Monday, June 7, 2010

How to Get a Six Pack Fast at Home

How to get a six pack fast at home isn't as complicated as the most want you to think. It doesn’t have to cost another penny over what you’re currently spending either. You can remake your body easily using just basic principles and your own body.

The food you consume is a part of any search for six pack abs. If you don't have low levels of body fat, you won't see your abs. Percentage wise this is usually in the single digits for men and low teens for women. Diet and metabolic calculators are poor approximations of your needs as there are so many factors involved. A more accurate way is to find out how many calories you already take in, and notice if you're gaining, losing or maintaining your weight, and how fast. Once you figure about what it takes to maintain your body weight, drop it by approximately 500 calories and you're on your way to a new body..

Please remember that your body will adapt when you are working with restricted calories for too long, so a weekly “cheat day” can keep your metabolism from lowering and your diet efforts from leveling off. Also remember to ensure you get enough protein and do enough muscular work to avoid losing precious muscle instead of fat, as muscle loss will make it even more difficult to see results.

The training portion I recommend for how to get a six pack fast at home consists primarily of bodyweight exercises. Sure, the more extreme workouts will consist of barbells and dumbbells, but for weight loss you can do fine with just your body weight many times.

Interval sprints are golden when trying to shed fat. The elevated heart rate they produce burns massive amounts of calories and the overall strain on the body will ensure you continue burning extra calories for up to two days later. This is true with all High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).

If you don't like running you can create a body weight circuit for training and see the same results if you do the exercises explosively and with relatively short cooldowns. Jump squats, push-ups, pull-ups, mountain climbers, and burpees can all be excellent to help lose those extra pounds.

If you do HIIT as it is intended, you will only need a 20 minute session every other day to start seeing incredible results.