In training hard, you need to have the motivation and the want to keep to your workout schedule.
  These two things are very important since you need to follow your exercise schedule religiously.
  Once you lose sight of your motivation, there is a big chance that you will not reach your goal.
  8 pack abs are a good motivation, yet you also have to keep in mind that exercising has other benefits, and an exercise routine geared to gaining a washboard stomach will have the side effects of helping you lose bad fat in other parts of the body and even boost your immune system.
Another way to keep your goal in mind is to keep visual reminders to hand.
  You can get your old album and take out a photo that presents your ideal weight and body appearance from a time in your life when you were satisfied with your physique.
  Also, you can take a photos of yourself before, during and after your training and diet plan as a way of visually showing your progress.
  If the exercise and diet program you are following lasts a few months, take one picture every month.
  Not only will you be able to tell if you are making progress with the plan you are following, you are also able to keep on motivating yourself to reach your goal as you become more and more satisfied with your physique and see those 8 pack abs developing.
There are of course some things that you need to avoid - one is skipping meals and another is an unhealthy lifestyle generally.
  Skipping meals, especially breakfast does not help at all in making a diet and exercise program work.
When you do not eat breakfast, your body's metabolism stays at the same pace as that when you sleep.
Eating breakfast in effect wakes up your body's metabolism and gets it burning energy.
 Crash dieting or not eating meals altogether also does not help because your body kicks into its survival functions and slows down its metabolic rate to help keep you from starving.
Having an unhealthy lifestyle is also a big obstacle in your goal to get 8 pack abs.
  Staying out late at night into the early hours of the morning makes you tired and less likely to follow your exercise schedule.
  Also, drinking alcohol adds to the unwanted calories in your body that you need to burn and means you will need to work doubly hard in achieving your goal of flat abs.
These are just some of the things that you can think about when choosing a program for achieving the 8 pack abs dream.
  Of course, before starting any exercise programs, make sure you visit your doctor to check if you are physically fit for such program.