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I would like to start by dispelling a huge myth about building six pack abs. You cant simply burn fat off your midsection to expose your abs. You can do sit ups, crunches, V-ups all day and develop a strong midsection but you wont be able to see them. With all the misleading advertisements for ab building machines its no surprise that people still think you can simply burn away the fat around your midsection by doing ab exercises. The following are the components you’ll need to develop the best abdominal workout.

NUTRITION PHASE: If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to drive your car on 4 flat tires, try building a set of abs without focusing on your diet. Nutrition may be the single most important lesson you will need to get a ripped midsection. Your nutrition plan should include the following.

High Metabolism: Consider your metabolism a burning fire. If you’d like to keep that fire burning hot you must constantly put dry firewood in it often. The same is true for your metabolism. Eating 5 -6 smaller meals a day will keep your metabolism burning hot AND burning calories. Many of us are guilty of the worst nutritional sin, skipping breakfast. Breakfast is actually the most important meal for the day. Its like lighting the fire that will keep you warm the rest of the night, if you don’t get that right nothing else matters that much.

High Protein: Eating lean protein can not be stressed enough. Since you know that keeping your blood sugar even will reduce your cravings for sugar eating a lean protein will slow your digestion and smooth out your blood sugar levels. Protein is also vital in rebuilding muscle tissue.

High amounts of Water: This one is super basic. Keeping a high water intake will keep the toxins flowing through your kidneys and out of your body. It also will help prevent dehydration.

Fiber: Think of fiber as lubricant to your digestive tract. Keeping high amounts of fiber in your stomach keeps food moving quickly through your digestive and intestinal tract which will keep you in overall good health.

WORKOUT PHASE: Cardiovascular exercise is very important to any fat burning and ab building routine. Keeping your workouts short and intense is the best way to rev your metabolism into high gear and burn fat off your body. Most people mistakenly think long hours on the treadmill are the best way to burn fat off your body. Actually, its the best way to stop any good exercise plan from succeeding because you cant keep that up for long. So keep it short and intense.

Weights: Most people think that doing high reps of low weight is the best to burn fat. That’s not true. You may burn a few calories but if you want to burn fat you must add muscle to your body. Muscle is extremely energy costly and burns much more calories than fat even at rest.