Holy cow! This whole week I can’t get away from Abs. There’s a Bootcamper that wants work on their abs… so, Dean and Nancy have been working our abs. Not with silly crunches, you can do that at home! Nope they sneak the ab work in on pushups, speed rows, mountain climbers, side planks… do I really need to go on with abdominal exercises?! I didn’t think so. Just reading the exercises, makes you tighten and feel your abdominal muscles clench doesn’t it?
Then there was my friend who went for a physical this week and asked the doctor about achieving the 6 pack abs. She was told nicely of course, that age may be a factor, not to expect the visual 6 pack. Ok, who wants to hear that?! That can’t be true… can it? (Dean: you can step in here anytime during my ramble…).
(From Dean – what a crock! I have seen healthy men AND women in their 60′s and 70′s with defined abdominals; they train hard and support their desire for leanness with proper nutrition. Why do we insist on putting limitations on ourselves because of our age? If you don’t have a visible 6 pack, it’s because you haven’t earned it. That being said, it ain’t easy! Your actions must be congruous with your goal, and frankly not too many people are willing to do what it takes. Could age be a factor? Of course! But so are the desserts, glasses of wine, and “treats”. The abs are there, but if you want to reveal them, you have to do the hard work, and the hardest work usually has to do with nutrition)
Not enough abdominal topic du jour… I’m on the internet and see “5 foods for 6pack Abs”…oh I gotta check this one out (can you say, ‘sucker’??). After about 5minutes of hearing about this wonderful trainer who developed this plan- blah blah blah… my attention lost except: a few key points. Abs exercisers and most exercises… do not work. Huh?! Well tell that to my abdominal muscles that are in place holding me upright. I may not be able to see them exactly… unless of course I turn a certain way, stand tall, suck it in and voila! I have abs!! Gotta tell ya a little secret- I think, no, I know… its from Bootcamp!!
Now I have to get on my soap box for just a minute… for the next bit that my infomercial ‘enlightened’ me on. The dude said “it’s not your fault you are obese”… what??!! replay… yup it’s not my fault!?! Oh, you mean to tell me it wasn’t my fault I ate the whoopie pie, cake and icecream that made me obese. That just fried my brain- oops did I say ‘fried’, I meant ‘steamed’, cuz frying anything is not healthy. Well, so is not taking responsibility for our actions! Which just sends my brain into the whole – ‘softer society’, it’s not your fault, there are no failures. Man up already! It is my fault, my body is the way it is because of me, my choices. I take full responsibility. More people should… that said: I’m also taking action to make the changes I can, make better choices, having goals and working towards them. OK, now breathe! I’m stepping off my soapbox before I get myself into trouble…
I never did find out what the 5 foods to 6 pack abs where. I can pretty much guess it was something Green, from the Earth and hmm! Healthy for me!! I’m wondering where the next sign for Abs are going to come to me. Probably – Tabata Abs is my guess! (Hello Dean and Nancy, that sooo was not a suggestion – just saying).
Blog you later.
gretchen
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