Many beginners fail to see any significant results with their muscle development after a few weeks of regular and faithful training. Nine out of ten times this is due to the lack of intensity during training. When doing your interval training, it is crucial to challenge your body.

Here is an example:

You are all fired up to start your lower ab workout program, and let's say that you are following an Interval training exercise that you saw in a book, promising great results. Note that I mention "Interval training", because according to my experience, this type of exercising is the most effective.

The program states that you must do 8 repetitions of the exercise in a set of 4 intervals. For those who do not know what this means, let me explain - Say for instance the exercise that you must do is squats with a bar bell. The book states that you must do:

Interval 1: Do 8 squats  and then rest for about a minute.

Interval 2: Do 8 squats and then rest for about a minute.

Interval 3: Do 8 squats and then rest for about a minute.

Interval 4: Do 8 squats and then rest for about a minute.

This concludes your training exercise.

When you do this exercise routine, you must make sure that the recommended reps & sets are challenging enough for you. The idea is to do your squats to a point where you almost reach muscular failure. If you do the 8 squats, and find that is was too easy for you, you must adjust the repetitions to suit your strength, or you might choose to keep doing the 8 repetitions, but increase you bar bell weight to make the 8 squats more challenging.

So, now you have learnt the golden rule: Don't follow your exercise  instructions on reps and intervals to the letter. Find your breaking point, and adjust your reps or sets accordingly!

WANT REAL RESULTS?

CHALLENGE YOURSELF !!! - CHALLENGE YOUR MUSCLES !!!