| A Powerful Centerby Bidz dela Cruz | | | | have a powerful midsection yet, and you might |
| The center of the human body is the midsection | | | | just get a number of serious back pains. So what |
| area composed of the midriff (or abdominals) | | | | you should do first is to do crunches first. |
| when seen in front and the lower back when | | | | Crunches develops the upper abs with a slight |
| seen at the back. In most cases, achieving | | | | supplementary workout for the middle abs. |
| balance, stability and proportionality requires a | | | | 3)If you can see that your upper abs is |
| good play of the center. And the human body is a | | | | developing already, you can now train your mid |
| good example of this. To achieve optimum | | | | abs. Yes, you can do sit-ups now. |
| balance and stability, the upper body and the | | | | 4)When you see that you have a good |
| lower body should always be proportionate, but | | | | developing mid abs already, then you can start |
| most especially, the center of the body should be | | | | training your lower abs. For starters, this is the |
| powerful enough to support the movements of | | | | hardest part of the abs to train, this requires |
| both upper and lower body. | | | | focus in breathing and endurance of the lower |
| In exercising, it is always a basic rule to | | | | legs. But do not stop training for your upper and |
| strengthen your abs and back first before | | | | middle abs. |
| developing the other body parts. And since there | | | | 5)While you are training your abs, you should also |
| is no such thing as "spot training" where you | | | | train your lower back. The abs and the back |
| choose to only workout a particular body part | | | | support each other: A good back helps develop |
| isolating it from the others, this only means that | | | | good abs, and a good set of abs helps develop a |
| you will still train your whole body part but giving | | | | good back. |
| priority and emphasis on your midsection. | | | | 6)While doing all these, you can also train for your |
| Having a poor midsection may mean straining | | | | lateral abs to give you the needed strength for |
| your back after a long and strenuous workout. | | | | your sides and the most admired midsection |
| You would want to avoid that because having too | | | | appearance. For men, a great set of abs is having |
| many backaches in life may cause you to have | | | | all the eight packs of abdominal muscles defined. |
| slipped discs, which will lead to your body's | | | | 7)Remember that you can achieve great abs just |
| deterioration. So while you are young and have | | | | by doing crunches and sit-ups. I would like to |
| the time to exercise, train your midsection hard. | | | | reiterate that "There is no such thing as Spot |
| The following are some basic guidelines for | | | | Training" So do total body workout all the time. |
| starters (meaning those people that are just | | | | Have an exercise program where you get to train |
| starting to exercise now): | | | | all your body parts in at least twice a week. |
| 1)Do not do any abdominal exercises first if you | | | | 8)Cardiovascular exercises are the best way to |
| have a big belly. Trim your belly first. If you do | | | | trim your abs. |
| abdominal exercises immediately with a fat | | | | 9)Exercising is just the first half of the story, diet |
| tummy, it will get hard and stiffened, thus you will | | | | eating is the other half. Exercise with no diet will |
| have a hard time trimming your belt size. | | | | give you minimal results. So optimize your |
| 2)If you have a relatively trimmed belly, do not | | | | exercise and diet programs and flaunt those |
| attempt to do sit-ups immediately, you might not | | | | midsection in no time! |