Hamilton Personal Trainer

Seriously, how many Crunches does one have to do?

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For my first blog entry as a personal trainer, I thought I?? write about something near and dear to our hearts.

Actually, slightly lower than our hearts, still in the general area, covering a larger space, but still dear to us.

Abs.? We know of them.? We??e seen them.? We want them.? We just don?? know how to attain them.

In my short time as a trainer I have been asked this one same question several times, usually asked in this way…??ow do I get rid of this???Ninety-nine percent of the time they are pointing at a rather festive mid section while the other one percent are pointing at a rather festive husband.? I can help you with one of these.

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After pointing at said mid section, I hear something along the lines of ??eriously…how many crunches do I have to do???I have heard of people doing 200 per day in an attempt to chisel away fat to reveal, in all its glory, the ??ix pack??

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A flat stomach is desired by the majority of the people who set foot in a gym.? They are not necessarily after the defined ??ix-pack?? but are definitely interested in shedding some unwanted fat.

To do this, they do countless crunches, knee lifts, and oblique twists.? Basically whatever exercise they can find that targets the core, they do in hopes of flatness.? No pain is too great for these people.

Unfortunately all of that pain doesn?? pay off and they end up with more or less what they started with.

Don?? get me wrong, regular exercise will burn fat, but what these people fail to realize is that you are not able to tell your body where to burn the fat from.? This is key.

I cannot stress it enough!? Your body will burn fat from wherever it pleases.? Endless crunches will definitely develop abdominal muscles, but will not target the fat in your stomach.

It is for this reason that full body workouts are much more beneficial than simply targeting one specific area.? By completing a full body workout, you not only incorporate more muscle groups which will eventually lead to improved fitness levels, but more specifically you end up using larger muscle groups which burn more fat in a shorter period of time.

For instance, your abdominal muscles are rather small in comparison to your quadriceps in your upper leg.? Those quads will burn more fat performing a series of squats than your abs will with a series of crunches.? So be prepared to work your whole body.

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A ??ix-pack??is not something that appears over night.? It takes a great deal of work and commitment both in your workouts and in your diet.? So do not get discouraged.

The best thing to do is avoid the notion that if you can?? see the abs then you don?? have them.? You can have a very strong midsection without the visual appearance of abdominal muscles.? The abs will appear in time.

For that one percent with the festive husband…good luck.

If You are in the Hamilton area and would like a free Fitness Audit on your mid section, call 1.888.269.1867 or e-mail Hamilton’s top Personal Trainer – Jerome Marrin,? jerome@trainersonsite.com

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