Fitness 101

If six-pack abs were as easy as every fad exercise and diet pill and marketing gimmic out there claims, why are there so few people that have them? When was the last time you saw some six-pack abs besides on one of those infomercials? The answer is six-pack abs don't just happen and certainly not because of any "quick fix" plan that exists. Six-pack abs take work and some genetic blessing. For those of us without genetic blessing in that area, it just takes more work.

The other notion that targeting a specific muscle group burns the fat directly over it is ridiculous. Burning more calories than you consume is the only way to trim body fat and it doesn't fall off a specific area all at one time. You can't crunch your flabby gut area or "buns of steel" yourself into a smaller pair of jeans.

So before you spend any more money on the next gimmic, pill, colon cleaner, or "six-pack maker", do a little reading on the science behind weight loss. Or, if you're lazy and just want to watch TV, at least watch "Biggest Loser". They may have special circumstances with trainers and gourmet health food but the premise remains. Weight loss is simply a product of burning more calories than you consume.