Keep Reading To Discover The Best Ways To Lose Belly Fat!
I get asked all the time, “what’s the best exercise to lose belly fat?”, so I’ll answer it here because if one person is asking the question that means there’s a 100 more of you wondering the same thing and not wanting to speak up.
Here’s the thing: this is actually a trick question because there is NO ONE best exercise to lose belly fat! Because you can’t “spot reduce” any amount of fat on your body, which means you can’t just lose the fat around your belly and nowhere else.
So in order to lose belly fat you need to effectively lose fat over your whole body. And to do that you simply need to follow the steps I’ve laid out before here on this blog… but first…
You’re Probably Doing TOO MUCH When It Comes To Ab Exercises!
In an effort to lose belly fat, you might be doing a LOT of ab exercises. Hundreds of reps of crunches, situps, twisting situps, oblique work, leg raises, etc… and this could be hurting you in the long run…
You see, you’ll have a fairly strong set of abs that way, but most ab exercises done on the floor are not good for your overall posture. And this is more than a “look good sitting up” posture concern — it affects your health!
In modern times, most of us spend a lot of hours sitting at desks, hunched over keyboards and typing. This is a lot of “hunched” over upper back postures with a rounded back and contributes to shortened abs and shortened hip flexors too.
Add to that all the ab exercises you’re doing where you’re mainly doing trunk flexion exercises (crunches, situps, etc) and you’re contributing even more to short hip flexors, tight abs and a rounded lower back.
In the long run, this isn’t good for your lower back health and it’s the reason why a lot of people have lower back problems — even though they should have a strong core instead.
The main job of your abdominal muscles is to stabilize your trunk, your spine, and to keep you upright. So it’s important to train them with this in mind first — and then the flexion stuff as an after thought or not even at all.
Read my article called the Ab Workout Plan for more information.
Now that we’ve got your ab exercises fixed, let’s move on to losing that belly fat by losing fat all over:
Three Steps To Belly Fat Burning Success:
No matter what anyone tells you, you need to create a calorie deficit in your body (taking in less calories than you burn each day) to lose weight/fat. As Ricky Bobby would say, “That’s just science”. BUT, there are smart ways to go about creating this calorie deficit…
You could eat a LOT less and keep your same activity levels, or you could exercise or otherwise expand a LOT more activity… or the smart option… you could eat a little less AND expand a little more energy.
So here’s my advice:
- Restrict calories – an easy way to do this without counting calories is to cut out carbs (or take them REALLY low) during the week. I’m not a “all carbs are evil!” type of guy, but if all you’re eating is meat, dairy and vegetables — you’ll see your calories drop really low right away. Also, start doing intermittent fasting, see how I put these two strategies together in The Perfect Muscle Building, Fat Burning Diet Plan.
- Strength train – lean muscle burns fat and Strength Training tells your body to preserve your lean muscle when you’re restricting calories and to burn fat instead (yes, including belly fat).
- Limited Cardio – don’t overdue this like most people. If you’re strength training 3x per week for 45 minutes you should be burning a lot of calories and doing a lot of good things for your metabolism as well. You can just add in a little interval training at the end of the strength workouts (on a 3x per week schedule) or do a little longer cardio on the 2-3 rest days per week (if you have a lot of body fat to burn) from strength training.
Following those three guidelines above are the answer to “What’s the best exercise to lose belly fat?” As you can see, it’s not as simple as some one “magic” exercise, but if you apply this advice it’ll get the job done.
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Please help me to drop weight in a week and i do not understand i am just 13-year-old girl please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
it isnt that healthy for a girl your age to loose more than two pounds a week but if you lower your calorie intake you'll see more results faster
Can u plase email me a good work out to help me lose my belly fat and also some in my arms?? Please and thanks I have a very important day JAN 1!! And it needs to be all gone !! Please helpp!! Thanks and oh yea I’m 16 I also need like a diet plan what should I eat? What shouldnt I eat?
Thanks!!! Hope to get an email from u soon
@ Jessica: just read everything in the archives section
Hi. I am very interested in losing belly fat since thats where most of my weight comes from. I don’t eat as much as I used to and I don’t eat the normal amount of calories for a 23 year old woman; yet, still I continue to gain weight. Please tell me how I can lose weight before I gain too much!
@ Angel: just keep reading my site, especially the archives. I honestly don’t have a clue as to how to help you right now, because everyone’s situation is different.
i have excess fat on my arms, belly area, and “love handles”.. what are the best workouts for me to do? hope to hear from you soon.
The same exercises to lose fat will help you burn it off everywhere …
HELP ME LOSE WEIGHT PRETTY PLZ! I need help 2 lose weight around mi tummy not cool. I’m gaining 2 much in a week&&I’m not even eating plz help me! Tell how 2 lose mi belly fast! Thank yu!!
Have you followed the advice on this site? That's the best way to start … go to the Archives section at the top of the page and look for anything related to losing weight and losing fat. Best of luck!
I think some people need to understand you can't loose weight in like a day, you've got to stick at the diets & routines! You won't start to see the results straight away but if you keep it up soon enough you'll see it work
GREAT comment
wats funny is all these ppl commenting and asking how to lose belly fat and weight wen they havnt even read the article on top which answers there questions lol i feel sry for u caleb lol
Thank you Aaron, truly, that means a lot
Thank you so much for this. I have started working out because its healthy and i want to have a good swimsuit body for the summer. Any way this is a really good article on how to lose weight and what to do! Thank you so Much
You're very welcome
great advice caleb thankyou, i workout 4 times a week various exercise classes & weights. im pretty happy how its going, getting fairly toned but at almost 40 year old mum of 2 my stomach isnt quite there. what are your thoughts on fat burning tablets? ive been looking into acai products & la fitness bits.
many thanks
Hi Vanessa,
my thoughts on fat burning tablets is some of them work, but most don't.
Acai is mostly useless when it comes to losing weight.
Here's a "home made" fat burning solution that you can put together, but take this information at your own risk:
http://doubleyourgains.com/eca-stack-for-weight-l...
Read the whole article, and know that if I do this stack again, I won't use the aspirin part of it because it's really bad for your internals.
Best,
Caleb
good advice
Why do girls care if they are chubby, i loveeee curvy girls!!!!!!!
MMMMMM! YES!
Curvy is sexy
cuz those curves arent in the right place me i jus got a little pouch on my belly but no woman shud wont to get rid of those curves
Agreed!
No woman should get rid o' curves
Cause it is horrible when you go swimming and your stomach is hanging out!
Hey there just wanted to encorouge everyone out there on loosing wieght and I totally understand ITS HARD and I don’t blame you with all these skinny ass models everywhere it makes u feel preety bad about ur self and I also wanted to say thx to the arthour of this reading atleast someone cares about how we do these things and to the 16 year old girl plz eat just don’t foods with lots of calories also we have to be proudbof ourselves about what we are doing and u are going to need lots of confidance and motivation also support from ur friends and family
Well said angela
I agree
I am a recovering alcoholic who has put on 41 pounds since I stoped drinking (18 months). I know that this is a product
Of eatting meals and not drinking them. My problem is, I am also a smoker so I can’t do cardio training (1 addiction at a time pease). What is the best way to lose this weight, hand not have a heartattack. BTW all 41lbs are around my mid section. I look like a preganate man!!
Bubba,
Start walking bro. You can walk right?
Even if it's only 45 seconds at a time … walk 45 secs … rest. Repeat.
Over time increase the duration of the walking … reduce the rest … and speed up a little …
Start eating using the information I provide in the archives page of this site and with the walking every day, you'll drop weight like crazy and get rid of the pregnant look
how many calories shud i cut down ????? cuz i've been doin sit ups and it dont work except it builds abs not gettin rid of belly fat…soooo wats how amny calories wud a person cut down on
It depends on person to person … try this first …
Stop eating carbs … and eat the same amount … you'll probably find you eat less automatically (because protein and fat satiate hunger better), your insulin/blood sugar will stabilize easier (which cuts down on cravings) … and you'll llose weight automatically.
From there, for more results, you can gradually eat less …
Hi my name is Maya and I was wondering how many calories I should consume daily? The food guide pyramid says I should have1887 per day and when I eat that amout I seem to be gaining weight. Please email back! Thanks (:
Yea, the food guide pyramid is complete crap.
Eat mostly protein (eggs, red meat, poultry, fish, etc) , when you're full, or more thirsty than hungry, stop eating.
Lemme know how that goes.
Please Help! I am very over weight and i was wondering if you could email me a diet and excersise plan. PLease send it SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No. I won't do that actually
Read my website, sign up to get the free ebook and that will explain what you need to do! Best of luck
hey please help me lose my stomach pouch in a week i am 16 and i would like to be skinny
Sorry, it's not gonna happen in a week. Eat right. Move more and it'll go away.