The Infonian

There are plenty of people out there who can tell you how to get 6 pack abs fast, but most of them are people who either have way too much time to workout and prepare their meals, have genes that would rival a pro bodybuilder, or take some kind of steroid. In this article you’re going to learn the truth about building 6 pack abs fast as well as some common myths that you absolutely must know if you ever want to sculpt a great looking set of abs.

The first thing you might find interesting is that girls actually like a guy with flat, defined abs over a guy that’s completely ripped to shreds and has ever muscle in his body showing.

So if you’re going crazy over trying to get 6 pack abs fast, calm down because odds are, the girl(s) you’re trying to impress don’t care as much as you think!

By the way if you’re curious about exactly why girls don’t need a girl with ripped to shreds abs, it’s because they realize that guy will most likely spend most of his time in the gym and worrying too much about how he looks instead of paying attention to her.

Anyway, here are a few great tips if you want 6 pack abs fast or if you simply want to sculpt a nice looking set of defined abs that anybody would appreciate.

1) High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Is King – If you want to get 6 pack abs fast you’re almost definitely going to have to lose weight because you can’t see your abs until your body fat is low enough. And if you’re losing weight, you don’t want to lose muscle do you? By incorporating HIIT into your workout program you’re guaranteed to save more muscle and even release more muscle-building hormones throughout your body.

2) Start Fasting – Fasting has gotten a horrible wrap in the industry but it’s all based on lies. Fasting for 24 hours has been scientifically proven, time and time again, to not only be one of the easiest ways to lose bodyfat but to do so without losing muscle (there’s a scientific reason why you don’t lose muscle) or slowing your metabolism. It’s a little tough the first 2-3 times you try it, but after awhile it gets very easy, trust me!

3) Mix Up Your Workouts – By mixing up both your weightlifting as well as your cardio workouts, you put your body through something called “muscle confusion”. Simply stated, your muscles will never know what’s hitting them and by putting them through a confused workout a few times in a row they’ll start working even harder to keep up – causing your metabolism to rise which ultimately causes fat loss.

If you do these 3 things, you’re guaranteed to start losing weight faster and get 6 pack abs fast and much easier than ever before.

However don’t go crazy over how your abs look because as I mentioned earlier, even if you want 6 pack abs fast doesn’t mean that the people you’re trying to impress want you to have them! Jeremy Reeves is a certified personal trainer who has had enough of you being lied to by other fitness professionals. His controversial FREE report, “The 7 Deadly Fat Loss Sins”, will open your eyes to the TRUTH about losing weight – http://www.7-deadly-fat-loss-sins.com

Author: Jeremy Reeves

There are a lot of different gizmo’s, gadgets and widgets out there that supposedly help you build a great set of abs, but very few of them actually work. I originally that the same about doing the ab roller exercise using an ab wheel – until I found out the truth.

Here’s the story:

I was up late one night watching an infomercial and saw one that claimed that the ab roller exercise was scientifically proven to recruit more muscle fibers in your core than any other abdominal exercise machine on the market, plus it was better than any type of situp or crunch too.

Being the skeptical person I am, I actually went out and bought an ab roller just to see how this thing really worked.

And guess what?

The ab roller exercise immediately became my “go to” exercise for building a rock-solid core and getting abs of steel!

After using it for roughly a month, my abs were literally never stronger. Every single one of my lifts went up due to my increased core strength, and my abs started popping out in place they never came out before.

So if you ask me whether or not I’m a fan of the ab roller exercise, it’s a definite yes. There are a variety of exercises you can do with it including leaning to one side to work your obliques, standing instead of kneeling, adding a weighted vest, doing them one-handed, and a few other variations.

But who is it for?

Well this is kind of complicated, but here’s what I suggest if you don’t know whether or not you’d be strong enough to try out these ab roller exercises.

Go out and grab an ab roller (they’re cheap) and instead of going all the way out like most people show you, simply go until you feel a good amount of resistance and then pull back up.

The next time you workout, do the ab roller exercise another inch or 2 lower. Continue doing this until you can fully extend your arms, and keep working up to higher reps until you can start adding weight.

In my personal opinion this is the fastest way to build a set of rock-hard abs. Try out the ab roller exercise today and I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

For more information on how to build lean muscle and lose weight without going on some crazy diet, check out my free report titled “The 7 Deadly Fat Loss Sins” by going to http://www.7-deadly-fat-loss-sins.com

Author: Jeremy Reeves

I use to be a gym rat, go to the gym and lift weights like everybody else In the beginning I made some advances. After a while, those advances stopped happening. And who isn’t motivated by the feeling of making progress?

As if by luck, I found some information on bodyweight exercises. You remember those exercises, from the physical education days? So when I started doing the bodyweight exercises, I started to feel like I was making progress again.

And then I started doing exercises with very light weight, not iron pumping exercises, but exercises that challenged me in ways like no other. And sometimes I only used as little as five pounds. I guess you could also classify these as bodyweight exercises.

Then I added to my ever-increasing routine, I started using kettlebells and balance exercises with the Swiss ball. I now have more routines than I know what to do with. I don’t think I’ll ever get bored again. Is there anything worse than dragging your butt to the gym not psyched for your workout?

When it’s time to workout, I can’t wait. Just some of the variety of exercise I’ve grown accustomed to:

1. Hindu pushups

2. Leg swings

3. Running on the mini-trampoline

4. Feet on stability ball pushups

5. Pushups, feet on stability ball, hands on balance disks

I have literally hundreds of exercises in my arsenal that I can do. There’s no wonder that I’m feeling great and in the best shape of my life. When you add variety back to your workouts, you go a long way in making a commitment to yourself to get in great shape again.

Believe it or not, everything I’ve found on the internet has been free or low cost. I never spent a lot of money, like those ridiculous infomercials. Ok, maybe I did once, but I learned my lesson.

Whenever I feel like I need more variety in my workouts again, I usually pick up another book out there on the web. Before you know it, I’m off and running again. This approach may not be for everyone, some guys like hanging around the gym. But not me!

I head down to my basement, a Swiss ball, my kettlebells, my skip-rope and I have a better workout facility than any gym can provide. And believe me, it’s at one one-hundredth of the cost. I guess you could say I’ve found the Holy Grail when it comes to staying in shape.

Author: Robert Bell

Cellulite is a frustrating and unsightly condition which affects up to 90 per cent of women. It can adversely affect a woman’s self-esteem making them self-conscious of their appearance and body image. Those that have the condition often go to great lengths to cover up their problem area which means they have tremendous difficulty going to the beach or wearing revealing clothing. The millions of dollars a year which is spent on trying to solve cellulite just shows how many women find this condition embarrassing and difficult.

There are literally hundreds of cellulite treatments on the market today. Often the companies that produces these treatments claim that they can reduce cellulite in a matter of a few days. What many women don’t realize is that cellulite reduction can take weeks and sometimes months, depending on the severity of the problem. This means you need to be careful when evaluating a cellulite treatment.

A common mistake is to rely on just one cellulite treatment. The best results are obtained by using two or more treatments at the same time. That way you gain the effectiveness of more than just one treatment targeting the different causes and symptoms of the cellulite. Probably the best method using this idea is to use diet and exercise in conjunction with cellulite cream and massage.

Exercise will help you burn away the fat from beneath the skin and increase your lean muscle mass. It is best that you use exercise machines that get your heart rate pumping but also work out those muscles that surround your cellulite. Make sure you change these exercises every now and then to avoid getting bored and workout for at least 30 minutes a day.

Eating better foods is great in theory but difficult in practice. Unfortunately, the reality is if you want to lose cellulite you will need change your diet. Start by cutting out all those bad foods like sweets, caffeine, sugar, fat, salt and fast food. Start eating more fresh fruit, lean meat and vegetables.

Massaging cellulite cream into the problem areas does two things. The cream will help you to burn fat and keep the skin hydrated so that it is resistant to dimpling. The massaging targets the actual fat to soften it up and smooths out the skin of all its dimples. Toxins are also released from the fat and are then removed from the system through the blood stream.

Which cream to buy? There are literally hundreds to choose from but you need to find one which has active ingredients that are known to help cellulite removal. You will need to massage the cream into the skin twice daily with most products.

Author: Robert Bell

There has always been a debate on whether or not performing a single rep during your workout is a good idea. Many people think that if you want to know how much you can lift for one rep you can simply look it up in a chart and avoid any chance of injury. Others feel that there simply is no reason to max out. I’ve heard people say that you should worry about perfect form and measure your success based on the way you look, not how much weight you are pushing. Granted, if you are a bodybuilder you may not need to do singles but for the rest of us inserting singles in a program can be helpful for various reasons. In fact I swear by them.

Let’s face it everyone that lifts weights can’t help but talk about it. Just the fact that you’re bigger than most people you socialize with or meet will often spark a conversation on the topic. Whether your buddy lifts or knows nothing about it you are likely to be asked the question, “How much can you bench press?” Are you going to reply, I can do 315 lbs for 6 repetitions? It just doesn’t paint the same picture as saying I put up 365 lbs. Maybe you could care less what people think and the bragging rights don’t matter to you. However if you are a powerlifter or an Olympic lifter you will be tested with a one-rep max. Most high school and college football programs test their players with a one-rep max as well. If you don’t practice the one rep lift how will you be prepared?

If somebody asks you what you bench press, you could always give them a projected max based on what the chart says right? Not necessarily. One of the most important reasons for doing singles is to break past barriers. Using our previous example, if you do 315 lbs for 6 reps you should be able to get a one-rep max of 365 lbs. This is not always the case. People set up limits in their minds that are tough to overcome. I swear I have seen people do 295 lbs for three reps but they just can’t get 300 lbs. This has nothing to do with strength. This has to do with mental barriers and confidence issues. I personally would not tell someone my one rep max based on reps. If I know that I have never benched that weight than I just can’t take credit for it based on a chart. Performing a single lift in the bench is a great way to build confidence. Nothing feels better than actually beating your personal best. If you keep doing singles you will break past sticking points and barriers that you have set for yourself. If you have a goal of benching 300 or 400 lbs the numbers can be very difficult to prepare for when you don’t practice singles. Working your way up with singles will give you the confidence you need to reach your goals.

Many bodybuilders concentrate on their form and don’t care about how much their max is. Lifting singles can actually help your form. When you are performing a one-rep max you have to have perfect form or you will not complete the lift successfully. When you are using lighter weight and doing many reps there is a lot of room for cheating and bad form. You can still complete the lift with sub par form by using other muscles to help. But, when you are maxing out you have only one chance to press the weight and to do so you need absolutely perfect form. You have to be mentally prepared and your groove has to be precise. There is no room for being sloppy. Before you start working out with singles it’s a good idea to practice strict form with higher reps first. Developing perfect technique is the key to a heavy single. If you are lifting 275 with careless technique for five reps you won’t be able to do a single of any significance. Build a base and let your body adjust to the heavier workloads. For 2 weeks lift with reps of five. After you have finished this stage you can progress and do sets of 3 reps. Now your form should be down and you have should have adjusted to lifting heavier weights. You can now insert singles to your routine that will help you in your quest for a big bench.

Exploit your weak areas with a single. Like I mentioned before there is more room for error when doing sets with higher reps. You may not be able to determine what aspect of the bench needs work. When you max out you will tend to see where you fell short. This is great for evaluating what area needs improvement. Maybe you couldn’t lock out and you know that you need to work harder on your triceps. Lifting is all trial and error and the single is an effective way to measure your progress and assess what needs to be changed to break the stalemate.

Singles will help you develop a different kind of strength compared to lifting higher reps. When you lift heavy weights you bring your attachments into the lift. Tendons and ligaments are often the key to unlocking your potential. If you are constantly lifting with higher reps you don’t activate your attachments. Functional strength lies in not in the muscles but in your tendons and ligaments. You’ve heard the expression that you are only as strong as your weakest link. Lifting heavier weight will strengthen your weakest link, which may not be getting the attention it so desperately deserves.

To follow are some tips for a successful single. Proper warm up is essential to prevent a tear. At the same time there is a balance between warming up and tiring yourself out. I recommend the following before doing a single.

Warm up set of 10 reps with a very light weight.

Set of 5-6 reps.

Set of 2-3 with a heavier weight.

Set for 1 rep with a weight closer to your max.

Perform your single.

Some experts think that when performing a single you need a shorter rest period between sets because the progression of sets in warm up is shorter than in your normal workout. Powerlifters will assume that because they are dealing with heavier weights they need a longer rest period between sets. I recommend waiting until you have completely returned to your normal breathing pace. Once this has happened get yourself mentally prepared and than it’s time for another set. Don’t wait so long that you get tight. Let somebody else do a set, get a drink of water and visualize your next lift. Performing a back off set at the end of your single lift will help you preserve the workload. It will also give you the pump that you are looking for.

Follow this advice and you can incorporate singles into your program. Doing them once a month is a good starting point but as you become more experienced it is okay to do them more often. Everyone is different so try for yourself and let singles help you build confidence, strengthen your attachments, exploit your weak point, develop perfect form, and break past your personal barriers.

Mike Westerdal is the owner of www.criticalbench.com Visit his site to receive two free PDF reports entitled, “31 Days To Bigger Arms” and “Boosting Testosterone Levels for Big Muscle Gains.”

Author: Mike Westerdal