Wednesday, November 27, 2013

What Percentage of Body Fat Will I See A Six Pack?

Why can't I see my abs?One of the most common, if not the most asked, questions that fitness professionals get is how to make the abs show. Along those lines is the question of: "Why can't I see my abs?" followed by the frustrated individual's litany of exercises that he's been doing to achieve this goal.Usually, that list of exercises consists of ab targeting routines like crunches, side bends and rotary motions, topped off with endless hours of jogging or pedaling on some machine.The answer to why you still can't see your abs is simple: You have too much fat between the abdominal muscles and the skin. This then begs the next question: Why is that #%$# fat still there?Sissy muscles don't burn much fat.
Your abdominal muscles' job is to stabilize the spinal column. Upon microscopic analysis, one sees that the muscle fiber cross-sectional area of these muscles reveals a horizontal pattern. This is significant, and you'll find out why in just a moment.Stabilizer muscles are not designed for force production or power. There are other muscles for that, such as the ones in the legs, back and chest. A person cannot lift hundreds of pounds with just the abdominal muscles, but he can lift hundreds with his legs, back and chest.Which muscles burn more fat?
Those whose job it is to stabilize (abs, lower back), or those whose job it is to generate power (e.g., legs, buttocks, middle back)? This is a no-brainer.Abdominal muscles are sissy muscles in that they're weak and will always be weak. For those guys who think their abdominal muscles are lifting that pile of weights on the crunch machine, it's your shoulders and arms doing all the yanking!As for that horizontal cross-section of muscle fibers, this is a telltale sign of non-power-producing muscles. A cross-section of the body's bigger muscle groups reveals a diagonal pattern of muscle fiber. When fibers are aligned diagonally, this allows more fiber to be crammed into any given space.The more fiber that can be crammed into any given space, the more naturally stronger the muscle. This means the greater potential for it to burn fat when exercised! To shrink the fat cells in your stomach that are hiding your abs, you need to focus on training the bigger, power-producing muscles - which are anything but the abs!This means to get a six-pack, work primarily the legs, middle/upper back and chest (along, of course, with proper eating). Many people at first don't get this. They believe that to shrink fat in a specific area, that specific area should be exercised. This is wrong.No matter how hard you blast your abdominals and obliques with exhausting crunches, leg lifts and trunk twists, these sissy muscles will not require enough energy to melt the fat that's hiding them.You can't see your abs because your body's energy needs aren't high enough to burn away at this fat. The solution is to increase the body's energy needs to force it to ransack the fat depots in your belly and waistline. This is done by hammering the major muscle groups.Slam the big muscle groups and the body will end up in a state of severe oxygen debt, which will require loads of energy for recovery. Where will this energy come from? Fat depots. If you have fat depots in your stomach, your body will raid them for post-workout recovery. This post-workout recovery process can last for many hours.If you think you've been doing everything right but still can't see any abs, ask yourself if you've bee

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