During the sunny weather last week I was driving past a charity shop, where they had put all sorts of paraphernalia for sale out on the pavement.
Among the pile of obscure articles, an abdominal exercise machine caught my attention, standing alone, glistening in the sunlight.
‘Instant Abs’ was its name, and it made me smile.
Why?
Because yet another person had obviously come to the realisation that ab machines just DON’T work!
Bored, disillusioned and fed up of trying, someone else had turfed their ‘misguided hope of ab glory’ out onto the street.
Just because these cleverly marketed machines are advertised in the hands of tanned, toned and lean men and women, doesn’t mean they are the solution to fat loss.
Want to know the answer?
Low carb eating – more vegetables, some fruit, lean meat and fish, nuts, seeds, and less grains from cereals, pasta, bread or baked foods… THAT’S it!
No ‘ab-ercisers’, no ‘ab rollers’, no ‘instant abs’!
Stomach exercises may strengthen the muscle underneath, but they don’t burn the covering fat. They may make you more efficient at curling up off the floor, but they have no beneficial crossover into real life, except helping you sit up in bed! 
If you want a flat stomach this year, the ONLY way to do so is as follows:
Cut out sugar from your diet – the BIGGEST cause of excess fat
Drink more water
Eat smaller amounts more regularly throughout the day
Focus on squats, lunges, push ups, pull ups and total body movements that force you to use your ‘core’ muscles as they were designed – integrated into movement, not isolated.
Within weeks someone else will be getting rid of another ab machine…
Don’t let it be YOU!
