Tuesday February 12, 2013
I did my core stretching and calisthenics workout today, just like almost every day, twenty-two minutes a day is a small price to pay for six-pack abs. I followed up with six sets of five pull-ups on my Door Gym in my usual manner, palms facing forward, then backward and finishing off with a neutral grip. Just last week I was struggling to do three sets of four pull-ups, what a difference a week can make!
Now that I’m in my final week it’s all about cutting fat to reveal the toned muscle beneath. As I said before, building six-pack abs is fairly easy, just use an ab wheel daily and you will build a six-pack fairly quickly. Uncovering that six-pack is a different story. Once your abs are sufficiently toned you need to ensure you burn more calories than you consume.
Long, boring cardio sessions won’t do it, recent research indicates that while endurance activities like biking and long distance running reduce body fat, they may also decrease muscle mass.
What you need to do is find an activity that is moderately strenuous, gets you a little out of breath and makes you sweat just a bit, then do it on a regular basis. Weight lifting, for example. My morning routine is another.
Of course, you need to watch what you eat and more importantly how much you eat of it. It’s also best if you don’t eat after six pm, food eaten too soon before bed time is more likely to turn to fat.
- 8:30 am I ate a bowl, maybe a cup and a half, of red beans and rice.
- 1:30 pm I ate six Blazin Chunks chicken nuggets.
- 4:30 pm I ate two boneless pork chops, coated and oven baked, a cup and a half of mixed vegetables and a cup of fully loaded potatoes.
I really should stop eating potatoes, but since I’m not willing to I just watch my portions.
No weight updates until Monday February 18, 2013, but it’s looking like I’m only going to have lost ten pounds of my fifteen pound goal in four weeks. Even so, I’ll have a six-pack once again.
Michael Cole
Tomorrow Build Six Pack Abs In Four Weeks – Take Two – Day Twenty-Four