Best Abdominal Exercise EVER!

Barr None, the best abdominal exercise...

is NOT an abdominal exercise at all. If you opened this post looking for that one magical abdominal movement to flatten your stomach I'm guessing you have some unwanted belly fat that you are trying desperately to get rid of.

Well, here's the HONEST truth, You can do Ab exercise after Ab exercise after Ab exercise, but unless you do this one  imparticular thing...which is the best exercise for the abs, then flattening your tummy just ain't gonna happen!

So you want to know what this one particular thing is?...

I've called it the Power3. Three of the most powerful, but also most basic steps to blast fat away!

(1) Refueling your body every 3 hours beginning first thing in the morning.
(2) Resistance Training combined with High-Intensity Cardiovascular Training.
(3) Proper Recovery Time.

The first one is so simple a 5 year old could figure it out. Simply start your day with a healthy refueling breakfast, then refuel every 3 hours after until you go to bed again. A refuel is with a handful of a lean protein such as a chicken breast, a handful of a complex carbohydrate such as brown rice, and two handfulls of a fruit and/or vegetable.

What do I mean when I say resistance training combined with high intense cardio training? Three days of resistance training with the major muscle groups...back, chest, shoulders, legs, abs combined with high intense cardio between each exercise. Here's an example:

20 supermans (back extensions)
20 push-ups (can be modified in any way)
20 dumbbell shoulder side raises
20 body weight sqauts
20 reverse crunches
...then 1-2 minutes of intense cardio like jumping jax or step ups, or a sprint, or even walking up & down a stair case.
(repeat this 3-5 times)

The last one is probably the most important one. RECOVERY!!! Yes, it is so important to let your muscles recover after a good workout for at least a day. So ideally a Monday, Wednesday, Friday workout regamin is most effective.

I personally like my recovery days to be "moving recovery", meaning the days after my workouts, I'm walking or jogging at least 20 minutes. This helps all muscle soreness move out of the system much quicker than normal.

The Power3 IS by far the best abdominal exercise out there! Try doing ANY one "magical" abdominal exercise and you won't even come close to getting the same results as you will with the Power3.

Chad Cannon is the owner of Shaping Concepts Fitness Training Center in Bluffton, SC.