7 Super-Effective Tips for Losing Stomach Fat & Getting Lean Six Pack Abs for Life

Vince Delmonte interviews author Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist

1.  Mike, what is the number one component to getting a six pack?

MG: Your training style, nutrition, and mindset are all extremely important if you want to stand a chance at getting a six pack... However, if I had to choose 1 component that is most important, it would probably have to be nutrition. Maybe you've heard the saying before that "abs are made in the kitchen".

It really is true, and that's where the majority of people go wrong in the goal to get super lean. Of course, this also ties into mindset, because you really have to get your mind in the right place in order to have the discipline to be able to eat consistently clean enough to get six pack abs.

There's a lot of confusion out there these days about calories, fat, protein, and carbohydrates... every "expert" disagrees with one another on proper ratios and types of diets.  I think people make this way too complicated... If you are just to focus on a good balance between fats, carbs, and proteins, and make sure to eat only natural unprocessed organic foods (as close to their natural state as possible) instead of packaged, processed foods, a lot of the problems that most people have with cravings, a sweet tooth, overeating, blood sugar swings, etc all take care of themselves.

We still can't lose sight of the fact that you can overeat on healthy foods and gain fat even while eating healthy. Therefore, your caloric intake needs to be controlled to a level that will promote fat loss if that's the goal.

2.  Excellent Mike!  Next question... What is one thing I might be doing, unknowningly, steering my quest for a six pack in the wrong direction?

MG:  I'll give 2 things that may be steering you in the wrong direction...

a. Too much cardio

Some people, in their attempt to test to get lean, center method too plenty on hours and hours of cardio exercise. The dispute is that this tins backfire on you by creation you lose lean strength group over time, which decreases your resting metabolic rate. Once this happens, it becomes easier to package on meaning fat than ever before.  I've even seen dozens group that do too plenty cardio and period up becoming that "skinny fat" appearance, where they have very little strength tone, yet they have plethora stomach fat (even a "gut" possibly).

Instead of plethora cardio, center more on high liveliness pressure practice (yes, even during a "cutting" cycle, where heavier practice is even MORE important). This testaments assistance maintain your lean strength corpse throughout your body, so that you don't sophistication the metabolic tempo decrease. Maintaining as wealth lean strength substance on your wealth at all times is one of the bulk important belongings for halting super-lean for life.

b. Not eating enough healthy fats

This is another domain where I see clan go in the evil direction. They are examination to lose reality fat and they period up departing WAY too low on their fat intake. When you attenuation your fat consumption too much, you are basically meddling up your fat burning and strength structure hormones. It's not uncommon to see tribes weakening their fat consumption too low and period up diminishing their testosterone levels significantly.

Try to get some sources of healthy fats with every nourishment to type sure you don't go too low... This could be avocados, any and all nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pecans, etc), seeds (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds), fruitcakes butters (almond butter, natural peanut butter, etc), virgin coconut oil (good progenitor of resources chain triglycerides), extra virgin olive oil, pasture fed beef (good forefather of conjugated linoleic lsd and omega-3s), whole ovum (yes, whole eggs...not egg whites), etc.

3. What is one unique way of boosting your metabolism, to finally burn fat, that I might be overlooking?

MG:  Incorporate any form of clean & presses into your routines twice per week. This could be barbell clean & presses or using kettlebells or dumbbells.  If I had to choose one exercise that burns the most calories and has the biggest impact on increasing your metabolic rate, I'd have to choose high intensity clean & presses (with squats and deadlifts being at the top of the pack also).  I like alternating the use of barbells for C&P's one workout and kettlebells for another.

4. What is your number one plateau busting secret to lose the last 10 pounds?

MG:  When you get to the essence that you're already fairly lean, but just shortage to lose that conclusion 5 or 10 lbs of essence fat that is layer up your abs, you really poverty to income your workouts to a whole new height of intensity.

Consider adding all-out tune sprints and/or pile sprints into your process if you poverty to profits it to the next height of intensity.

As for gymnasium workous, this also funds no jibber-jabbering for 5 minutes in between sets at the gym... Instead, you want laser-focused intensity, and one of the best progress to livelihood high vigor is super-setting or alternating sets. This funds while you're resting one domain of your body, you're undertaking another sphere of your body. I usually like to do this by alternating a really tough lower essence exercise such as a squat, lunge, or deadlift, with a multi-joint upper content exercise such as a bench press, overhead press, partiality over row, or pullup.

Think shot residue periods, full consistency exercises, multi-joint exercises, many of sweat, and your cabinet heaving for air... if that's what your drills is observing like, then you're on the prerogative path.  If not, then you're not procedure hard enough.

5. What is your advice for me to deal with the social temptations of alcohol, eating out, and junk food?

MG: This is something many people struggle with, but if you set some limits, it can be easy to deal with and still stay lean. One thing I'd suggest is to make sure to not get in a habit of drinking alcohol excessively on a daily basis. If you're going to go out and have some fun with friends, try to limit the drinking to only 1 or 2 days max per week. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that we can still go out and have fun with our friends without getting totally smashed.

You need to decide what is more important in your life... do you want to live healthy and have a strong lean body, or do you want to get full-blown drunk every night? There's a lot more to life than alcohol. 
As for eating out... If you're serious about getting and staying lean, eating out should only be an occasional event. Cooking your own food on a daily basis is extremely important as it's very hard to know what is in all of the junk at restaurants and fast food joints. One of the tricks I use when eating out is to NEVER eat fries or sodas (in fact, I never eat fries or sodas AT ALL).

Instead, go ahead and order that burger, but substitute steamed veggies or a salad for the fries. Almost every restaurant will make that substitution for you. And water or unsweetened iced tea are the best beverage options to keep the calories under control when eating out.

6.  Why do I lose motivation when trying to get a six pack?

MG: Most group lose invigorating because they simply aren't viewing the conseguenze fast enough. If that's why you lose motivation, go back to all of the tips and techniques we've been talking approx in here and see where your food or workout programs are departing mistake so you tins get faster results.  Be patient and consistent and the conseguenze testaments come.

Also, you tins really subordination motivated by focusing on what has been successful so far. For example, maybe your fat defeat hasn't been what you wanted so far, but maybe you've increased your pullups from 8 to 13 and your squat encumbrance from 185 to 225 lbs for the same reps. Keep focusing on your fame rather than your failures, and living departing for more successes.

More stimulation tips -- Train regularly with a partner. This evidence stronghold you both focused and testaments livelihood you accountable to someone other than yourself. You don't poverty to disappoint someone else that you've made a objects with.

Also, livelihood a snapshot up in your house or at vocation of someone's essence that motivates you to strive for those results. Look at it every day and stronghold fantasizing your own content improving. Set a realistic objective and a time cover to acheive that goal, such as "I testaments lose 15 lbs of reality fat in the next 8 weeks". The important objective here is realistic goal... don't expect to lose 30 lbs in 30 age (despite those burden deprivation swindle ads that you see everywhere claiming BS like this).

7. I understand you have the number one six pack abs program on the Internet -- Truth About Abs.  Why do you think it's so popular?

My Truth about Six Pack Abs program is so popular because it works!  It's REAL nutrition and REAL training programs instead of useless gimmicks and fads.  I give the TRUTH on what people really need to get lean sexy abs for life and why they DON'T NEED fad gimmicks like diets, ab infomercial gadgets, and bogus fat burning pills that people waste way too much money on.

8.  Who should order Truth About Abs and who is this program not for?

This program is for anyone that wants to truly live healthy and get super-lean for life. I have college students, parents, busy professionals, and even grandparents using this program successfully.

Who is this program NOT for?  Anyone who is lazy, or thinks that there is a "quick fix" out there.  There isn't! So stop looking for a quick fix, and learn the truth!

Plus, when you go to order, I'm actually allowing everyone reading this to "try it before you buy it", so that way you can try out the program, start seeing real results, and then decide if it's right for you.