Why Your Waist Exercise Routine Will Fail You, Part II

ByNick Benzer

In Part I we covered mixing up your waist exercise routine and keeping it brief and intense. In Part II we'll discover the final two methods you'll need to transform your waist exercises into a finely tuned ab-sculpting system.

Make it a Game

Waist exercise routines and workouts as a rule fail more often than not basically because they eventually become dull. Let's face it: we have enough incredibly mundane things that we've got to do each day. Who really wants to add yet another?

Don't. Instead, make a game out of your waist exercise routine. That's right, a game.

Design each workout so that is either timed or scored. Routines with a set number of rounds and/or repetitions can be timed. Routines where the number of rounds are counted (often called "AMRAPs", or "as many rounds as possible") should be scored as well: the number of rounds completed is your score.

Get hold of a small note pad or create a file on your computer or mobile phone and keep track of your waist exercise routines, the date, and your score. Every month or two every time you revisit a routine, look back through your notes to see how you performed on that routine and make defeating your earlier score your objective. Kick your own butt.

If you want to up the competitive stakes, involve a couple of friends to do the same routines that you're doing and share your scores with each other.

Track Your Progress

If we don't get feedback on what we're undertaking, we're less willing to carry on doing it. Use this to your advantage to construct an effective waist exercise program.

Following your waist exercise routine scores is one method of getting feedback, but let's supply a much more. Each week take the following body measurements:

• body weight

• bodyfat percentage

• waist

• hips

• upper arm, right

• upper arm, left

• upper thigh, right

• upper thigh, left

The easiest way to estimate bodyfat percentage is with a bodyfat or body composition scale, available online or at most department or specialty stores. I use a Taylor 5593 and it does the job nicely.

Bodyfat scales measure your body's resistance to a tiny electric current and convert this into an estimated bodyfat percentage. They're not quite as accurate as more costly choices like DEXA or ultrasound and thus won't produce a "true value" of your bodyfat percentage. However, they're precise enough to provide you with feedback on your progress. Your true bodyfat may well be a little higher or lower than the scale's reading of 15.1%, but knowing that you've said goodbye to a percentage point since last week can be incredibly inspiring.

To get precise readings from week to week, make sure to use the scale at the same time of day for each measurement. Impedance scales are also affected by hydration levels, so also try to keep the same level of hydration for every measurement. Keep it simple: upon getting out of bed each morning, drink 2-3 glasses of water, do your morning shower, schedule, etc, then step on the scale. Your readings should be relatively precise from week-to-week.

To get the other measurements, employ a soft fabric tape measure to record the circumference of your waistline, hips, arms, and thighs. Write your numbers down in your weekly journal.

If you take your weekly measurements on a regular basis you'll learn that you're considerably more inclined to keep to your diet as well as your waist exercise routine.

These four tactics - Mixing it Up, Short and Intense, Make it a Game, and Track Your Progress - used jointly and systematically will guarantee that your waist exercises transform you into a creature to behold.

Now get cracking. It's time for you to get sexy.

For more ab-sculpting waist exercises and hot tips on creating a slimmer, sexier you, check out E-Waist Exercises.

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