Ab Workouts Do not Cause Stomach Fat Loss
28 Sep 2009
It seems that everyone is always asking me what the best ab workouts are to get a flatter stomach. One of the biggest misconceptions I deal with daily as a fitness professional is that almost everyone has varying degrees of excess body fat in the abdominal region, and is looking for the best way to burn off that extra stomach fat.
The problem is that most people are searching for the wrong exercises and workout types to lose stubborn belly fat. Most people are searching for some miraculous combination of abs exercises combined into the best ab workout ever invented that will burn off their belly fat faster than you can read this article.
Unfortunately, ab-specific workouts do NOT burn fat off of your belly. They only tone and strengthen the underlying abdominal muscles. What you really need to focus on is a full body strategic workout that will cause a much greater metabolic rate increase and fat-burning hormonal response from your training program as a whole.
In addition, simply doing cardiovascular workouts will not necessarily create the greatest metabolic response or hormonal response either. What you really need is a much more rounded training program that focuses on training the entire body with resistance training and multi-joint exercises in a higher intensity fashion.
This type of high intensity full body training combined with a healthy balanced diet full of nutrient density on a regular basis, is the real key secret to losing the extra stomach fat that covers up the abs. This is a much better plan of attack than just trying to do ab workouts and hoping that just doing a bunch of ab exercises like crunches and leg raises are going to make you lose your belly fat.
The amazing thing is that the majority of the population still believes that in order to get rid of belly fat, you need to do ab workouts every day using hundreds of reps. I see people giving this type of erroneous advice every day on all of the fitness forums. Please do not waste your time with this type of advice!
Now before you say “how can an abs expert not recommend abdominal exercises”, realize that I do strongly believe that a certain amount of ab-specific exercises mixed into your routines are beneficial. Ab exercises will help you strengthen and tone the abdominal muscles and are useful for other purposes such as a healthy back and posture when done correctly. But the fact remains that ab exercises are not necessary for fat loss.
A much smarter full body resistance training routine and a clean healthy balanced diet are the most important factors. Many of the full body exercises also indirectly work the abdominals and core due to the stabilization required in some of the more difficult variations.
Mike Geary
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/ab-workouts-do-not-cause-stomach-fat-loss-81080.html
5 Responses
john john
2009 Sep 28 1Whats a good muscle building and weight loss workout with a home work bench?
I am a 24 year old male with a lot of fat i am 5’10 and 236dry weight i have a fat stomach and i am trying to lose it cause it causeing me back pain i allready run/walk about 3 miles a day in the morning but have not seen any results i have also been takeing in about 6 tea spoons of metamuicl a day and takeing in protein shakes after my workout i have just now started to use this product called metabolife but havent had any lcuk with it today i just brouht a home workout bech with weights and i was going to ask what i good workout plan i can do with it to loss this weight and add mucle also the best and fastest way and any fat burners i can use to help myself
Burtonfan111
2009 Sep 28 2Go to the gym, and eat less.
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LaBelle
2009 Sep 28 3Your backache could be from the running, or that you don’t use your weights correctly.
Go for long walks ans work up a sweat that way. It’s much healthier.
Give up all those diet shakes. It does not work.
Stay away from Protein shakes, they make you put on weight.
Avoid fast food and snacks, such as chips and all that stuff we eat while watching TV.
Cut all your meals in HALF … NOW
Nibble on carrot or celery sticks in between meals.
Have one large glass of warm water before each meal. But nothing during the meal.
Get a booklet on how to get the most out of your bench-presses. Everyone has a different comfort zone.
Start with very little weights on the bench. But more repetitions. That will burn off the fat.
Wishing you good luck and perseverance.
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lolaalicia
2009 Sep 28 4alot of back pains come from a weak stomach, stay off the protein shakes for sure cuz then youll just put on more weight. Eat less, no junk food , do crunches at night, no eating before you go to bed either
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Jeff
2009 Sep 28 5ok first start of with a bowl of cereal each day(its the most important meal of the day). Stop protein shakes or anything protein. Protein is meant for muscle building, in you case you need to loose the weight be for building muscle(if you choose to). Drink lots of water no diet drinks or pop,anything with sugar = no no. keep jogging and make sure your hydrated during this time. Eat small portion meals. No junk food of any kind. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to eat salad a night or two. Healthy snacks like apples,oranges,banana, what ever you choose( if it comes from the ground it must be alright… idea) before you go to bed do work outs push ups, crunches,planks (as many you can do correctly, but remember to push it and not stop when it starts getting hard). at the end of the week get yourself a snack to reward yourself (don’t pig out a candy bar will suffice) Then start the week over again still eating healthy and exercising plenty. hope this helps
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