Bad, worse, worst – does your routine compare?
If you want to know if your current abs exercise routine is up to scratch or not and whether you are doing the right exercises, this article is especially for you. You will find 3 abs exercise routines in this article that is bad, worse or worst. Have a look at them, they will help you to compare your current routine with them and see if you are doing it right or wrong:
Bad
Here’s what a typical bad routine would look like:
Cardio
The cardio is the main focus when it comes to exercise and this include loads of cardio and also a very long duration. Such cardio may make you lose lean muscle mass and make it difficult for you to get flat abs.
Weight training
Weight training of the bad routine will be done with very light weights and the frequency is usually not often enough.
Abs exercises
The bad routine’s abs exercise is usually only one exercise that is repeated a lot of times, like a crunch, a sit up or other abs specific exercises.
Worse
Cardio
The worse routine will do only light cardio like walking, riding bike, and swimming.
Weight training
The worse routine’s weight training will use body weight exercises only and will include only a few exercises. Have a look at the truth about six pack abs workout guide to learn more exercises to do.
Abs exercises
The worse routine will focus on one abs muscle only with either one or a few exercises.
Worst
Exercise
The worst routine will skip all other exercises in favor of abs specific exercises only and will repeat them a thousand times. There would be a ton of crunches, sit ups and other abs specific exercises included in an effort to build flat abs. But doing so won’t bring any results – you have to burn off you tummy fat first.
Make sure that your exercise routine doesn’t look like one of the above. To make it abs building ready, do cardio interval training for 20 minutes, 3 times a week and do heavy full body weight training for 3 times a week. For super effective meal plans and exercise plans, check out the truth about abs program.
Weight Training Over 50
Do you look round at all those young people in the park or on the beach and feel jealous? Do you wish that you could have bodies like theirs and feel that your own youth was misspent not keeping yourself fit? Well you can do something about it. You can change the way you look, feel and even your lifespan by exercising more. And what exercise is the best for a new you? Weight training over 50!
Mid life crisis is a very strong word and although many people use it in jest when describing a middle aged man, it is actually much more serious than these people make out. Gone are the days when you can walk around with your shirt off on hot days, gone are the days when you could run for the bus. The realization that you have reached 50 and you haven’t achieved enough with your life is something of a horrible prospect. So what do these people do? How do they combat this feeling that they need to achieve more in the next 50 years? They try something new and extreme. So what better way to try something different than to take up a new sport?
Over 40 bodybuilding gives you not just the satisfaction of a challenge tackled head on but also amazing health benefits. Your muscles get a workout, your heart gets a workout, your blood pressure will drop, your cholesterol will lower and your risk of heart disease will diminish. In fact strength building is a fantastic sport for any age only the more mature you are, the more you will appreciate the benefits. No more will you be envious of those young burly me because you will be one of them! People won’t believe your real age and neither will you when you will be able to do all those things you could when you were 20! Don’t let age defeat you or stereotypes label you, do something about it and give bodybuilding a go.
Why You Need A Squat Rack
Many people don’t really think about purchasing a squat rack as part of their home gym. However, if you are a serious lifter, or even a casual powerlifter, then it is very highly recommended that you do purchase some type of rack system. This is highly recommended for several reasons.
First, having a good squat rack allows you to perform the squat exercises the way they should be done. This is very important, as squats are one of the best exercises you can do for your lower and core body muscles. In addition, it is very difficult to find a replacement exercise that can have the same, or even nearly the same, benefits as the benefits associated with squats. The reason a good rack for squats helps out so much is because you are able to judge how far you are supposed to go down, which is something that most people cheat on not because they want to but because they don’t know exactly how far to go.
The second reason, and probably most important reason, for making sure you have a squat rack as part of your home gym is for safety reasons. So many people try to do just ‘light weight’ without a rack, and end up either doing them incorrectly or do more weight than they should without a spotter, and they end up getting hurt. A good rack will protect you by not allowing you to go down too far. In addition, it will not allow you to have the weights fall on top of your or knock you over backward. Of course, this latter protection is only available if you purchase a rack that has both a bottom secure bar and back secure bars that ‘trap’ the weights inside, making it so the weights cannot fall down or back. So, even if you are looking for cheap squat racks, make sure that it comes with these two key components.
Inspecting a Used Treadmill
For those who are looking to buy used treadmills, it is important to keep in mind that there should be no reason to compromise what we want out of a treadmill just because it is not new. Besides inspecting the machine for excessive wear, any shopper should also look for the features that they would want from a treadmill such as pre-programmed workouts, built-in television or whatever bells and whistles treadmills come with these days. The important thing, however, is to make sure the treadmill is able to endure the many years of service you will demand from it. To be sure we don’t waste our money on lemons it is important to inspect the most important parts of the treadmill.
The most critical part is the motor. This is essentially the heart of used treadmills and can be very expensive to repair which is why a warranty to at least cover parts for the motor is required. To inspect the motor, turn it on and listen for any funny noises. Ask about anything that makes you unsure about the quality of the motor and then step onto the treadmill to feel it out. There should be no change in the belt speed as you put your full weight on it and the motor should not appear to struggle in anyway. Again, this is really where you want most of your attention since the motor will pretty much make or break the usability of the machine.
The rest of the treadmill that should be inspected includes the console or dashboard and the body. A steel frame will definitely be more durable than any other material so this is always a good feature to look for. The console should have all the things you would want and make sure the displays read correctly. If possible, test the heart rate monitor and other features to make sure they are working properly. One aspect that should not be compromised, especially if you have small children at home, is the safety lock to keep the machine form accidently turning on.
An Electric Treadmill For Home Fitness
Electric treadmills are a great way to get in shape. It also beats out getting a gym membership. It is much better to be able to work out in the confines of one’s own home than to have to schlep oneself over to the neighborhood gym every night or two. It really ends up saving a lot of time and even money. This way people can spend time doing what they would always otherwise wish to be doing anyway: spending time with family, getting work done, or just plain sitting down and watching the boob tube. That’s what I call freedom!
The electric treadmill is actually the best type of treadmill on the market. The other kind is the manual sort, which is cheaper (generally) but offers much less performance. If you are really serious about outfitting your home gym with a next generation treadmill then you will definitely want to invest in an electric (or motorized) one. Yes, they will cost a bit more. But you could always buy a used one. There are many great used ones that have barely been used. This is because so many people buy them and then end up hardly using them. They end up putting them up for sale on Craiglist or through the local paper. Maybe they will sell them back to the manufacturer who will then make them available for a lower price on the open market. These points are all worth considering. They make a really good case for this type of a purchase.
In buying a new one I would expect to pay something on the order of at least $800. This will earn you the right to lay claim to a vastly superior machine. It will certainly up your workout ante into the stratosphere. Who can argue with that? As long as one makes good and regular use of their machine then they can expect to have a really peaceful feeling about what they have purchased. That is really what one wants to aim for: a satisfaction borne of good initial research and finding a quality price.
The various makers in this field all offer up their takes on the traditional treadmill. These days they are often lighter than they used to be. Paradoxically they will offer one a better workout. Walking, jogging, or running: these are all great exercises which the electric treadmill has proven it can make easier in at home use.