Build Strength, Not Power by Muscle Trainer

We are always bombarded by TV ads and infomercials about ab machines or exercises that promise you fantastic results. Strength training is the key component to an ab workout program, as it will really kick start your metabolism to burn fat and get your awesome abs.

In the past, we were told that getting ripped abs could be achieved by doing thousands of crunches. Now, we see that there are machines that will help you do the crunches and if you purchase the machine, you will get ripped abs.

Well, the truth is that we all have abs, its just hidden under layers of fat stored on our belly. In order to see, those abdominal muscles, we must burn the fat away. Once we burn the fat away, we will have those defined abs that we want.

Increasing your strength requires high intensity and low repetitions. Power training is different from strength training in that, power training you rest most of the time and then you do one or two repetitions. You want to train your muscles to be strong and grow. When the muscles increase in size, they will also increase in muscle activity.

You see, what happens when you train at high intensity is that the muscle is forced to work hard pushing, pulling, straining to keep up to the demands placed on it. As the muscle works hard, the lack of oxygen going to the muscle causes carbon dioxide and lactic acid to accumulate in the muscle.

The moment the body has a chance to send oxygen to the muscle, the muscle works extra hard trying to remove the waste products from the muscle and prepare for the next bout of exercise. This overall activity increases the body's metabolism, as it needs to supply the muscles with the fuel to carry out its activities. As a result, the body will burn more calories from both the food we eat and the stored fat that is on our body.

After an exercise session, the body will continue to nourish, replenish and repair the muscles to get it ready for the next activity. This process can occur for several hours after the exercise and force the body to continue burning fat throughout the day.

Strength training is really the most effective way to train your abs. By increasing your body's metabolism, the body automatically becomes a fat burning machine and will melt away the layers of fat covering the body's ripped rock hard abs.