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Over the past couple months, my fitness routine has included many of my favorite strategies to get six pack abs.  Combining a clean diet with ample strength training and cardio has allowed me to significantly reduce my body fat to a level I have never been before.  As such, I’d like to share my six pack abs workout routine and diet plan.  Additionally, I’d like to review some of my preferred six pack abs exercises.  While I can’t guarantee you’ll see the same results as me, I hope that many of these tips will help you learn how to get six pack abs. Continue Reading…

I’ve finally found what I think is the best ab workout for men and women that includes the most effective ab exercises to get the kind of abs you’d like.  Whether you’re a guy who wants deep six pack abs or a woman who wants a toned flat stomach, the principles of this ab workout routine will be effective.  I’ve consistently recommended core exercises like planks, but Rusty Moore’s Abs Blueprint 1.0 lays out some excellent strategies for using these and other ab exercises to tighten, tone, and mold a great set of six pack abs.  Rusty is actually offering this report for free along with a videos discussing numerous strategies on his Fitness Black Book Facebook page; I’d recommend downloading it so you can read firsthand about some of the tips I review below.  Continue Reading…

Core strength training should be a part of any workout routine.  While building a strong core will help you get six pack abs, the core actually plays a much more important role in the overall function of your body.  So what are the best core exercises for men and women?  They’re exercises that work the abdominals, hips, and back.  As you’ll see, most of these core exercises involve keeping your body straight as well. Continue Reading…

Have you ever looked in the mirror, stood up really straight and flexed your abs?  Compare that to slouching over and sticking out your stomach.  Which one looks better?  It’s pretty obvious that your abs look their best when properly flexed.  Want a neat trick to help your abs look like this all the time?  Then start doing breathing exercises to get your abs to look like Bruce Lee abs.  The stomach vacuum exercise and Farmer Burns stomach flattener are two unique exercises to help you tighten your stomach.

Before I describe these exercises in detail, let’s get something out of the way.  These breathing exercises will not help you get six pack abs.  Sorry, you’re going to have to lose body fat through diet and exercise before that happens.  A good six pack abs routine that includes core exercises like planks and renegade rows (like this free Abs Blueprint report) will help tighten abs, but for abs to be really sharp, the only cure is high intensity exercising combined with a fat loss diet. Continue Reading…

If you’ve been doing thousands of crunches day after day, month after month, then it’s finally time to drop them from your six pack abs routine.  How to get washboard abs then?  Let me introduce you to plank exercises.  Performing planks for abs is a great way to develop a six pack.  It may not be the sexiest exercise for you “manly men” since planks are a yoga movement, but plank exercises are certainly one of the most effective abdominal exercises around. Continue Reading…

You’ve followed all the rules for getting six pack abs.  You perform high intensity training to burn fat.  You know you can’t spot reduce belly fat.  You know crunches are worthless.  You know your body fat is below that magical 10% point at which six pack abs are generally visible.  Yet, your abs aren’t visible.  Is your body fat tester broken?  Are the only people with six pack abs genetically predisposed to have them?  These are the types of questions that go through my head as I now have a visible outline of abs but not quite the beloved six pack abs.  However, I’m not overly concerned.  Why?  Well, there may be some truth to the above questions, but I’d like to offer a couple simpler answers. Continue Reading

Let’s face it, six pack abs are the end goal of a lot of men and women.  They’re a status symbol in some ways.  They shout: “I care about my body and I work really hard to maintain it.”  For most people, six pack abs are a pipedream.  However, if you’re willing to put in an intense effort and focus on eating well and exercising hard, you may one day realize this goal. Continue Reading…