5 Weird Abdominal Exercise & Diet Tips

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, M.Sc.

Creator, Turbulence Training Transformation Contest
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If you've been struggling to get flat, sexy abs and burn belly fat with traditional workouts, then you are going to love these 5 weird abdominal exercise and diet tips.

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Over the last 13 years as a trainer and athlete, I've been studying every expert and research study I can find about the best way to get flat abs. Today, you'll discover 5 weird tips you might not know when it comes to getting a flat stomach and firm abs.
 
#1 - The best interval training work-to-rest ratio for losing belly fat might be 1-to-1.5.

In an Australian study, researchers found that doing intervals for 8 seconds followed by 12 seconds of rest resulted in significantly more belly fat burning than long slow cardio. Now I know that 8 seconds on and 12 seconds off sounds a little annoying (just try doing that on a machine), but the good news is that these researchers found that going for 24 seconds followed by a
36 second rest works just as well for boosting fat burning hormones.

#2 - Dr. Chris Mohr's #1 weird diet tip is...

I just finished up a fat loss nutrition interview with Dr. Mohr and he told me that his simple, yet slightly weird #1 diet tip for fat loss is...

"Get almost all of your carbohydrates from fruits and vegetables."

I really liked that tip because I've been telling people this for years, and it's part of the Fat Loss Foundation you'll discover in a Simple Nutrition plan.

#3 - You need to be able to do a Plank exercise for 2 minutes.

Dr. Stuart McGill, the world's leading expert on low back health, says in his book that a person with fit abs should be able to do a plank exercise for 2 minutes straight. If you can't do the plank for 2 minutes, then you need to lose belly fat and you need to get an abdominal workout DVD program that works your abs properly.

#4 - New research shows that supersets training burns more calories than traditional straight set resistance training.

And that's exactly what you'll get in every short, burst exercise workout. The short, burst superset programs save you time (getting you done in half the time of a traditional resistance workout) while helping you burn more fat.

#5 - To see your abs, a man will need to be close to 10% fat and a woman will need to be at about 16% fat.

Of course, the more muscle you have, the easier it will be too see your abs, so you'll still be able to see a 4-pack on muscular guys when they have 12-13% fat. But the bottom line is that you need to use the Simple Nutrition plan combined with the short, burst exercise workouts to burn belly fat to see your sexy abs.

BONUS Tip - A great way to work your abs harder than normal planks is the Stability Ball Plank.

 
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  • harksgal says
    This all sounds really good, but why is it that when you don't have the exercise equipment you really want it and think you will always use it but when you get them they never get used. My sister had a cycle machine and never used it so i brought it off her and never used it either. Then my partner and i hired a rowing machine and i used it for the first week and thats it. I find that going to the gym is better because there are others exercising with you. My friends all say the same too. Wonder how many more people out there have unused exercise equipment in the garage with spiderwebs on them lol.
  • Karen says
    These tips sound good, but as much as I would love a flat stomach, I bet I won't do them.
  • Sea Dogg says
    I really need to start working out, i'm so unfit and need weights!
  • Aims says
    Here's hoping if I follow these tips I'll have abs not flab! Although my spare tyre is pretty attached to me so I'm not sure how I'll get on!
  • Shaun says
    Excercise is good but you don't really need the expensive toys that some think must go with it..walking to work is free, mowing the lawns (again free, and your lawns looks good..bonus), fishing (requires alot of effort and strength, especially if you catch a big fish..), even chasing the kids around the backyard when it's time for bed. All these activities burn calories and help me keep fit and trim.
  • Doiis says
    I reckon a swiss ball is the way to go to build muscles around your core. You can do heaps of different exercises ranging in intensity so they will cater to anyone. Not to mention they're bouncy :)
  • barnes10 says
    who needs a six pack when you can have a keg!!! (like mine).
  • Prettyboy says
    another fitness tip. my hardly-used-impulse-buy-of the shopping-channel Treadmills make great clothes hangers! and the ab pro plus are handing to put all your shoes on!

    those girls on the adverts sucked me in!!!
  • KH says
    These are great and exactly what I need...at least I think so. I'll give them a try.

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