The Abs Diet Review: Does It Work?

June 21, 2010 by  
Filed under Abs Diet

The Abs Diet is a combination fitness and nutrition plan that was developed by a company called Abs Diet Online. The program is well designed and includes a variety of beneficial characteristics:

- A meal planner and adviser that manages down calorie intake
– Tools to help you stick to your food intake plan
– Several tools to help you measure your progress
– A fitness regime planner and adviser tool
– Several other interesting weight loss tools

While all of these tools are great for fitness and nutrition, there are also some other points that should be clarified about the diet:

1) There is nothing specific to the “Abs” about this fitness plan. It is a healthy plan for both nutrition and fitness but there is nothing specific in this diet that targets the abdominal area for weight loss. People that follow this plan will very likely lose weight but there is no science that I know of that would suggest it would target the abdominal region.

2) One of the benefits of this plan is a “customized meal plan”. While this can be beneficial, there are several places on the internet that can provide these for free. www.mypyramid.gov is just one example of these.

3) The three month plan costs $34.95 in this program and there is an automatic renewal. So people that sign up for this plan should make sure they are getting value out of it and , if not, should remember to close down their account.

Overall, this is a good diet and fitness plan that will likely be a positive for anyone that sticks with the program. The Abs focus is probably more marketing than anything else but if it gets people to improve their fitness and nutrition, does it even matter?

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Does the Contour Abs belt work?

May 8, 2010 by  
Filed under Abs Videos

Does the contour abs actually work?

The biggest selling ab toning device on the market in the USA, the contour abs belt is famous because of the infomercials used to promote it. There are all sorts of claims in the infomercial, and if you’ve seen it you could be forgiven for thinking all you have to do is strap on this ab belt and magically your waistline will decrease, the pounds will simply melt away leaving you with amazing slim, sculpted abdominal muscles.

Unfortunately, its not just that easy!

The contour ab belt DOES ‘work’ in the sense that like all other electronic toning devices, it will cause your ab muscles to contract and work while you are wearing it. It can therefore help to build stronger ab muscles.

But – the contour abs belt (and no other ab belt for that matter) will NOT cause you to lose weight on its own.

To acheive the results you want, you will have to exercise and eat well to burn off the excess fat covering up your abs. Once you have done this, then and only then will you start to see the results of the ab belt you choose to buy as your ab muscles begin to show.

Is the contour abs good quality?

We consider the contour abs belt to be of poor qaulity, given its total price of around $220. It is not a particularly up to date design, and still uses batteries to power the device instead of a rechargeable power pack like its competitors.

In additon, it seems difficult to find a phone number for the company, and customer service is not the best – it can take up to 6 weeks for you to receive the contour belt after you place an order!

We feel that the Flex Belt ab toner offers much better value for money, quality, a better design and great customer service.

Read more about the contour abs and its features, and see a direct comparison with the Flex Belt ab toner here. Its recommended you read reviews such as the ab belt comparison before you buy the contour ab belt.

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Will An Ab Belt Work And How Can I See Results?

May 6, 2010 by  
Filed under Abs Videos

For many men and women, the abs are a critical area of the body that they wish to exercise and improve. As we get older, and due to the high pace of our lives, inevitably we put on weight and a little belly fat, which hides our abdominal muscles.

The abdominal area is recognised as one of the most difficult to target of all muscle groups! You’ve decided you want to tone up your midsection – so what now? where do you start?

What can we do to shed our layer of belly fat and improve the condition of our ab muscles?

The first step to a sexy toned muscular midsection is a little cardio, depending on how much (or if) you’re overweight. You will only see the benefits of a serious piece of exercise equipment like an ab belt if you first shed the layer of belly fat covering your ab muscles.

Some easy ways to start burning some of your belly fat for free at home, are jogging, walking and eating a more healthy balanced diet – so cut out the sugarry soda’s and the deep fried foods we all love, and drink mineral water, juice and eat salads, a little pasta and foods that are high in fiber. This will get you feeling better, as well as start to burn some belly fat.

Once you have lost a few pounds from your belly, you can then move on to using something like an ab belt to help sculpt your stronger core!

Thankfully, these days there are widely available products to help us work and tone our abdominal muscles, with very little effort. We can, in fact strengthen our abs while we sit watching TV, while we cook dinner or drive the car, or walk. How do we do this so easily and quickly and conveniently? We can do this with an ab toning belt.

An ab belt is an extremely safe effective way of toning up stubborn hard to reach abdominal muscles – ab belts use the same technology used by Bruce Lee and doctors to treat those with muscular problems. You wear an electronic ab belt right over your abs, so it targets them directly.

An ab belt will be very effective in training the abs, as abdominal muscles need a very small range of movement to cause them to work – unlike, for example the biceps which would not increase with use of the same EMS technology you use in your ab belt.

One thing to watch out for when buying an ab belt is the claims the manufacturer makes about its product. For example, the Contour Abs belt claims it will make you lose upto 3 inches from your waist in a few weeks. This is just not the case, and the type of reason that ab belts are thought of as a scam.

An ab belt can NOT make you lose weight or burn fat!

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Work Your ABS Workout

March 6, 2010 by  
Filed under Abs Workout

A film by Carvell Fitness to strengthen, tone and tighten your abs.

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Presented by Peter Carvell, a professional fitness trainer, teaching you the success principles, diet, nutrition and exercise information, and how to work your obliques, and your upper and lower abs to achieve the strong lean body that you have always wanted.

If you've ever wanted to flatten and sculpt your abs, this video will help you enjoy a flat, defined and beautiful six pack!

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