t automatically mean that you have to work even longer in the gym each day. You will probably spend less time on your abs crunches, with more time doing cardio. Combine this with eating a little less, you will be well on your way to losing some body fat. Make sure your diet is healthy for you, and not over doing the alcohol. Occasional drinks are fine, but drinking alcohol on a regular basis is just giving your body with too many unneccessary calories.

So, to conclude, do your exercises appropriately, lower your body fat ratio and your 6 pack abdominals will be defined and showing like those on others you’ve been jealously watching.