Everyone thinks you have to do tons of cardio workouts to get abs. But that's not
true. In fact, if you stop cardio and change your workouts, you'll get your 6-pack
abs faster!
Let's find out how one female cardio fanatic finally got her 6-pack abs with the
help of the Turbulence Training workouts!
CB: CJ, let's start with a little background info on yourself and what you were
looking to achieve when you found strength training and interval training.
CJ:
Let's see, I'm a female in my mid 30's and a typical office professional who spends
looong hours sitting in front of a computer.
Fitness and nutrition-wise, I grew up understanding the importance of being active
and staying healthy. So while I've stayed active most of my life, I recently discovered
I still had a lot to learn both about fitness and nutrition.
When I found Turbulence Training I was looking for body comp improvements. I had
been introduced to weight training about a year earlier and had made great progress,
but had gotten past that 'newbie' effect and really needed something different to
jump start my progress again.
CB: How were you doing before?
CJ:
During grad school and working full-time I put aside the active part of my lifestyle
for the days and evenings tied to a chair, and the delights of eating at restaurants
for 1-2 meals a day. I gained about 20lbs and was at my heaviest ever at 160lbs.
Once I completed night school, I put exercise and nutrition back on my priority
list and lost those 20lbs, mainly from running 5days/wk.
My second stage started when I discovered weight training. I was about 142lbs and
probably 28% BF. After about 6months I lost another 8-10lbs and 7% body fat.
So, when I started Turbulence Training, I had already made good progress, I was
probably 133lbs and 21-22% BF.
CB: What were your workouts before TT? Why did they not work as well? How have
you improved upon those workouts?
CJ:
Before this I was a steady state cardio fanatic, so I ran 3-5 miles 3x week and
strength trained using a 4 day upper/lower body split. This plan did work for about
6-9 months, but then I just stalled. Not sure what the culprit was, just that I
knew I needed something different.
When I first started strength and interval workouts I was skeptical that such a
short workout only 3x/wk would be enough. I soon discovered that strength and intervals
kept the intensity levels up at EACH workout, so the three days and two supersets
were actually more efficient than my 4day split and 3 days of running. I also got
on an HIIT (interval) program and reduced my slower steady state runs to about once
a week.