Exercise To Lose Stomach Fat – From Start To Finish

Finding the best exercise to lose stomach fat is hard, but combination of stomach exercises to lose it can be of big help especially when well balanced and healthy diet is also included in the list. Now you know that diet is always important in every fat losing activity. More so, this article will go one sided and focus more on the exercises to lose stomach fat as all people from all generation except the elderly is dying to lose love handles, pot belly and beer belly.

Have you seen your naked body in front of a mirror after taking a bath? Do you adore it so much that you observed nothing but perfection – porcelain skin? Do you adore the natural and perfect curves of your body? How about taking look of your body on sides? What can you see? Is there a bulging belly fat which is a result of your too much eating and craving? Can you grab some fats on your waist? When you bend, do feel layers of fat? Stomach fat is common among us today; even that slimmest person ever, stomach fat is still a problem for them. In the fitness world, the most enemy of many is actually the fat that accumulates in the stomach which is so easy to gain but very hard to lose.

The popularity of stomach exercises have always been in demand today of the so many attempts to lose the fat lying and accumulating around the stomach. However, spot reduction is not effective. Meaning, working out the stomach in the purpose of losing and burning fat will not give you your desired goal. What more effective is combining cardio session and abs exercises.

HOW IMPORTANT is…

Abs Exercises

These will not only help you lose stomach fat, but will also help you strengthen your abdominals as it provides full stability. Your “core”, which is where all movement of the body is originated, is also strengthened thereby allowing more movement and flexibility. It also support and protect the internal organs which helps you in breathing, as in inhaling and exhaling.

Cardio Training

Cardio training is a total body workout where major group of muscles are also worked out. As being told, feeding muscles can give them more chance to burn calories. It also helps improve the pumping ability of the heart, the flow of blood circulation and oxygen all over the body.

Combination of Cardio and Abs Exercise to Lose Stomach Fat

• Abs Exercises

If this is your first time to dwell on exercise, start with the easy and moderate ones, an exercise that will not shock your body leasing to trauma, tension and pain. This will prepare you to a more intense later on. When you are comfortable and find no challenge anymore in doing the exercise, you can move on to the regular exercises.

WARNING: Keep your movements smooth and slow; do not overexert your body. When doing the abs exercise, give so much support for your back. Warming up and cooling down before and after the exercise for 15 minutes is necessary.

Starting Exercise

Sit – ups

• Lie flat on the floor on an exercise mat with your knees bent as feet still flat on the floor.
• Place your hands behind the head and elbows out.
• Now, with your safe position, inhale and exhale… and raise upper body from the floor.
• As much as possible, bring chest closer to the knees.
• Hold in such position for a second and then get back to the starting position
• Do 3 sets for 10 -15 counts.

Stomach Tuck

• Sit straight and upright against the back of a chair with your feet flat on the floor.
• Now, exhale and at the same time do a stomach tucking (stomach in).
• Hold your stomach in for 2-3 seconds and breathe in as you allow your stomach into a normal position.
• Repeat the steps several times a day. You can do it anytime, watching television, before sleeping, studying, etc.

Waist Twists

• Again, sit straight on a chair with your feet flat on the floor and few inches apart.
• Place your fingertips on your waists so the arms are bent at the elbows.
• Now, slowly and gently twist your elbows, arms and shoulders just like turning to look over your shoulder. Your head must follow around with the upper part of your body.
• During this exercise, your abdominal muscles must be kept tensed and contracted.
• As you are comfortable with it, do it also on the other side and then get back to the center or to the normal position and repeat the steps.

Regular Abdominal Exercises

The Crunch

• Lie on your back with feet flat on the floor and legs must be bent at a 45 degree angle; your hands must be resting under the neck.
• Lift your upper body and head from the floor and move towards the knees as possible; your feet, buttocks and lower back must be on the floor.
• Lower again the head and upper body to the floor and repeat the step for 3 sets with 15 counts.

Reverse Crunch

• Lie on your back on the floor with an exercise mat; make sure you are holding into a table leg to keep you stable during the exercise.
• Raise your legs up to the ceiling and knees slightly bent;
• Lower it down few inches above the floor; Feet and legs must not touch the floor.
• Repeat the step and then return to the starting position.

Best Abdominal Exercises

Bicycle

• Lie flat on the floor and back pressed against the floor.
• Place your hands beside or under your head and bring your knees up to the ceiling or about 45 degree angle and then slowly go through pedal like motion on a bicycle.
• Now, touch your left elbow to your right knee, then your right elbow to your left knee.
• Do 3 sets for 15 counts.

Crunch on an exercise ball

• With an exercise ball, sit on it and feet flat on the floor.
• Allow the ball to roll back slowly until you feel your thighs and torso are corresponding with the floor.
• Now, contract your abdominals as you raise your upper body for a crunch.
• Repeat the steps and do it, 3 sets for 15 counts.

Cardio Trainings

These are done 30 minutes daily to help you burn your overall body fats which in turn help you lose stomach fat.

These are the following:

• Brisk walking
• Tread milling
• Bicycling
• Swimming
• Hiking
• Jogging
• Aerobics

Doing all of the exercise to lose stomach fat will not totally lose the stomach fat you have been desiring to lose all your life. The exercises are the biggest factor, but doing it without any diet will never be that effective. So, the best thing you can do is to do the mentioned above exercise gracefully and bind it with your special diet if you really want to see good results. More so, patience and determination are the main tools to keep you on track, so aside from the 2 main points, be patient and determined to lose stomach fat.

Exercise To Lose Stomach Fat – From Start To Finish by Stepfanie Wayne