Context:
Immediate goal - Weightloss around the torso
long term goal - Six pack
The following that you are doing are absolutely the WRONG things to do:
Immediate goal - Weightloss around the torso
long term goal - Six pack
The following that you are doing are absolutely the WRONG things to do:
- Work out only abs and not the rest of the body - you thought apart from your torso the rest of your body is fit. You gave a miss to the rest of the exercises.
- Too much of crunches and abs exercises - you have been doing a lot of crunches and abs exercises. Well, this is counter-productive and will never benefit. You are certain to fail to gain anything at all if: you do crunches 7 days a week and 5 hours a day.
- Too slow cardio - you go to the gym and read newspaper on the bicycle. Your heart rate never exceeds 100 beats per minute when you are on the treadmill. Guaranteed to fail. A waste of time. And BTW, you deserve some credit for getting out of the bed in the early morning though.
- You are seeing that the scale is not showing improvement and are getting disheartened. Well, if you are working out regularly and effectively, you weight may be constant for a while when you are actually transforming your fat into muscle. You are getting fit. Just not lighter. A body composition check can reveal the gains. A scale may or may not.
- You are exercising as much as you use to 10 years ago. Well, what may have worked 10 years ago for you may not work now. Now, you are older and need to do more to lose weight. Salman khan use to work out 1 hour in his 20s, 2 hours in his 30s, 3 hours in his 40s, and 4 hours in his 50s.. just kidding... he's not 50 yet. But you get the idea.
As learned from Ranjeet Sir of Benefit Gym, Noida.
