MET-Rx - Winter 2012

We’ve got plenty of infor- mation right here in MET-Rx® Magazine about how to get into peak condition and the MET-Rx® product line is packed with tools to help you reach that goal. So let’s leave all that diet talk aside and get down to the business of training! Your abs are working all day as you sit, stand, walk, turn, bend…you get the point. So they are trained for endurance and that’s why a low rep routine won’t do the trick. 4-6 reps might grow your chest, but it won’t do much for the abs. Abs have to be trained fast and with sufficient volume to get that burn we all love & hate. Read that carefully; train them FAST and with sufficient VOLUME. The work- out as a whole should be short ( 15 minutes) but in that time frame you are going to do a lot of reps. You want your abs under tension for most of that 15 min- utes. Not only is this effective – it’s efficient because none of us have time to waste. Every trainer, magazine, and website seems to bat around the saying, “Abs are made in the kitchen” as a catchy way to pitch a diet. The truth is, abs are MADE in the gym through a lot of sets and reps. And like any other muscle, if you want your hard work to show, you’ve got to diet (that’s where the kitchen comes in).