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Get a six pack without cardio
Posted by: Sean
The ONLY reason why anyone who wants to get a six-pack by doing cardio is probably because they have been told that to get a six-pack they need to lose fat. Unfortunately the fat that you may or may not lose when doing cardio will not increase the ability to see your abs.
The reason why women are attracted to men who have a six-pack is because this six-pack of abs shows core strength and women are genetically programmed to seek a partner who is strong that comes from thousands of years of survival. If you want a six-pack you need to get stronger, whether you train with weights or body-weight.
Building strength is built on two foundations and they are how you train and how you eat. If you have the opportunity to join a gym and lift weights then you should do that, but if you want to work-out on your own in your garage without any weight you can also get stronger and see your six-pack.
Your body-fat percentage is a direct reflection of your intake and your output on a daily basis which means that if you eat ANY junk food on a regular basis you will probably not be able to see your six-pack, no matter how hard you train. Eating 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is the key to getting stronger.
You should eat well balanced meals/snacks at least 5 times a day so that your metabolism speeds up and gets rid of all the excess that you might be eating during the day. Drinking water throughout the day is also a minimum requirement if you want to get that six-pack.
How you train is the key to success in getting abs because you will slowly increase the core strength in your body just by doing movements like Plank and Side Plank on a daily basis. But there is a lot more that can be done to increase your core strength so as to increase the thickness of your abdominal cavity.
The four basic compound movements are the minimum requirements to increase strength that has nothing to do with cardio training. As you get stronger doing squats, deadlifts, bench-press and military press you will slowly increase the thickness or density of muscles and the stronger muscle becomes a bigger muscle as you increase your core strength.
There is an added benefit that gaining muscle offers because even an extra pound of muscle will need to consume more calories each day to maintain itself than a pound of fat. If you are training with the correct intensity your body will increase fat-loss and the rate of protein synthesis that repairs muscle for up to 72 hours after your hard work-out.
Research tells us that doing hours of cardio will not increase fat loss long term. The calories that you burn while you are doing cardio will simply stop as soon as you stop your cardio. You need to get stronger if you want a six-pack and you need to start eating correctly so that your muscles can adequately repair after these intense workouts.
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