The Untold Secret – Using Visualization to Optimize Ab Exercises By Brad Nickell At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

The power of the mind to affect the body is an amazing thing. Recent breakthroughs in the mind – body connection have been shown to improve health and heal the body in many ways.

One area that many people feel the need to improve is their abdominal muscles. There is a reason why so much attention is paid to this area of the body – it is the core, and vital to the protection and support of many body systems. Establishing an ongoing practice of visualizing positive changes to your abs can help you to increase the effectiveness of diet and exercise programs, and can really help you to get the abs that you want.

To begin with, take a look at some photos or drawings of healthy abdominal muscles that resemble the abs that you would like to have. You might even have a photo of yourself at a time in your life when you were healthier and enjoyed the way that your body looked. Decide on one image and give it to yourself. Really look at the image, and then imagine your own body with those abs. Take a deep breath and see yourself looking the way you want to look. See the detail of your muscles and the way that they move your body – it is important to be very specific as you visualize.

Take the visualization a step further, and begin to feel the way that you will feel once you have made the changes to your body that are necessary in order to have that wonderful, tight set of abdominal muscles. Perhaps you have been overweight your whole life. Even so, just imagine how it will feel to sit, stand, and walk with perfect posture. Imagine yourself undertaking an athletic activity that you have always dreamed about – try horseback riding, hang gliding, or scuba diving. Put yourself into the activity and feel the wind or water around your body. Enjoy the freedom that comes with having a light, mobile body and realize that you can do anything.

Imagine yourself wearing a wonderful outfit – or nothing at all! Imagine the way that other people respond to you in your healthy body. Now realize that it is indeed possible, and really know that you will soon look the way that you imagine.

As soon as you have finished enjoying the wonderful process of creative visualization, write down the details so that you can use them as a memory jogger. Use the process daily, believe it, and do the things that you will do once you have achieved your goal. As you eat healthy food and exercise in a way that is pleasurable to you, be sure to remember all the sensory details that you enjoy while focusing on the positive changes that you are making.

This is an incredible process with life changing potential. You do need to use healthy diet and exercise to achieve your goal, but the way that you feel while undergoing this wonderful transformation will be well worth the effort.

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