Are Your 6 Pack Abs Still Not Showing?

You may be getting discouraged, and it’s hardly surprising, because you have exercised those six pack abs for so long, and they are still not defined. How many more crunches do i have to do to get them developed enough to show as a great set of six pack abs?

Firstly, you are not the only one that this has happened to, there are many more people in this situation, so take heart, and with a few changes, your abs and six pack will be defined very soon. Even with the best of intentions, which can be seen by the number of crunches we perform daily, not every one can get their perfect abs to show. You feel that your abdominal muscles are way stronger, nevertheless they still don’t show, so what exactly is going on? Well, what you need to do first is to make absolutely sure that it is your abs that you are targeting in your crunches, an also make sure that you are not rushing through them. For many workout enthusiasts, it is the number they can do in a fixed time that is important, but that lowers the level of the exercise. To benefit more, you need to hold each contraction of the abs for a few seconds, and if you are rushing to beat the latest record of number of the crunches in two minutes, then you cannot do this, and the crunches will not be as successful for you. So slow the exercises you are doing, and improve the quality of your exercises, and any other workouts you do that target the abs muscles.

The next thing you need to do is to find out what your body fat ratio is – you will be able to do this on the weighing machines at the gym if your bathroom scales don’t tell you. This number should be around 12, but if yours is a lot higher than this, then that explains why your 6 pack abs are not defined. The body fat ratio is an indicator to inform you how much body fat you have, and the bigger the number, the more layers of fat your body has. The more fat you have, the more layers of fat are covering your abdominal muscles, so if you have been doing your exercises correctly, your abs will be well developed but just hidden by too much fat.

Now then, if too much is the cause of your abs to not be defined as great six pack abdominals what are your options? You obviously need to lose some of those fat from your body, and crunches alone will not do this for you. You need to do some cardio exercises, to lose some fat. Don’t panic this doesn’t automatically mean that you have to work even longer in the gym each day. You will probably spend less time on your abs exercises, and more time doing cardio. If you can eat a little less, you will be well on your way to losing some body fat. Make sure your diet is healthy for you, and not over doing the alcohol. The occasional drink is fine, but drinking alcohol on a regular basis is just providing your body with too many unneccessary calories.

So, to summarize, do your exercises properly, lose some body fat and your 6 pack abdominals will be defined and showing like those on others you’ve been jealously watching.