How to get six packs within three weeks
It takes dedication, time and patience to get a six pack. You need to do two things: lose fat and build muscle. You will get this by dieting and exercising consistently. You can have the most toned and muscular packs, but it will not show if there is a layer of fat over them. This article will discuss ways in which you can achieve both of these goals in just three weeks.
1
Do sit ups.
Lie on the floor, feet on the floor, knees up and hands crossed on your
chest. Have somebody hold your feet down, or wedge them underneath
something heavy. Sit all the way up, lifting your lower back off the
floor along with your shoulder blades. Keep your back straight (no
hunching). Lower yourself down. Repeat.
Once this becomes relatively easy for you (i.e. you can do a quite a
bit with ease) start adding more challenges. Find an incline bench. Do
weighted sit ups. Hold a weight on your chest while you do these. As
these become easier, hold heavier and heavier weights.
Do crunches. Lie on the floor (with or without a mat) with your arms in front of your chest or with your hands lightly touching your temples (never behind your head). Bend your knees. Raise your shoulders (upper torso) towards your knees, using strictly your abdominal muscles.- It is very important to not lift your entire back off the floor, as this can cause back strain. Additionally, the extended movement does not help you develop six pack abs any faster.
- The most important part of the crunch is the initial flexing of your abs as you lift your shoulders off the floor. As soon as you begin lifting off the floor, exhale through your mouth, ending with a gasp once your shoulders are off the floor.
- Pause for a second once you are at the top of the crunch and exhale
the last bit of air from your diaphragm while flexing your abs. Lower
back down slowly and controlled while inhaling through your nose, just
until your shoulder blades touch the ground. Do not let your head touch
the ground.
3
Do leg lifts.
Lie on the floor, legs straight out, hands at your sides. Lift your
legs straight up (not bending your knees at all) until they're at a 90
degree angle (or close). Lower your legs and repeat without letting your
legs touch the floor.
- For more of a challenge, use a parallel bar at a gym to raise yourself up using your arms as support and dangle your legs.
- Easy: Just raise your knees to your chest. Keep your knees bent and your legs underneath your thighs.
- Medium: Raise your legs to a horizontal position with your legs straight and outstretched. This helps firm up the lower abdomen.
- Hard: If you're truly a monster, try doing leg lifts with a medicine ball hanging from your feet. Or, hang from a pull up bar and raise your legs in front of you all the way up to the bar, keeping your legs straight.
4
Do jackknife sit ups.
Lie down flat with your back on the floor. Place your hands on the
ground to your sides for balance; you can pick them up as you get used
to the movement. Simultaneously raise your knees and torso so that your
knees and face meet on an imaginary line extending from your pelvis to
the ceiling. You should be able to kiss your knees at the top of the
motion. Your legs will naturally fold, bringing your feet towards your
hips, much like a jackknife. Lie back down (i.e. "spread out") and
repeat.
- Don't let momentum bring you down. Slowly put your hands and feet back on the ground. Place a weight between your feet when you think you can handle it.
5
Try butt-ups. Start in the push-up positions, except
with your elbows and forearms on the floor. With your elbows and
forearms resting on the ground, slowly move your glutes as high up into
the air as possible. Your body will look like a mountain, with your
glutes being the peak. Slowly lower the glutes back down into the
starting position, being careful not to sag the back below the hips.
6
Do static holds (planks). Put your body into the
push-up position but with your elbows on the floor, and your whole body
flat. This position is also known as the plank, and it trains your core
(including your abs) to hold the body in place. Hold this position for
as long as possible.
- Beginners should be aiming to start off with at least 45 seconds, while seasoned ab workers are known to achieve over 5 minute static holds.
- To perform the side static hold, roll onto one side of your body and lift into the same position as before. This time, only one arm should be on the ground, with the other arm pointed straight up the air and your non weight-bearing leg resting on your bottom leg. Once again, hold this for as long as possible.
7
Train your oblique muscles. It's not as important to
work on your oblique muscles at first, but eventually you'll want to
start working these too. These are the muscles on either side of your
stomach. There are multiple ways to do this and anything that includes
twisting your torso against a resistance counts. There are twisting
machines at gyms; you can twist while you do sit-ups;
you can do side bends; you can twist side to side with a medicine ball
in hand, etc. Be aware though, that many beginners tend to have weak
obliques compared to their abs (it simply isn't used as much in daily
life) so go easy on the sides at first.
- Do bicycle crunches. Lift your feet off the ground while doing the crunches by alternating each leg in the air. Bring your left knee up toward your right shoulder and then your right knee toward your left shoulder.
8
Do pull-ups hanging from a horizontal bar. You will
be amazed at the number of muscles around your stomach working with
pull-ups. Do 5 pull-ups with your palms facing away from you and 5
pull-ups with your palms facing towards you. This will also build your
lats and biceps at the same time.
- Add complex core-movements to your workout. That will boost your
overall body constitution tremendously. For example, combine push-ups
with rows. Go into a push-up position on two dumbbells. Now don't do a
push-up, but instead start to row alternating dumbbells. See how much
power you need only to hold balance? Combine exercises! Be creative.
Tension is your friend.
9Do Push Ups. Check out the various types of push ups like the standard push ups or knuckle push ups or even the diamond push ups, which ever you feel comfortable with, you can google them and do which ever one you wish to do.10
Do Dragon flags. It is also known as reverse crunches, and it is the most extreme form of abdominal exercises, Bruce Lee and Sylvester Stallone have done this great workout. Lie on your back on a bench or bed, place your hands behind your head and hold onto the edge of the bench or bed. Balancing on the back of your shoulder blades and not applying full pressure on the back of your neck, tighten your abs like bracing yourself for a punch along with your legs and butt. Raise your legs and lower back off the surface and bring it down to 45 degree angle, not letting your butt touch the surface. Do not bend your hips when raising or declining.11Train your entire core. To build really great abs it's helpful understand what abs do. Their full name is "rectus abdominis."[1] The "rectus" bit is Latin for "straight, proper, upright." Contrary to popular opinion, the abdominals' primary job is not to curl you up into a ball, but rather to work together with the back muscles to maintain correct posture and stabilization. Some of the best exercises for abs are ones that force your entire core to go into overdrive to support your spine. Some exercises that do this are squats and deadlifts.ENJOY IT...
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