How To Get A Flat Stomach In 2 Weeks

By Jared DiCarmine On September 2, 2011 Under Exercise For Fat Loss, Nutrition For Fat Loss

If you want to get a flat stomach in 2 weeks, then you need to have numerous things dialed in. You can’t cheat on your diet and you can’t skimp on your workouts. You need to be totally serious because in essence you only have 14 days to get that flat stomach and lose belly fat. My guess is you have somewhere to go? Maybe a vacation, a reunion, or someplace warm where you have to fit in a bathing suit. Well it doesn’t matter so throw everything you thought you knew about dieting, weight loss, or any other diets you’ve read here such as intermittent fasting.

Whatever it may be, it’s time to get serious. Now if you want to get a flat tummy, then you need to follow these rules.

Rule #1: You must drastically lower your calories. I would never ever recommend this type of thinking and this way of dieting down, but you don’t have much time. Cut out all carbs from your diet. This includes any type of bread, pasta, muffins, cakes, bagels, cookies, chips, potatoes, fruit, and anything of this nature. All carbs are gone and considered evil to you for the next 2 weeks.

Rule #2: Consume massive amounts of protein. The reason why I want you to consume a lot of protein is because protein helps you stay full. That’s it! It obviously has a host of other great benefits such as helping your muscles repair but also another cool thing about protein is it’s extremely thermogenic. This means that you body has to burn X amount of calories just to be able to break protein down into a simpler form. It’s actually 30% more thermogenic than carbohydrates or fats. And again, it keeps you very satiated for long periods of time thus you get less hunger pains and cravings, especially at night.

Rule #3: Eat a ton of vegetables. This goes with rule number 2. Eating a lot of fresh veggies is again going to keep you full for a longer period of time. By keeping yourself full there is less of a chance of you falling off the wagon and cheating on your diet. Plus you get a lot of fiber and good stuff from vegetables that help fight diseases such as cancer.

Rule #4: Start doing some form of planks. Planks are one of the best exercises for your stomach. Crunches and sit-ups are way over rated in my opinion. You see, your abdominal wall is like an onion and each layer that you peel away reveals more muscles with different functions. These are the type of muscle that you really want to be hitting during your workouts because they are the ones that tighten your stomach and actually pull your belly in. They act like a girdle, keeping everything nice, firm and flat. The top muscle for this is the transverse abdominus. It’s the deepest abdominal muscle in your body and its main responsibility is stabilization in your trunk. It also acts as a brace for your lower back which is great too.

Rule #5: Do some form of interval training every other day. Interval training kicks regular cardio’s butt when it comes to fat loss. The reason for this is because with  interval training you burn a tremendous amount of calories during and after your workout is finished. Yup that’s right. Even after you are home, sitting on your butt and watching TV. This is because of your excess post oxygen consumption levels. This is correlated with metabolism and when your EPOC is raised, which happens with interval training, your metabolism is raised and your burn more calories at rest. A perfect example is the body of a marathon runner vs. a sprinter. The marathon runner has no muscle tone but runs a lot. A sprinter has muscle tone but does not do any form of aerobic training. It’s all interval training and sprinting. Which body would you rather have?

Rule 6: Do some form of total body training with weights at least 2 to 3x a week. Your exercises should be any type of big multi joint
compound movement such as squats, dead lifts, presses, rows, and pull-ups. These work many muscles at the same time. They allow you to use more weight, thus you burn more calories and force your body to change at a faster rate. Plus by using free weights, your core really comes into play with a lot of the movements. For example, try and front paired with pull ups. I guarantee you will feel it in your stomach the next day because you core has to stabilize your entire body during each and every rep of the movement.

Rule 7: If you’re going to do some form of regular, boring cardio such as jogging or walking on an incline on the treadmill, then do it in a fasted state first thing in the morning. The reason for this is because when you do this type of cardio, you primarily want to be burning body fat. But the thing is if you consume some type of food before, your body is going to burn off that food item first. You won’t burn any body fat. It’s not a bad thing per se, but it’s definitely going against your intended goal. So the best way to take advantage of this is to then do your cardio first thing in the morning when you wake up. Your naturally fasted from the night before therefore you’ll be burning mostly body fat during the entire time you’re on the treadmill.

Rule 8: If you want kick it up a notch with your cardio and fat burning, pop a caffeine pill before. Caffeine has been shown to be a performance enhancer, increasing central nervous system output and increasing the breakdown of fatty acids into the bloodstream so they can be utilized by the body as fuel. I prefer a caffeine pill over coffee because the pill hits you all at once. While coffee you tend to drink over a period of time.

All in all, if you want to know how to get a flat stomach in 2 weeks, you should really just follow the steps above and you’ll be fine. It will be hard, but it is doable. Let me know what you think with a comment below!

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2 Comments Add yours

  1. Jeff
    September 6, 2011
    5:48 pm #comment-1

    In regards to the caffeine pill, I usually drink black coffee before my workout. Which caffeine pill would you recommend?

    • Jared DiCarmine
      September 6, 2011
      6:16 pm #comment-2

      Really anything. I just picked up some the other day from my local supermarket. A lot cheaper than CVS. It contains 200 mg per pill.

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