You’ve seen them, they’re everywhere these days. Demonstrating the latest fitness gadget on TV, on fashion spreads showing-off the new line of swimsuits, even on advertisements for the latest designer scent. Those six pack ab models. And the question on the minds of the countless masses with the soft tummies is: “How do they do it?”

For the multitudes of people spinning away or pumping-iron in gyms all over the world, attaining a well-defined midsection like those of underwear models’ has been the Holy Grail of exercising. Contrary to what frustrated millions may think, getting ripped abs is actually not that hard.

Anybody with basic knowledge of the human body’s metabolic processes and the right exercise techniques can get washboard abs that rivals those of fitness ad models’. Knowing which food and exercises are the most effective in losing belly fat will enable just about anyone to get a shredded gut. In light of this, secrets of six pack ab models will not be so secret anymore.

Doing exercises that keep your heart rate within your anaerobic threshold (experts call it AT) are most effective in exposing the rectus abdominus by eliminating belly fat. Keeping your heart rate at 60%-70% of your maximum heart rate somehow causes the body to source body fat for most of the energy spent.

Another useful not-so-well-known fitness fact: the more muscle you have, the more fat you burn even while watching Letterman (without the bucket of chicken, of course). It’s called metabolism and muscle tissue increases it by burning calories even with no movement.

Ab models, as you already know, didn’t get their physique from gorging on fatty snacks and gulping down soda. Their diet is not as strict and oppressive as one might think however. Simply substituting chips and chocolate bars for omega-3 rich nuts and fat-burning citrus fruits will help a lot in getting you closer to your goal.

Most people have the notion that the less food you put into your system, the less fat you become. Skipping meals? No, this is not what six pack ab models do it. The human body actually loses less fat when it’s starving. It’s an evolutionary thing from our caveman days. Our bodies try to preserve stored fat by slowing down our metabolism and getting energy from other sources like glycogen and, gasp! Even muscle tissue.

Knowledge of how our body works, a proper workout program and eating smart- this makes up a recipe for six-pack success that anybody with the right amount of determination can use.

If you have a dog, it’s likely that he knows a lot more about you than you know about him. He has been closely monitoring your daily habits.

If you doubt that, tell me how he knows that when you grab your car keys and your wallet you are about to go for a ride.

Dogs readily discover if you are sad, mad, cranky or in a good mood and ready to play. They also seem to know when it’s family mealtime and the time and place when it’s time to turn in for the night.

So how much have you managed to learn about your dog? Probably not ten percent as much as he has taught himself about you. However, learning about him is fairly easy once you put your mind to it.

Barking serves many different purposes. Sometimes it is used to repel and sometimes to attract. Some barking styles indicate, go away, whereas others can be interpreted to mean, Im over here, where the heck are you? Even the most inexperienced of dog watchers will notice that dogs have a variety of different types of barking ranging from the muted woof of appreciation, to the sharp pitched yelp of alarm, to a the loud string of angry barks indicating aggression.

Nineteenth century British behaviorist, Sir John Lubbock, noted that a dog’s bark is an attempt to mimic the human voice. He pointed out that wild dogs do not bark. Neither do their cousins the wolves, the coyotes, nor any other member of the canine family that has not heard humans speak or the barking of domestic dogs.

The intent of a bark is completely different from that of a growl. When barking, a dog flings his head high, leaving his throat exposed and unprotected. Barking is definitely not a war cry. But when he growls he lowers his head so as to protect the vulnerable throat area, preparing for an impending fight.

When you walk up to the front door of a house and the family dog comes charging toward the door barking loudly you are probably in no immediate danger. But… if he approaches you with his head lowered, growling menacingly, then look out - he’s ready to do battle.

By standing absolutely still, avoiding eye contact and with your hands on your chest, you will most likely not be bitten by a barking dog. But, if you make gestures that the dogs feels are threatening, or if - heaven forbid - you turn and run, your chances of being bitten are very high. Never disregard a strange dog’s warning growl - especially if you value your skin!

There are many programs that assist you in losing weight/body fat or building muscle. When you achieve those goals you become fit n sexy but there’s steps that needs to be taken to keep those results. A program guides you through the process but everyday activities needs to be put in consideration and its easy stuff like eating certain foods or drinking plenty of water, easy as 123.

1. Drink a lot of water, the body often sends a signal that represents thirst as hunger tricking your brain thinking your hungry when you’re just thirsty. Best way to approach drinking more water would be drink water first thing in the morning and all throughout the day, especially during and after exercising (required). Drink minimum eight 8 ounce glasses of water or more daily.

2. Decrease intake on teas and coffee, back off of fizzy drinks.

3. Take in a piece of fruit or more daily, don’t drink fruit juice that’s NOT 100% juice it is difficult for your body to digest and has plenty of calories.

4. Unless you are training really hard watch out for sports drinks. A bottle of that could replace all the calories you just burned in your exercise. Grab a bottle of water instead.

5. Make sure you get your breakfast, your goals can only be achieved when eating properly same with efficiently working out. Proven experiments have shown that those who eat breakfast will burn fat at a faster rate and build muscle at a faster rate then those who don’t.

6. Snacks late at night are not acceptable, after 9 o’clock stay out of the kitchen. 3 hours is needed to digest food in your system, when asleep and food in your system it sits there. Since you’re sleeping your metabolism slows down and that food sitting there stores fat.

7. Get vegetables in your system daily, vegetables are a big deal to your health and staying fit. Vegetables aid in burning calories.

8. Give your body sleep, sleep is awesome to your body and is one of the good things you can do for yourself as in staying fit. Sleep aids in burning fat and building muscle.

9. Have an intake of all food groups daily

10. Stick to your workout routine, problems people end up having is that they do great with progress or keeping what they’ve worked for but end up missing one workout, then another and it’s broke. Try making it a habit to stick to it.