The 5 Most Common Ab Myths

1. If I want Abs I Need To Do Run and Do More Sit-Ups
This is one of the most common, yet completely untrue statements that anyone could tell you about getting a 6-pack. Although running will boost your metabolism and can lower your overall bodyfat percentage, running alone won’t give you a ripped mid-section. Either will doing hundreds upon hundreds of sit-ups every single day. Sit-ups are actually a very ineffective exercise, that places a lot of unnatural strain on the neck and back. Also, what builds muscle (and abs) isn’t how many REPS you do with a certain weight, but HOW MUCH weight you use. If you actually do some kind of Ab work such as seated twists with a medicine ball, don’t try to do 100 reps with 5 pounds, because you will build a lot more muscle over your stomach if you do only 10 reps with 50 pounds!

2. Only Ab Exercises Will Give Me Abs
This is the second most common, and also completely untrue statement about Abs. The fact is that “Ab specific” exercises will actually make it take LONGER to get that ripped mid-section. It has been found that doing Squats with free weights is actually the most effective Ab building exercise of them all, and the Deadlift comes in at a close second. Doing full body exercises that use multiple muscles all together at once are a lot more effective for your overall body, and also if you just want a ripped stomach.

3. Ab Products I See On TV Really Work
The people that are shown on fitness infomercials for “Ab rollers” and machines that let you lay down and tell you how “easy” it is to get results and that it only takes “5 minutes a day” don’t actually use the product they are on TV promoting. They are PAID FITNESS MODELS! If the only thing these models did to get the body that they have on TV was to use that product, they wouldn’t look near as good and wouldn’t be in a tenth of the shape they are in. I can’t think of one of these products that will EVER get you ANY results whatsoever.

4. I Can Be A Little Overweight and Still Have Abs
Completely untrue! Sure, you could be 300 pounds and have 6 pack abs, but they would never show because they are under a huge layer of FAT! The only way to SHOW the muscles and abs that you have is to lower your bodyfat percentage. Actually, to show your abs you NEED to have around 10% bodyfat or less. If you have too much over that then it doesn’t really matter how ripped your stomach is, because it will never show! The fastest, most efficient way to lower your bodyfat percentage is to have a good diet.

5. Diet Really Isn’t That Important
Continued from the previous point, to show your Abs, DIET IS THE MOST IMPORTANT factor! Again, it doesn’t matter how many sit-ups you can do, how much weight you can lift, or how ripped your stomach is, because if your bodyfat percentage isn’t low enough (by having a good diet!), they will NEVER SHOW.

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