Losing Tummy Fat – 3 Exercises That Are Not Helping You Lose Your Tummy
If you’ve decided it’s time to start losing tummy fat, because quite frankly, what you’re doing hasn’t been working, there are a few exercises that you may want to avoid overdoing if you want to finally get rid of your belly fat. You’ll probably recognize them. See below:-)
Cut Down on Crunches
This goes way against conventional wisdom I know. Your mind tells you that if you want to get rid of stomach fat, do exercises that focus on your stomach. The reality of the situation is that if you focus too much of your time in the gym trying to shrink your stomach through crunches, you’ll end up wasting a lot of time and doing very little in terms of losing fat. The reason is that they hardly burn any calories. Not saying that strenghthening your core isn’t important, but if you want to ditch the belly fat you need to do exercises that really get your heart pumping.
Limit the Adductor/Abductor Machine
This machine is a huge offender. Everytime I’m in the gym I see women on this thing in hopes of losing the fat on their inner and outer thigh. Unfortunately like the crunch above this machine is a huge time waster when over used. Not saying that this machine has no place in your workout, but if you want to start losing tummy fat today, the bulk of your strength training workout should be comprised of compound movements that work the major muscles of your body.
Boring, long, and slow cardio routines
Coming in a close third is the long slow cardio routine. Back in the day it was thought that if you wanted to lose fat you needed to spend an inordinate amount of time walking on the treadmill, or doing some other form of same speed cardio exercises. These days we know through science that higher intensity weight training and cardio interval training gives you way more bang for your buck in terms of losing tummy fat. The best part is that you need very little equipment to implement interval training. If you have a pair of tennis shoes, a sidewalk, or a treadmill, you’re ready get started.
