It seems like steroids are everywhere you turn your head these days. On the news, in most sporting circles, in high schools, on the street, in foreign drug rings, and on and on. It's amazing what people think they know and really don't know about building muscle. While most people are probably getting sick of it, I for one and glad that this is happening. I as a bodybuilder think that it is about time that this became "dinner table" talk because people's perceptions really need to be changed in order for this sport that I love to be a legitimate endeavor.
Building muscle is a very complicated and often abused activity. I believe there are good and bad reasons for doing it. Human strength and the muscular body are amazing and beautiful things, in my opinion, but only if it takes hard work to do it and only if it is done in a healthy way. Pushing the limits of human performance in athletics is awesome and a great motivator for people to stay healthy and fit, but the problem is that these have stopped being the prime movers in the "business" of sports. The whole problem is that is has become a business and whenever money becomes the motivation the dark side starts creeping in.
It is amazing what people will do for power whether it is prestige, or wealth, or popularity, or visibility, or whatever. All that happens is that people get hurt and the sport is denigrated and ends up losing the respect and all of the above things that people are craving when they become involved in it. I mean come on can it be that fun to be better than everyone else, when it means that you have to resort to cheating to do it? Aren't the best things in life those things that don't come easy? And since when did the risk of death become worth it to so many people in exchange for a few fleeting moments of "respect" that you're give? Well I want to be the first to tell you that all people who spend a lot of time building muscle are vain.
Why do I spend lots of time building muscle? Well for one thing it is a healthy thing to do when done correctly. It protects you from all sorts of injuries and pains. It keeps you fit as muscle is one of the best metabolizers in your body. It makes your bones strong, it protects your joints, it gives you good balance and control of your body, it allows you to do activities that you enjoy for longer. It also has positive effects on you mental health. It gives you a sense of accomplishment, it elevates your mood, makes you more confident, gives you the same kind of high that a runner gets by releasing natural endorphins, etc.
So by all means get into sports and get strong but do it for the right reasons and in the right ways or you are going to end up exactly where you don't want to be-an object of scorn and ridicule and lying on your back in a hospital bed.
Although one could exercise their abdominal muscles for an extended period of time, if you have excess fatty tissue they will remain invisible. Because the fat stores mainly in your abdominal area, that is where it's the hardest to burn the fat. There is no magical solution to getting ripped abs, there are no special exercises or special machines that will reveal your hidden abs. Essentially you must bring your body fat down to around 10% to see optimal results, and this can be a fairly daunting task if you don't know what you're doing. The proper way to get a six pack lies in following some simple guidelines which allow you to effectively burn the excess fat around your stomach area. This helps you reveal your hidden abdominal muscles and allows your six pack to be visible. Sustaining a healthy diet, is the one and only way to effectively reduce and lose the extra fat around your stomach and obtain ripped six-pack abs, more than 90% of the results will start to manifest from food you consume. In ordet to burn fat, the most effective way is to maximise your metabolism, not wear tight restrictions, beacause in reality, they never work. This results in eating small, frequent meals. Stimulation of our metabolism can be increased by the proper digestion of these foods. You may have become a junk food junkie with so many processed foods readily available. Unfortunately they are filled with chemicals that hamper the weight loss process. For real results you need to stay with real food. To breakdown unwanted body fat and flush it from your body drink lots of water. Drinking 8 glasses of water a day helps your body digest foods, absorb nutrients and also flushes toxins from your body. High intensity cyclic training has many benefits over cardio workouts and it is much more effective in building muscle and losing weight. It helps to increase your metabolism, so that even after you are done working out, you can still burn fat. You will need to perform the training for 20 minutes, at high intensity, for roughly 4 or 5 times every week. In order to develop ripped and defined six pack abs quickly, one must follow a system which combines Cardio Workouts, Weight Training and a diet to lose fat in an effective balance. No doubt about it, when you can take off your shirt and look at those incredible abs, you won't regret the effort for a moment.
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