There are no shortcuts to excellence- aggressive-acting supplements, fast diets, fitness programs that claim you will “lose 10kg/22lbs in 2 sessions” and similar approaches which are far away from science and very close to marketing sales and business revenues will bring you nothing else but TEMPORARY results. If you’re going to lose 10kg/22lbs in 2 sessions, you’re going to lose water, not fat; it’s like being rough with your body, which reacts in a violent manner. Violence, as in other fields, won’t bring much. Loving our Self (body and mind) is the starting point, this would make you understand that the sacrifice and effort you put in this direction is very important. Next comes choosing your flat belly workout.

Doing resolute, yet unpopular choice which is good for us will surely add something to our self-esteem, and an improved self-esteem makes us capable of to beat the odds and dare much more, we win before going down into the arena!

Abs are made in the kitchen not in the gym!

Part of that statement is undoubtedly true. Women can’t show off their abs if their body fat percentage is over 18-22%. You can check yours here. Meals should be carefully planned by choosing the right nutrients at the right time, you don’t need 600 calories if you’re going to sit at your working desk for the next five hours, but maybe you need them if you’re going to work out hard for as long as two hours.
Another gym myth is that you will decrease the amount of fat around your belly by doing 400 crunches per day, but the truth is that our body uses fat from various locations; therefore we can’t burn fat in a specific location by working the surrounding muscles to the bone. Remember this when deciding on your flat belly workout!

So let’s get into an easy set of nutritional rules before we get into the actual exercises.
Eat several meals per day (let’s say 5-6) planning the most of the calories to be eaten before you spend energy in training, doing heavy work or similar activities.
Avoid saturated fats, drinks containing sugar, processed carbs, include a source of protein, some whole grain and lots of fruit and vegetables, they also help a lot with your digestive system.
Lead an active life, use stairs, walk a lot, program anywhere from 2 to 6 training days per week.
Be positive! Actions bring fortune, act instead of waiting for some thunderbolt to come and solve your problems.

If man made it, don’t eat it

Besides an efficient flat belly workout, achieving a flat belly requires a state of the art digestive system. Your daily menu MUST include unpeeled fruits, yogurt and a lot of wide leaf vegetables EVERY DAY. Also don’t boil or freeze them, fibers and vitamins get lost with processing, that’s why you should prefer whole grains over processed bakery products.
Try to eat non processed products and avoid fat seasonings and long cooking time; it deprives vegetables of their natural vitamins, enzymes and other nutritional elements.
As Jack Lalanne, “the godfather of fitness” and a bodybuilding guru said: “If man made it, don’t eat it”!

How to get Hollywood abs

Abdominal muscles role is much more important than showing off we can grate parmesan on them or make people take us for a Caretta Caretta when we’re swimming.
The biomechanical roles of the abdominals are multiple, and you’ll be amazed to learn how much they do for us. The abdominal muscles are made up of four different muscle groups:
Rectus Abdominis – the link between torso, breastbone and hips, a.k.a the “six pack”.
External oblique – functions to pull the chest downwards and compress the abdominal cavity. In most humans, especially females, it’s this muscle is not visible.
Internal oblique – acts as an antagonist to the diaphragm and supports the torsional movement of the trunk.
Transversus Abdominis – lies underneath the laterals abdominals and works together with the other muscles while keeping our internal organs in place. This muscle needs to be well trained if we wish to avoid a protruded belly and have lean, good looking abdominals.

Abs main role is to close the angle between the legs and the torso, but they also work to:
Support every movement in the body (if you don’t believe this try to walk, breath or push a button in the elevator and you’ll feel your abs contracting)
Keep internal organs in place
Keep the spine in line working as antagonist for the erector spinae and lumbar muscles
Act as a flexible stabilizer every time we need a firm core (lift weights, sneeze etc.)

It’s very difficult to isolate a single abdominal muscle, they work in synergy all together, but we can try to put a couple of pins on things we should look for during our abs training