Planning to fight hard and get those elusive six pack abs like those runners in the olympics? Well, sadly, there is no substitute for hard work.
But the good thing, if you notice, is that different sports will affect the different type of abs of each person.
Let's look at long distance and short distance swimming, long distance running and sprinting.
For swimmers, they have great strong abs but not all of them have very well defined abs even though the rest of their body are muscular.
There is a difference between long distance swimmers as well as short distance swimmers too.
Especially evident in their shoulder and arms.
Look at Michael Phelps.
He has a long body, with muscles showing up on his chest, shoulders and back and his abs are pretty well defined but this is not so for long distance swimmers.
Long distance runners are typically skinny and very seldom you will see a runner who is stronger and muscular running at a long distance.
And therefore, their abs are not really defined.
And it is pretty difficult to build bulky muscles too as all energy would have been sapped up.
For Sprinters, you have got to admit that they have one of the best set of six pack abs.
And who has the best abs? Usain Bolt.
Have you have not seen him lifting a bit of his shirt after winning the 100m and 200m sprints? Find the video clips and watch it again.
The intensity in their training, with the heart rate being trained with a wide range of intensity, when compared to long distance runners, with the heart rate at a steady pace, will definitely be much better training for you if you want to have a great six pack abs.