You’re getting discouraged, and it’s not surprising, because you have exercised those six pack abs for ever, and they are still not showing. What more do I need to do besides crunches to get them developed enough to show as a perfect set of six pack abs?

Firstly, you are not the only one that this has happened to, there are a lot of people in this boat, so don’t give up yet, and with a few changes, your abdominals and six pack will be showing very soon. Despite our best intentions, which can be seen by the number of crunches we perform every day, some people just cannot get their abdominals to show. You know that your abdominal muscles are much stronger, but they still don’t show, so what exactly is happening? Well, what you need to do first is to make absolutely certain that it is your abs that you are targeting in your crunches, an also check that you are not rushing through them. For many workout enthusiasts, it is the number they can do in a fixed time that is important, but that lowers the level of the exercise. To benefit more, you need to hold each contraction of the abs for a few seconds, and if you are rushing to beat the latest record of number of the crunches in two minutes, then you are not able to do this, and the exercises will not be as beneficial for you. So slow down, and improve the quality of your crunches, and any other workouts you do that target the abdominal muscles.

Next on your agenda is to discover what your body fat ratio is – you will be able to do this on the weighing machines at the gym if your bathroom scales don’t tell you. This number should be around 12, but if yours is much higher than this, then that confirms why your six pack abdominals are not defined. The body fat ratio is an indicator to inform you how much body fat you have, and the higher the number, the more fat you have. The more fat you have, the more layers of fat are covering your abs muscles, so provided you have been doing your exercises correctly, your abs will be well developed but just covered by too much fat.

Okay, if too much is the cause of your abs to not show as great 6 pack abdominals what are your options? You can see that you need to lose some of those fat layers, and crunches alone will not do this for you. You need to do some cardio exercises, to lose some fat. Don’t panic this doesn’t automatically mean that you have to workout even longer in the gym daily. You can probably spend less time on your abs crunches, and more time doing cardio. If you can eat a little less, you will be well on your way to losing some body fat. Make sure your diet is healthy for you, and not over doing the alcohol. Occasional drinks are fine, but drinking alcohol on a regular basis is just providing your body with too many calories from an unnecessary source.

So, to conclude, exercise properly, lower your body fat ratio and your 6 pack abs will be defined and showing like those on others you’ve been jealously watching.

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