Fitness advice

How to flatten your abs in 5 easy steps!

Andy Ashton

1. Keep well hydrated. To be properly hydrated you must drink water, not coffee, tea, juice or other commercial drinks. These are often dehydrating agents, or have a high enough solute content that they act as foods in the body. To determine how much water to drink in liters per day, take your body weight in Kg’s and multiply it by 0.033, or drink half of your body weight in ounces. Billions of chemical reactions each second in your body depend on water, and without it your body starts saving water in your tissues, making you look puffy, not healthy and vital! I also recommend that you drink only high quality filtered water, not tap water. 2. Eat right for your body type: You must begin by consuming the foods that are right for ‘YOU’ in the correct portions to achieve optimal health & happiness. Not what’s right for your brother, mother or friend, and certainly not eating the way some well-paid athlete tells you to eat. 3. Eat organic foods that come from Mother Nature. Commercially farmed foods have high levels of pesticide residues. Toxins are shuttled into your liver when you bring in more toxic chemicals from your food or environment than your liver can effectively process. No matter how hard you exercise, your chances of reducing the fat around your mid-section will be reduced in proportion to how toxic your body is. Reducing toxins is dependent upon proper hydration, optimal nutrition, adequate exercise, sound breathing mechanics, and a functional bowel. 4. Perform exercises that challenge your core! All the abdominal exercises in the world won’t improve your chances of seeing your abs! If you want a six pack, you need to focus on the functional, high energy movements like squatting, lunging, rowing, cable pushes, and some of the more challenging Swiss Ball exercises like push-ups, supine lateral ball rolls, supine hip extensions with knee flexion and many more. 5. Always use proper form! It’s essential to learn the correct technique when conditioning your abs. If you use poor form when performing abdominal exercises you will be more susceptible to injury and your chances of having a nice conditioned midsection will be diminished.

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In Health & Happiness, Andy Ashton

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