Should You Do Crunches To Get Six Pack Abs?

Is there a point to doing a lot of crunches if you want to get six pack abs or is it true that you can get a flat stomach by ignoring ab exercises?

Although many people will spend more time doing crunches than any other exercises combined, it is important to know that this might be setting you back. Getting a six pack set of abs has nothing to do with crunches.

The factors you should consider:

1.having a diet low in fat
2.doing weight training
3.doing high intensity type cardio

These three factors are more important than doing crunches or ab work for core strength. The most important factor is eating less fat. Refined sugars and high fat diets will keep you from having ripped abs regardless of how many crunches you do.

Weight training a strong component as it has been shown to burn more calories when combined with cardiovascular exercise. Ideally you want to do weight training with every muscle group. Never neglect one muscle group and give priority to another.

High intensity cardio is the final piece of the puzzle. Sure steady state cardio like a good jog will help but your results will take longer to show. If you want to torch the fat faster than you ever thought possible then the best option is doing short burst of intense cardio, also referred to as interval training. Interval training can be done with any type of cardio workout: swimming, running, jumping rope, skating, you name it.

If you want to do crunches simply do 3 to 4 sets of 12 to 15 repetitions and you will be fine.

So there you have it. That is all it takes to get the six pack abs you have always wanted.