The Abs Diet Exercise

Introduction

OK, I've got good news and bad news about abs diet exercise... Which do you want first?

ABS Diet Exercise - The Good News

Here's the good news. Whether you're a man or woman you have abs, and believe it or not they are some of the most powerful muscles in your body! Chi Running, Pose Running, good running form in general - they all depend on a "strong core", "working the core muscles", "core alignment"...

Well ... hello ... that's fancy talk for, strong, abdominals! How hard can that be? If you've got great abs you're 90% on the way to great core strength, and great running and workout performance.

And believe it or not, if you're walking around on two legs now you have a pretty good abdominal foundation to work with!

ABS Diet Exercise - The Bad News

f you want anyone to see your great abs you're going to have to lose weight and gain muscle - and yup, pretty much all over your body. It's an ugly truth. You just can't lose weight around your stomach and keep your Thunder Thighs and Cauliflower Arms.

Well, that's not totally bad news anyway. It may keep you off the swimsuit calendar this year but you really don't want six pack abs while your heart and liver are getting squeezed out of their house by the Fat Family and all their fat little kids. Did you know that surgeons can charge more for operating on fat people? Think about that for a while...

Getting back to the good news, a good abs diet exercise program is good for you - all over.

The Abs Diet

Here's the deal: First, watch what you eat. If you're really serious about seeing your abs get serious about what you're putting in your mouth. Abs Diet Exercise Diet

We're not talking starvation here, you have plenty of choice:

Beans and legumes
Nuts - like almonds
Green veggies like spinach and Brussels sprouts
low-fat dairy products,
oatmeal cereal
eggs
Oils - Olive oil, Canola
Lean meats like turkey, chicken breast, and some pork
Peanut butter
Wholegrain breads and cereals,
Berries and Grapes- Blueberries, raspberries, green grapes

The pattern is low fat, protein, and complex carbohydrates. Almonds and olive oil provide good fats. This may not seem like a lot of variety, but think about it... There's a lot you can do with these ingredients.

The Abs Exercises

The next part is exercise. We might as well strengthen what we already have!

Abs Diet Exercise Crunch
Abdominal Crunches

Lay on the ground, legs bent, feet flat. Don't cheat! No pulling from arms. Use your abs and start to do a partial sit up. But, just 'crunch' your abs (it's not a sit up!).
With your abs, lift you weight up and forward - keeping your lower back on the mat.
Slowly lower your weight, stop just before your shoulders touch the ground and then reverse!
Repeat as you can...

Side Crunch

With legs straight extend your right arm along the floor while lying on your right side. But your left hand behind your head, elbow pointing toward the ceiling.
Contract the muscles of the left side of your torso and form a V shape with your body. Return slowly to the starting position.
After a few repeats, do the same with the right side of the body.

Reverse Crunch

Lie on your back and raise your head and upper shoulders off the mat slightly. Don't try to look at your knees - don't bend your head.
Lift your knees in an arc toward your head. When your kees are above your abdomen contract your abs and lower your feet slowly...
Don't put your feet on the floor, but repeat the cycle as many times as you can..

Visit my friend Jeremy Reeves for more ideas on abs diet exercise. He's the pro when it comes to body weight exercising!

Summing up -

Jeremy actually mentions what I've said here. Six pack abs are more a function of diet than sit ups! But don't forget that strong abs are the foundation to a strong core, and a strong core is the key to injury free running and cross training! So break out the power foods and go nuts!

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