Flat Stomach Exercises Are High Intensity Exercises

by Kareem Samhouri, DPT on April 10, 2009 · weight loss

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High intensity exercises are the key to getting a flat stomach. Ab exercises that target the abs will not give you a flat stomach. High intensity training will kick start your system and metabolism. This can be done through interval training and regular exercise.

Exercises that train just the abs will not give you a flat stomach. Spot reduction does not work. Training our abs directly will give you strength in the abs but will not give you a flat stomach. We must burn our overall fat to make the underlying abdominal muscles visible.

High intensity training causes a lowered oxygen situation in the muscles, which results in increased accumulation of carbon dioxide and lactic acid. Resulting in lowered muscle function.

Exercises that involve intervals are effective in creating an oxygen debt in the muscles. The dynamic nature of interval training and how the muscles react to the demands of that training, really increase the metabolism of the muscles.

Interval exercises create oxygen debt to force the muscles to expend more energy, the result being greater metabolic activity and increased overall metabolism of the body.

The muscles utilize the calories from the food we eat and when that is fully consumed, it turns to the fat stores on our body to provide the necessary energy. This fat burning process increases the body’s capacity to burn fat and keeps actively replenishing and repairing the muscles well after the exercise session has ended.

Flat stomach exercises are basically anaerobic exercises. To get the fastest results, we must train with anaerobic exercises by increasing our metabolism through interval training and regular exercise.

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