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Why Doing Sit-ups Is the Wrong Way to Get Six Pack Abs

By: Alexa Bjorkin

There is no reason why you should not be able to have the six pack abs you dream of. As long as you dedicate yourself to the right nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle changes, you should be on your way to that toned, flat stomach you so badly want.
I'll tell you one important thing however, if you do just a few of the basics the wrong way, you'll end up losing a lot valuable hours and never make any significant progress towards getting visible abs.
Some of those ineffective techniques you can avoid when flattening your stomach are sit-ups and other routines that focus directly on your abdominal muscles.
Are you sure? Yes, positive.
Sit-ups and other direct ab routines are quite INEFFECTIVE exercises for getting your six pack abs to show!
Here's why:
1. Abdominal workouts like sit-ups, crunches, torso twists, etc. do not create a high enough metabolic response for your body to burn the excess fat off your stomach. You have a nice pack of abs right now but they stay hidden under layers of fat. What you must do is eliminate the fat off your stomach so your abs can show. However, you can't "spot reduce" by doing sit-ups and similar ab routines.
2. Incorrect posture while doing sit-ups and other ab exercises leaves the back vulnerable to injury. Most people who haphazardly train either do ab exercises with an arched back (during floor routines) or a flat back (when hanging). The correct posture that will protect your spine is a rounded back. This way, you reach and strengthen the deepest core muscles that support your back. Therefore, attempting sit-ups with improper posture makes them highly ineffective.
3. It is true that sit-ups strengthen your ab muscles but those muscles are hidden under excess belly fat. Ab exercises do not create enough energy to promote the fat loss needed to uncover your ab muscles.
So how are you supposed to get your six pack abs to show?
By doing full body exercises:
Sprints Lunges Snatches Deadlifts Squats Mountain Climbers
There are various techniques to make each exercise above unique so your body won't be able to adapt as quickly. Performing the exercises with different weights, intervals, angles, and so on will also allow for strength progression.
During full body exercise routines, you use more muscle groups than you do when only doing sit-ups. They push your body further and create a higher metabolic response (burn more fat) than just sit-ups alone. They increase the release of fat-burning hormones that will help uncover your hidden six pack abs.
Remember this; sit-ups and crunches are sufficient for only strengthening your core abdominal muscles. They will not, however, cause you to burn off the flab covering them.
As you now can see, doing hundreds of sit-ups, crunches, and similar ab routines in hopes of getting your own set of six pack abs is a big waste of time. Why not do something else more productive and effective to have that flat stomach you dream of?

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