Given that I have a lot of newfound time on my hands for the next three weeks other than the online school we are required to do, I have decided that now would be the perfect time to start a long-lived goal of mine. I really want abs. Now I don’t want anything too crazy like a complete 6-pack, but I do want to follow in the footsteps of other badass women who show off their toned stomachs and hard work. So instead of holding in my pent up frustration towards the cancellation of spring, postponing of airband, and even the 2020 NNHS lip sync video, I am starting this goal right now. 

 

I don’t know why it is that I want abs so badly. I mean it’s not like I have a belly the size of Santa Claus; my stomach is pretty flat, and for the most part normal. I think it’s just another one of those things that I want for the sake of having rather than something I want for a legitimate reason. I think it would be nice to be able to say that I have abs – plus it looks a lot better for swim suits and crop tops. I think another, more subconscious part of it, is that those that have abs are generally very healthy people. Having abs is the staple of being a fit person, and because of that, I think my brain associates getting abs with getting more fit. Whatever the reason may be, I have done some research on the best way to get abs and this is what I found.

 

There are MANY misconceptions that people have when it comes to the best way of getting abs. Here are a few.

 

• You can out-exercise a bad diet. 

 

Ehhhh try again. No matter how many crunches or planks or russian twists I do, there is no way to see your abs if they are covered in a layer of fat, the outcome of a bad diet. To me, this is the hardest part of this whole process. I do love my ice cream and flaming hot cheetos, and while I don’t need to cut them out completely, I do need to eat healthier in order to put to use my exercising. 

 

• Knocking out a couple 100 crunches will give you abs.

 

Wrong again. Your abs have three main sections: Upper abs, lower abs, and obliques. And while crunches will help you develop those upper abs, it will do little to nothing for those other parts of the abdominal muscles. There are specific exercises that work the different parts of your abs as shown in the diagram.

 

• I don’t have to keep my core engaged ALL the time. 

 

Actually, you kinda do. Even for the simplest core exercises such as crunches, making sure your core is tight and your navel is sucked in will actually help you to isolate your ab muscles. This will also help you prevent injuring your back while performing certain exercises. 

 

Now I know that everyone’s body is different, and reacts to exercises in different ways blah blah blah, so this is the schedule that I’m going to follow to achieve my goal. I will try and workout my abs 3-4 times a week. With that, I’m going to go for a run at least 3 days a week, as well as do my normal leg and arm workouts. Since my main goal is to get abs, that is where my main fitness goal will be focused but I do know that I need to train other parts of my body as well. 

 

Here I have linked some of the ab workouts that I’ll be trying out, the main one being Alexis Ren’s abs workout because I know people have seen great results with that one. 

I want to make a follow-up RESULTS post after at least 30 days, but only if I actually see results because it would be kind of embarrassing to post a blog titled “I failed”, so be one the lookout for that. Overall, I’m really excited to try this out, and hopefully this motivates you to follow through on any of your own fitness goals because there are no excuses now. We are stuck in our houses for at least 2.5 more weeks so we might as well make the best of it!

Also title creds to Nicole Tong, but you probably already knew that cause she comes up with most of my titles.