If you want tight abs these are the steps that you need to take for the fastest results. If followed you will see results fast.

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   Eat the correct amount of calories. If you eat too many you will obviously gain weight. If you too few calories your metabolism will slow down and you will not have energy to work out to work. To figure out the correct number calories you need to start you’re your BMR. This is you Basel Metabolic Rate. When calculating this make sure to the Katch-McArdle formula. This is the most accurate. Once the number is found multiply it by a activity multiplier and then subtract 500. This will guarantee you will get that you will at least one pound of fat. If you have problems counting calories or just do not have the time or patients to do so, a meal delivery program may be the answer for you. Note: There is a new technique called Calorie Shifting. I have not done much research on the subject, but it is proving to be one of the best ways to raise your metabolic rate. It has to do with eating more on some days ans less on others. How much and how often I am not sure of yet. Calorie Shifting may be something that you will want to research more.

2. I am sure that you already know this but it is a must. Eat every three to four hours. Make sure that each meal has some protein and fats that are high in omega 3 and omega 6. The protein will help with lean muscle growth and the omega’s will help metabolize fat. This brings me to my next key point.
3. The majority of the foods that you eat need to be high on the alkaline food chart. If you are recent studies show that major cause of illness and fatigue is acidity in the body. By drinking a minimum of 8 glassed of pure water a day and eating the majority high alkaline based foods your craving for junk food will disappear. Not to mention that you will have a ton of energy. Just by doing this step people recorded illness disappearing and dramatic weight loss.
4. Consume the correct amount of protein for lean muscle growth. I mentioned earlier that protein needs to consume each meal. Dr Michael Colgan who is known internationally for research in sports nutrition has a different take on amount of protein a person should consume. He says that it should be based on lean muscle mass instead of total weight. This makes sense to me. A 5 foot 200 lbs couch potato at 35% body fat does not need the same amount of protein as a 6 foot 200 lbs athlete at 10% body fat. Look at his chart to determine the amount of protein you should take.
5. Short, high intensity intervals will burn more fat than long low intensity cardio. If you truly want fast results do a quick 15 minute cardo in the morning were you get your heart rate up to 85% of you max heart rate. Once this is reached jog in place until it drops to 70% of you max heart rate. The kick it gear again to 85%. This will get you in shape quick. Then in the evening do a 30 minute circuit with heavy weights. What I mean by heavy is that you can complete more that 10 repetitions in a given exercise. Immediately go into the next exercise. This is OK as long as you work different muscle groups. For example go from chest to legs to back. Then triceps to calves to biceps. The individual muscles will get enough recovery time between sets and I guarantee that you will maintain elevated heart rate. This may not be optimal for maximum strength or power, but for rapid weight loss tight abs, this is magic.
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   When doing your strength exercises try to do most of them standing up or with a stability ball. This way it will use more stabilizing muscles. Not only will the exercise become more functional you are using more muscle fibers, burning more calories and including more of your core (abs, lower back, etc..). And yes this includes women. For you women out there this may produce your quickest results for tight abs. You are NOT going to get too muscular.

7. When doing actual abs work make sure that you are not just doing crunches. Crunches may be part of your routine but make sure that you do sometime of hanging exercise that you bring you knees or legs up (roman chair). Make sure that you do something with a twist (wood chops, Russian twist). Make sure that you do some stabilization exercise (plank). Finally make sure that you strengthen you lower back (supermans, hyper-extensions). Your want to make sure that you are strengthening your entire core. Crunches are great, but it is the other exercises that are going to give you tight abs.
8. Manage your stress and negative emotions. This is a course in itself. But when you experience negative emotion it releases acidic toxins in your body. You need to learn how to release these feelings and emotions. Notice not I said not to control them. Know and understand that the event did not create the emotion, you did. The event of the person cutting you off did not cause you to get made. Your subconscious recognized the event and said this should make you mad. It then released certain chemicals and messages to the body which created the feeling of being mad. You can stop this behavior if you are aware of this. Ask yourself questions like what do I have to believe right now to feel this way? Is it justified or am I over reacting? Then think of times when this happened before and how you got through it. Try to think of a solution to prevent it from happening again and immediately do something in that direction. If these steps are made you can master your emotions. Meditation is also good for relieving stress. As you probably already know exercises is good but it usually does not get to the route of the problem. It’s more temporary. The steps mentioned above are more permanent solution.
9. Get the proper amount of sleep. Your body needs sleep to rebuild. Make it a priority to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. The best habit you can get into is getting up at the same time every morning for 3 weeks straight. Go to bed when you are tired. Do not eat or watch TV in your bedroom, especially before you go to sleep. If followed you will find your natural time to go bed. Now you just need to follow this as close as possible. As you fall asleep at night think about you workouts. Picture yourself getting stronger, healthier and fitter. A university study showed that a group of people gained strength by doing nothing more than this. I believe what is happening is the brain is actually becomes more efficient in the exercise and learns how to better recruit the muscle fibers. In the end you will be doing either more reps or more weight, which means more work and closer to your goal. Try it for month, you will be pleased.
10. The last tip is progression. Make sure that you are challenging yourself. The amount of repetitions or weight should be going up every other week. If it is not you need to change your program. If your still plateauing you may need to just a take a week off. You should be doing this anyway every six to eight weeks if you are consistently working out 5 to six days a week. You should also be changing your workout routine every 4 to 6 weeks. Some people even do it every week. If a certain exercise is new to you will probably want to keep that exercise in the routine longer just to become more proficient in that exercise.

I hope that you found this informative and I wish you the greatest success in your quest for tight abs. Thanks reading