What you need to know about the press

Abs is perhaps the most desirable muscle for everyone. After all, few people want a beautiful hamstring or chest. Everyone always dreams of cubes. But, despite the huge popularity of this muscle, many people do not know how it works. Some believe that techniques such as 15 minutes abs or depressing repetitions of the same exercises will help them to achieve results. Let's dispel the myths about the press.

Myth 1. Abs is divided into lower and upper

The abs consists of four muscles:

transverse muscle;
2 oblique muscles;
rectus muscle.

Those cubes that everyone dreams of are the rectus abdominis muscle. The rectus muscle is crossed by fibers that divide it into six cubes. But, despite the fact that they are visually separated, these parts are one muscle. Therefore, it makes no sense to swing the upper or lower press separately, since during any such exercises, the entire rectus muscle is involved. The only difference is in the degree of stress.

Myth 2. Abs exists only for beauty

The abdominal muscles perform very important functions in the body. The abs support the internal organs and also help keep the back straight and stabilize the body. So, even if you do not need a beautiful relief, it is still worth taking care of the load on the abdominal muscles, since the functions they perform are too important to be neglected.

Myth 3. Abs can be pumped up in 15 minutes a day

Do not think that everything is so simple. Various exercises can tone the abdominal muscles, but you should not expect big changes from 10 minutes a day.

Myth 4. Abs will appear if you do a lot of reps

To some extent, this myth is not even a myth. But in this case, you need to build on physiology. If you have a plump figure, then immediately move on to the next myth. If the figure is thin, and the press is still not visible, then approaches with weights and a small number of repetitions (10-15 times) will help. Since the physiology of the press is the same as that of other muscles, and their hypertrophy is achieved with a small number of repetitions with additional weight.

Myth 5. The press will appear, you just have to start pumping it

Here, perhaps, it is worth dispelling the biggest myth. Imagine a mattress. And on top of the mattress is a blanket. So, no matter how you increase this mattress, it will still not be visible under the covers. In our case, the mattress is the press, the blanket is the fat. Until the amount of belly fat is minimal, even thousands of repetitions will not help you achieve relief and beautiful outlines. Therefore, you should first think about losing weight, and only then pay increased attention to the abdominal muscles.