How to develop strong body?

“Sound Mind in a Sound Body” is an age old, but true saying. But how many of the younger generation are interested in a strong body? The younger generation of today is neglecting their physical health and proper diet. They are resorting to fast food, junk food, smoking and chewing tobacco, and drinking carbonated drinks and alcoholic drinks and several other vices. On the whole the health of the young population is at stake. By the time they are thirty years old, their body becomes the host of several diseases ranging from severe cardiac problems to HIV.

The younger generation is ignoring certain very important aspects of life which will help them to remain healthy throughout their life. They are: Home cooked food, proper physical exercise, good sleep and good positive thoughts. Positive thoughts can be nurtured in our heart if all the other remaining conditions are satisfied. Sedentary life style and lack of physical exercise makes one obese, disproportionate with extra flab in the body. This is a sure sign of malnutrition, viz, under nutrition.

They will also show no enthusiasm and interest in their work and life. Altogether they are leading a no better than a vegetable life. Exercising the body regularly helps the body

• Lose weight, shed unwanted fat around waist, hips thighs etc.
• The vital organs like heart and the lungs perform better.
• Immune system of the body gets a boost.
• Unwanted toxins that are accumulated in the body are removed through sweat.
• The blood sugar level and blood cholesterol level will be lowered and blood pressure is maintained constant.
• Diseases are kept away because physiological and metabolic activities of vital organs are complete.
• Physiological processes like digestion, excretion, circulation and respiration will be improved.
• Lung capacity improves.
• Essential nutrients and fresh oxygen is supplied to each and every cell.
• The body becomes fit, mind becomes active and alert
• Thought process become clear.
• The mind is filled with positive energy.
• Perfectly fit body aids proper cognitive development, and motor development.
• The body muscles becomes perfectly proportionate, skin glows, eyes shines.

The great Arnold Schwarzenegger, great body builder and an actor once that, “Body building is much like any other sport. To be successful you must dedicate yourself 100% training, diet and mutual approach”. This sport of Body Building is an art.  If this art is   practiced with dedication and hard work along with scientifically planned diet and exercise one is bound to develop strong body with six pack abs which is the dream of many young people all round the world.

You should make several life style changes that include diet, and exercise to develop six pack abs. Exercising Abdomen is the first step to make it perfectly flat.  Good nutrition and abdominal training like cardio- vascular conditioning are required to develop six pack abs.

The anatomy of the abdomen is as follows:  The abdominal muscles are made up of three layers. The deepest layer is Transverse Abdominus, which helps in exhalation and also provide support and stability to the body. The next layer of muscles is Transverse Abdominus which contracts spine. The closest layers to the wall of abdomen are Internal and External Obliques. These muscles help in rotation and turning of the body.

It is the dream of several young people all over the world to get six pack abs. Proper nutritious diet and cardio vascular exercises play very important role in achieving it. Six pack abs is not so easy to achieve as it requires motivation, hard work and good knowledge about diet. Sacrifices have to be made with respect to diet because you have to forego fast food and junk food to attain the macho look.

Nutritious diet includes fifty percent fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and water. If you are aiming for six pack abs, meals should contain all these in proper proportion. No meal should be heavy. There should be a gap of three to four hours between two meals. Snacking should be done smartly with vegetable, whole grains or fruits. On the whole a low carb diet should be adopted. In a day five to six times meals should be eaten to help the body release sustained energy to the muscles.  It will steady the metabolism and help in losing weight.

Water is part of diet. 2 to 2.5 liters of water should be drunk every day to keep the muscles hydrated. Sometimes, after doing certain cardio exercises the body will sweat profusely and there will be loss of essential minerals and salts from the body. So water should be supplemented with barley water, fruit juices and vegetable soups. Of course no carbonated drinks!

In addition to following proper diet plan it is very important to adopt suitable exercises primarily, to shed weight. Simple exercises like cycling, walking, running; jogging and aerobic exercises should be practiced with dedication to lose weight, to maintain optimum weight and to shed extra flab accumulated in the abdomen. Abdominal crunches should be done religiously to train abs to flatten it.  By these simple exercises the muscles get aerated with oxygen.

The next step in developing six pack abs is cardio vascular conditioning of the body. This includes exercises in like reverse crunch, treadmill, scissor twists with exercise ball, and rowing. These exercises strengthen the abdominal muscles and back muscles. Exercising on corkscrew and Jackknife stabilizes the muscles in the abdomen, tones up the muscles in the abs and back and strengthen it.

Lastly, taking rest from the routine cardio exercises is very important. During the abdominal workouts there may be injuries to muscles. Therefore giving rest to the muscles once a week will help muscles to repair and recover from the injuries. Resting from exercises will also make the muscles to refuel and grow strongly. Follow all these suggestions. Developing six pack abs is just a step away.