How to Get Six Pack Abs Without Crunches - 3 Ways to Get Your Abs More Defined

Getting six pack abs is something that we want, preferably by doing nothing, but sadly i must say it takes some work from your behalf.

There are a couple of exercises that you can do instead of crunches, there are additionally some things that you need to learn too as these exercises alone will get you no-where.

What Your Body Needs

To get six pack abs you'll want to first eat and drink right, cut down on taking sugars, eat more vegetables than fruit, eat fish to get your necessary fish oils. You already know that junk food and desserts are unhealthy for you so eat less of those, there's absolutely nothing wrong with going out to restaurants on a special occasion but try to stick to quality foods at other occasions.

Get LOTS of h2o, I got my first six pack at summer in the midst of a heat wave, I obviously had to drink more water and got my abs defined in the process. drink at least about 8 or more glasses a day, that means large drinking glasses.

Do Cardiovascular exercises

You no doubt know that you must do cardio but how much? It depends on your goals.

if you are trying to drop some weight then 30 minutes of high intensity cardio done early in the morning hours is a great idea.

If you are trying to put on weight then 10 minutes are acceptable, minimize it to 3 times a week.

The Crunch Substitutes

There are many exercises that you can do to obtain your six pack abs.

My favorite is the hanging leg raise, you hang like you are going to do pull ups but rather you raise your legs, if you can not raise fully extended legs than bend them, this will make the exercise much easier but ultimately you'll want to be able to do this exercise with extended legs.

You can in addition, do isometrics, meaning you flex your stomach muscles REALLY hard for a few seconds, I believe you're supposed to do 3 sets, each one 10 seconds. I actually do not know if this will get results because I never did this myself, I know that it builds strength.

Crunches themselves tend to be an exercise that is difficult to do on a floor, some people say that they can develop spinal problems and really should only be done by beginners for the first 6 months.