Sunday, February 1, 2009

Flat Stomach Exercises - Defined

By Dan Solaris

Flat stomach exercises are anaerobic exercises. Training the abs directly will not give you a flat stomach. In order to effectively get ripped abs, anaerobic training is the fastest way. The anaerobic system will increase your metabolism, through interval training and regular exercise.

Spot reduction is not effective at flattening your stomach. Training the abdominal muscles directly will increase the strength and help support the back, but it will not remove the fat on the stomach. To burn fat we must do overall, body fat burning to remove the visible abdominal fat to allow for the underlying abs to be seen.

Anaerobic exercises cause an oxygen debt, which is a lack of oxygen in the muscles of the body. The increased exercise activity increases the amount of carbon dioxide and lactic acid in the muscles.

During rest, the body will be working hard to replenish, repair the muscles to prepare it for the next bout of exercise. The body will also remove the waste products from the muscles.

Interval set training also creates an oxygen debt situation in the muscles. This causes the body to really increase its metabolic activity to keep providing energy to the increased physical activity, thereby increasing overall fat burning.

The muscles need to find energy to expend and will break down calories from the food we eat and then start burning excess fat from our belly use as fuel. The frequency and regularity of these activities will make the body better at metabolizing fat and become more efficient to the point that it will burn fat even after the body has stopped exercising.

Regular exercise is a good way to be consistent and allow the body to become more efficient at burning body fat. Having a regular schedule of exercises promotes increased metabolic activity regularly, which has a residual effect of fat burning even after the exercises session.

High intensity exercises is the best way to getting a flat stomach. By increasing your metabolism, through interval training and regular exercise you will be able to get that flat stomach that you've always dreamed of. - 15266

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