{"id":36,"date":"2011-08-31T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T20:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gahealthguide.wordpress.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2011-08-31T12:30:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T20:30:55","slug":"36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/31\/36\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness Myths: Spot Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gabriel<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0 My brother once said something to me that was incredibly true, and is something I still impart on people today:<\/p>\n

“Abs are made in the kitchen–\u00a0 Not in the gym.”<\/p>\n

How true this is, this statement about spot reduction \/ spot training.\u00a0 Here’s the question:\u00a0 How often have you seen an infomercial for a product claiming to give you rock hard abs?\u00a0 How many times have you yourself done more crunches in the name of getting a six pack “faster”?\u00a0 Would you be shocked to hear that this is impossible?\u00a0 For those veteran gym rats, you won’t be shocked at all, but for others, this will become a revelation of sorts.<\/p>\n

All of those products that claim to give you insane results with minimal effort (Or a six pack in just days) come with a nutrition plan, and they do because the manufacturers know the true key to getting a six pack–\u00a0 Body fat percentage, not spot training.\u00a0 No matter how much you train a particular muscle, whether it be your quadriceps<\/a>, rectus abdominis<\/a>, or your triceps brachii<\/a>, if you’re looking for the chiseled look, you will need to adjust your diet and lower your body fat percentage.<\/p>\n

But why, you may ask?\u00a0 Well, simply put, if you’re doing crunches, you’re not burning fat around your waist.\u00a0 If you’re doing the preacher curl, you’re not burning fat in your upper arms.\u00a0 If you’re bench pressing, you’re not burning fat in any part of your body–\u00a0 What you’re doing is training the muscle beneath the fat, which won’t allow the muscle to show through any better;\u00a0 Rather, it’s going lead to a potentially bulkier appearance, as the fat atop the muscle will bulge more with more mass beneath it.<\/p>\n

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\nPictured: A good ab workout, but not the key to a six pack.<\/em><\/p>\n

So. . .\u00a0 You want a six pack?\u00a0 Spend more time in the kitchen, because adding a second routine for abs to your workout is not going to cut it alone.<\/p>\n

Alissa<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 Also, remember the importance of cardio in losing body fat. \u00a0Nutrition is key, but cardio is a close second. \u00a0With the right combo of nutrition and cardio you will have a six pack in no time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gabriel:\u00a0 My brother once said something to me that was incredibly true, and is something I still impart on people today: “Abs are made in the kitchen–\u00a0 Not in the gym.” How true this is, this statement about spot reduction \/ spot training.\u00a0 Here’s the question:\u00a0 How often have you seen an infomercial for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","category-fitness-myths","category-nutrition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s3DfsS-36","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}