Unlike ab targeting exercises, a six pack abs exercise routine has a different purpose. Any workouts that target your core, particularly your abdominal muscle intends to develop that particular muscle group. However an 6 pack abs workout is aimed at "unveiling" your six pack.

It is very possible to work your abs muscle and never flash a six pack when you remove your t-shirt. Yes, you have well a sculpted middle, but it is covered under two inches of body fat. And you know you have a set of six pack because you can actually feel it underneath the belly fat.

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So abdominal workouts like lower ab exercises, crunches, planks etc are good, but they do not guarantee a visible six pack. 

The key to a seeing your abs is a workout routine designed to lose the fat covering your six pack. 

This is what we call six pack abs exercises.

The science behind six pack abs exercise routines

If you can rub you stomach and feel abs, then your focus should not be primarily on abdominal workouts. 

Similarly, if you have a fat belly, your focus should not be on ab exercises either.

The key to a six pack you can see is losing the fat covering them. And this is done in two primary ways. 

First, your six pack abs diet. This is important in making sure you are not depositing more fat around your belly.

Secondly, and what we will discuss here is a little more detail are fat burning workouts that melt belly fat like a hot knife through butter.

First and foremost, it is important to understand that even though nearly all exercises when done for long enough time burn fat; not all exercises burn fat in the amounts you need so you can unveil you six pack.

A six pack exercise routine is designed to burn a huge amount of fat, and burn this huge amount of fat often. Here is why this is important…

Losing body fat is like unloading a truck. The first box to go into the truck tends to be furthest in. So obviously when it comes to unloading t he truck, the first box in will also be the last box out. And the last box into the truck will be next to the door, so when unloading the truck the last box will be the first box off the truck.

Similarly, you body tends to work nearly the same. The first place to deposit fat tends to be the last place we lose it. And unfortunately for most of us, the first place we deposit fat is on the belly for men and also hips for women.

So it goes without saying that to lose belly fat, you will need to lose most of the excess fat around the rest of your body. Keep in mind to see a set of ripped abs you will need at most a paper thin sheet of fat above your abs. That means you need to lose a whole lot of fat.

This is why if you want to get six pack abs fast, your fat loss should not only be enormous but also rapid. This can only be achieved by a 6 pack workout routine.

The science behind 6 pack abs exercises

The effectiveness of an ab exercise routine is two fold. First, it burns fat as you execute the workout. Two, you burn fat for the nest 24 to 48 hours after performing the workouts; what we will call here the "after-burn".

The amount of after-burn is what makes six pack abs exercises stand out from abdominal workouts. It is what turns your body into a fat burning machine; literally. It means your body will be burning more fat even as you sleep.

Fat loss using exercises depends on two premises. The first is activation and elevation of the hormone called Growth Hormone (GH). When you blood sugar is low and stable and therefore hormone insulin low and stable, you body is  in a conducive state of using fat as the primary source of energy rather than using sugar.

If in this state, you elevate growth hormone (GH) your body naturally switches on its fat burning capabilities and focuses on using fat instead of sugar as the main source of energy in your body.

One primary ways of boosting GH in your body is using exercises. But here is where you need to be careful, because not all excises activate and elevate your GH. Some exercises do, others like cardio donot. So a six pack workout routine should only include exercises that do elevate GH.

The second premise of losing fat using exercises is elevated "muscle activity" that tends to keep metabolism elevated a day or two after a six pack workout. When balanced out with an effective abs diet, this slight increase in metabolism result to huge fat loss over a week.

You might be wondering what about calories you burn when you are actually working out? Well the answer is simple. You can lose calories from losing muscles or sugar in your body. In getting six pack abs you want to focus more on losing fat not just calories.

Not to mention, you lose so little calories when working out compared to the total amount you need to lose to see your abs, that a strategy that ensures you are losing fat calories all day long is the best.

This is actually why cardio do not work well for most people in losing fat. Professional body builders may swear by slow cardio in the fat burning zone, but they have huge lean muscle mass compared to the average Joe who has about 30% the lean tissue. So their cardio tends to be less effective.

Getting six pack abs is about losing belly fat to unveil your abdominal muscles. And when it comes to losing  fat, especially belly fat; you need to Go Beyond Calories and Exercises. You need more than your usual fat loss startegies. You need two things, just two. These two things are...