Six Pack Abs - When Losing Weight Makes it Harder to Get Abs

So, you've listened to the masses and you've been working hard to sculpt those delicious six pack abs that others will adore and make you want to walk past every mirror in the house...but it's not happening, the abs are not showing, even after all this hard work.

Why can't I get abs?

The answer is often two-fold. Firstly, we need to ensure that we burn off enough fat in order for the muscle to show through, but this is often half baked theory.

You see, it's not just about losing weight alone. Because when you lose weight in large volumes, you also lose a certain percentage of muscle too.

And this often leaves a common problem of having loose looking skin where the fat used to be. Not pretty.

What is the solution to abs with weight loss?

It's pretty simple really, you need to incorporate more strength training and weights and routines that indirectly build your abs.

You see, although many people say that abs exercises are the key to getting well toned abs, that's not exactly true. Sure, abs exercises may help to tone abs, they will certainly not allow you to build abs and fill out that loss of muscle and flabby skin.

This is where compounding comes in to play. Compounding is a form of indirect exercises such as:

Squats,
Lunges,
Deadlifts, and
Shoulder presses

The common misconception is that these types of exercises don't really have anything to do with abs. In reality, that line of thinking couldn't be much further from the truth.

You see, these compounding exercises are actually strengthening your mid-section and your entire abdominal set very effectively.

How?

Because your stomach is the core of where your strength comes from. So if you think about it, if you did these types of exercises with a stomach made of paper, your entire body would simply collapse.

What is happening here is the stomach is forced to work hard to support this type of strength resistance training and therefore consistently builds the strength and muscle in your stomach.

So, next time you shed a few pounds remember that unless you apply some effective strength training exercises aimed at building your stomach muscle, you'll always struggle to see those six pack abs develop and shine through.

Finally, remember that reduced body fat is the goal to any sort of muscle definition, but as I've pointed out in this article, it's pointless losing lots of overall body weight when you don't build the muscles effectively at the same time...as you're simply going to lose muscle in the process instead.

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