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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Ab Workouts - Muscular Strength vs. Muscular Endurance

By Jose Loni

People are always asking which is better, having muscle power or long duration workouts? Generally, any kind of physical activity is great, whether it be muscular power training or longer duration endurance activities. However, if your goal is to have abs that are rock hard, then muscle power training is the way to go.

The traditional weight loss programs always emphasized sit-ups and running. Depending on what you want to train, you can run or workout with weights. If your goal is to get six pack abs, then running will not give you what you want.

Endurance activities will train your body to perform for that type of activity. For long distance running, the body will streamline itself and become lighter as you glide over the long distances. If your body did have big muscles, endurance training will decrease the size of the muscles to make the body lighter to run better.

Training for muscle mass will really help kick start your metabolism. As your muscles grow, you will feel your body become a fat burning machine. The bigger muscle mass causes increased overall activity of the muscles, which in turn forces the body to burn more calories.

The increased muscular activity burns the food that we eat and when the body needs more fuel, it will use the excess body fat and burn that. When the body starts burning more fat, the abdominal area of our body will begin to show the underlying abs and give us more ab definition.

Muscle power can be done with weights and lower repetitions. The muscles are pushed to exert a greater intensity, which results in an accumulation of lactic acid and carbon dioxide in the muscles. When this occurs, the body will need to replenish and remove lactic acid and carbon dioxide by getting oxygen to the muscles.

The moment the body is able to bring a fresh supply of oxygen to the muscles, it will continue to replenish and repair the muscles to get it ready for the next bout of exercise. This process can take several hours and can occur for the majority of the day. The increased overall metabolic activity turns the body into a fat burning machine.

Endurance training is good for cardiovascular health and leading a fit, healthy lifestyle. However, to get abs that are ripped and rock hard, you need to train for muscle mass and really kick start your body to burning fat. When the body becomes more efficient at burning fat, ripped abs will come faster. - 17268

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