Hopefully by now you are beginning to realize that abdominal exercises alone will never give you a rock-hard, six-pack stomach. No matter how many exercises or reps, no matter how creative your training program, the real key to that all illusive six-pack lies with your diet. Everyone has the potential to build a great midsection but until that layer of fat covering the abdominal muscles is eliminated, your abs will remain on the missing list. Six for six! What we are about to tell you may come as a shock but one of the best ways to develop a rock hard, fat-free midsection is to eat more. Now by more we don’t necessarily mean more calories but more meals per day. Instead of the traditional skipping breakfast, small lunch, and huge supper that most people follow, try eating six small meals spaced about two hours a part. To fully understand why this works we need a short lesson in human evolution. Blame your ancestors When our ancestors were roaming the plains of Africa millions of years ago, being fat free was not a goal. I fact such a state would be detrimental to their health. Let’s face it; obtaining food was literally a life a death struggle. In many cases our ape ancestors went days, sometimes weeks without any real solid food. To insure survival our ancestors developed storage mechanism so get them through these periods of famine. When food was plentiful, the body would store some of it as fat for future use. The problem unfortunately is that we still have these storage mechanisms, and worse, they start kicking in after only a couple of hours without eating. Eating only one or two meals a day, including skipping breakfast is the best way to turn on these fat storage mechanisms. Turn on the abs by turning off the fat storage If developing a six-pack is your goal, then you must keep the body’s fat storing properties turned off. The best way to accomplish this is by eating every couple of hours. When the body detects nutrients in the digestive system every couple of hours it “knows” that there is plenty of food available and won’t store it as fat for future use. But if you go three or four hours or more without eating, the body assumes it’s entering a period of famine and will start releasing all these storage hormones. Then when you do finally put food in your body more of it will be stored as fat than if you were eating smaller but more frequent meals. The typical day So what should the typical day look like with regards to eating? Start out with a healthy breakfast. Some fruit, cereal, and egg white omelet, would be perfect. About mid-morning have a snack of fruit, low-fat muffin, or protein drink. For lunch a tuna fish sandwich using whole wheat bread or a chicken breast. Mid afternoon is another healthy snack. Again fruit, protein drink, or muffin. Supper will consist of meat, chicken, or fish, and some vegetables – raw or steamed. Your last snack can be another piece of fruit, cereal, or if you like them, egg whites. If you follow the previous eating tips with a sensible weight training and cardio program, you’ll soon be the proud owner of a six-pack that’s rock hard and fat free. So what are you waiting for!
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