Thursday, February 26, 2009

For A Washboard Stomach You Need A Plan

By Jason King

Getting a washboard stomach is easy as long as we understand certain principles. By following those principles a washboard stomach can be attained easily. A flat stomach is accomplished by training smart.

When exercising for a flat stomach, we need to burn fat on the whole body. When we can burn fat from the whole body, our washboard stomach becomes more ripped.

The exercises below are easy flat stomach training methods that will increase the strength of your whole body as well as tighten your abs.

Warm up: you should start with an activity that is of light to medium intensity for 5-10 minutes. You'll follow this with some stretching of the muscles involved in the exercise. It's important that your muscles are warmed up and ready for the activity.

Exercises: Do overall multi-joint exercises such as

Rows Split-squats Step-ups Chin-ups Lunges Squats Dead-lifts

Do 3 sets of 8 repetitions for each exercise.

Stability ball sit-ups and bridging can be incorporated into the program as well to tone and strengthen the abdominal muscles.

Post Exercise: You want to emphasize correct stretching and cooling down to make certain you keep your movement and flexibility of the parts of your body that you have trained.

The growth in your muscles that you gain as a result of the resistance training directly contributes to the increased metabolism of the body. The increased metabolism has an effect on the body so it burns fat as fuel not only during exercise but even when you are resting and sleeping. When Once your metabolism has increased, your six-pack abs will begin to be more prominent, and results will come faster than you first thought.

This exercise plan will help achieve a washboard stomach faster. Your commitment to exercise properly, and the time you give your body to rest will help this program be effective. - 15995

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