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Have you been fooled by the Infomercials, about the Abs Buster, Blaster, Basher, and all those related titbits? The ones with those trim, tight, and flat-stomached models doing a few reps and showing off their midsections. I wonder whether you know the implication of such infomercials. The implication was that these people got their outstanding abs by using whatever machine it was they were hocking.

Forget it.

In this article, just right here, I am going to give you the real keys to getting your abs in shape and how to get rid of love handles.

I like being straight with people whether they like it or not. So to be straight with you: the 3 biggest issues in getting your abs in top condition are as always--

1. Diet
2. Intelligent training
3. Supplementation.

Here are the steps I would recommend.

1) Start With Cardio so that you first get rid of that fat layer covering your abs

When you lower your body fat percentage, your abs will appear more chiselled and defined. You'll want to do about 30 minutes of cardio work 3 or 4 times a week in order to have the abs up to shape.

Here are 7 great choices for cardio

' Basketball
' Racquetball
' Tennis
' Circuit Weight Training
' Brisk Walking
' Running
' Bicycling

Pick an exercise you actually enjoy doing.

That way you'll stick to it until it becomes a habit you won't want to give up!

2) Large Meals Vs Small, Frequent Meals

I never knew this until in the dietetics lecture at high school. But What I learnt is that avoid eating large chunks of food at one sitting. This greatly increases your calorie in take.

However, when you're trying to lose fat you may want to skip meals to reduce your caloric intake, but a better--and easier--way to cut calories is to eat smaller meals more frequently. This keeps your metabolism running high. So I always recommend that you eat small frequent meals every 3 or 4 hours.

You should never wait until you're hungry to eat! This not only leads to overeating, but you end up overeating the wrong kinds of foods.

Don't let your mini-meals come from the snack machine. Often these over processed choices are high in fat and calories and have little nutritional value. Opt for whole foods instead.

You May bring small containers of healthy snacks to work

3) What About Fat Loss Supplements? These also must be use just as I mentioned above. There are some great weight loss supplements to choose from: Xenadrine, Hydroxycut, or other popular weight loss supplements can help keep up your energy, stay motivated so you can lose those love handles, and reveal your sleek abs. Only you can decide which one to use.

Well, I hope you have learnt a lot from this article. There is more to it as you will see.