This midsection belongs to NPPT trainer Anthony Wilkins. 99.9% of guys who train with us want to have leaner abs. There is a common misconception that extra crunches or other ab exercises will produce abs like Anthony's. The truth is that you must have a very low level of body fat to have visible abdominal muscles. The abdominal muscles are not that large, thus they do not require much energy. The legs, on the other hand, are your largest muscles and demand high levels of energy. The more energy (calories) you use the leaner your will body will become. Since squats use more muscles than nearly any other exercise and require more energy, they are far superior to crunches in producing a leaner midsection. You have a few extra minutes in your workout and you want to focus on your abs? Skip the crunches and stay in the squat rack.
2 comments:
This is great! I wish more people understood this. I rarely do crunches and people ask me all the time to focus more on their abs so they shrink their stomach. I try to tell repeatedly that they need to focus on all large muscle groups and of course the eating! We do abs much just not all day long like they think they need.
But what do I know? 8-)
Lauren,
You're so right. This is a tough concept to sell, even with abs like yours! Keep up the great work.
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