Is it possible to lose your belly fat with exercise, and if so what are they? It is important to incorporate daily exercise, with a combination of strength training, cardio, and flexibility options if you want to be healthy, achieve your ideal weight and have a flatter tummy.
And all of these belly fat-reducing recommendations that have been presented in this series will be so much more effective when your body is active. To visualize your ideal body is step one, but you do need to act on it by moving your body. Strength training builds more muscle, which burns more energy in the body. The more muscle you have, the more your cardiovascular exercise will be effective in burning up that belly fat energy stores. Daily exercise, 30 minutes to an hour, in a variety of cardiovascular exercise (walking, running, biking, swimming), strength training (weight lifting, pilates, isometrics), and flexibility (yoga, stretching) will keep your body active and allow you use up the belly fat and replace it with muscle.
Now it is important to know that there are no specific magic exercises that will make your belly fat go away – there are however moves you can do to help strengthen and tighten your core muscles. This in turn will help your belly to look flatter as you do continue to lose the belly fat.
The best moves are actually the ones where you do NOT “move” at all. You know what I’m talking about don’t you….the Plank and Side Plank. Now these are definitely NOT my favorite exercise either, but they are very effective. Try to hold your Plank for at least 30 seconds and do this a couple of times a day, several days in a week.
It is very important that you give your body and your muscles some rest, so always take two days off a week that are your rest days. It’s fine to still go for walks on your rest days as long as what you do is not too physically exerting.
Well there you have it. Ten ways on how you can lose your belly fat starting today. Begin with one or two at a time, incorporate them as habits, and then carry on to the next ones. Slow and steady keeps it off, and keeps you conscious of where you’re coming from and focused on where you’re going to.
Your key to success will be to remain consistent. If I can help you in any way, feel free to email me at Melonie@MindBodyFX.com.
