Good way to burn stomach fat?

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Ive lost alot of it because of a different issue.... But how can I burn it off or anything? Its about 1" - 2" of fat at most and I cant find or do anything to rid of it? Whats worked for you guys?

[Apollo.]

You can't spot tone you won't lose just stomach fat you will lose overall bodyfat, try running or any type of cardio the less fat you have the more difficult it is to lose

[Nellerin]

Work your ab muscles, go into a caloric deficit and then do cardio a few times each week.

[TigerBoy]

diet + General cardio + local exercises for toning.


Its a lot easier to drop your calorie intake than it is to burn off excess fat through exercise, so really watch that you eat healthily.
local toning will tighten and build muscle definition but wont burn enough fat to reveal your muscles.


I'd recommend swimming (http://www.swimming.org/swimfit/)because you'll do both at once, so if you are short on time its awesome. Its an excellent cardio workout because you use a lot of muscles including the big ones (using muscles = using energy) and because at the same time you'll work your core really well you'll tighten everything up and see a fairly quick improvement in flab reduction, and longer term you'll get great definition on your tummy AND everywhere else too (swimmers have the hottest bums, imho lol).

If you do swim (or any sport really) you need to push yourself and do it for at least 30 mins (aim for an hour if you can) : a lot of people get in the pool or jog but do it so they bareley get out of breath, and your body doesn't start digging into its fat reserves until 30 mins in ... so every minute you keep going after 30mins is golden.

[Row your]

I would recommend rowing on what're or on the ergs. This will give you the ability to have great cardio and strength.

[West Coast Sheriff]

Running and cutting off the sweets

[Cicero]

doing countless ab workouts wont do anything. there is no such thing as spot fat reduction. you have to burn you overall fat. so basically cardio daily as well as a caloric deficit and healthy eating. its not a big mystery, its just hardwork and perseverence.

[Nellerin]

doing countless ab workouts wont do anything. there is no such thing as spot fat reduction. you have to burn you overall fat. so basically cardio daily as well as a caloric deficit and healthy eating. its not a big mystery, its just hardwork and perseverence.

Half true, you can get rid of targeted fat on abs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjDFM9Z1olU

[Mortal Coil]

The other replies are right. It's impossible to do "spot reduction," so you would really have to just lose body fat. This is relatively easy. Here are a few "ground rules" that I recommend:
Don't drink anything except water, black coffee or unsweetened tea.
Avoid refined carbohydrates (simple carbs are okay, but not refined ones)
Never eat simple carbs and fat together
Don't work out after consuming simple carbs
Do some exercises that will build muscle; this will increase your metabolism.

Good luck, and remember to have patience!

[Row your]

For all the non believers in rowing here's a good thing
http://www.livestrong.com/article/82470-benefits-rowing-machine/
If you don't belive this, do your own research, you will see, rowing has more benifits than running, including higher level of strangth training, cardiovascular and respiratory fittnes. You burn more calories and you are nicer to your joints, due to the low impact. Of anybody want to debate this, please on me, be warned, I've done my research.

[TigerBoy]

For all the non believers in rowing here's a good thing
http://www.livestrong.com/article/82470-benefits-rowing-machine/
If you don't belive this, do your own research, you will see, rowing has more benifits than running, including higher level of strangth training, cardiovascular and respiratory fittnes. You burn more calories and you are nicer to your joints, due to the low impact. Of anybody want to debate this, please on me, be warned, I've done my research.


Rowing is great exercise, no question, and this was an interesting vid.

I believe it is wrong to try to suggest it is the right answer for everyone for several reasons.

1) personal preference : people won't persist with exercises they don't enjoy, and different people prefer different equipment or prefer to be in the fresh air.

2) Physical limitations : comfort (old injuries, body shape or whatever) : people with large tummies find rowing uncomfortable in my experience. People with back conditions may struggle with rowing or cycling machines (which might also trigger latent conditions). You also get a pretty numb bum sitting on a rowing machine for more than 20 minutes or so I find, which is rather limiting for me :-)

3) contradictory scientific evidence : You are on dodgy ground if you start trying to hold up any one source or study as being definitive in any branch of science. There are plenty of other studies that will contradict each other, and the best guide for the layman is always going to be the current consensus view of the profession. That doesn't appear to be the case here (in time, maybe). If you want to debate this stuff go to any bodybuilding / fitness website. You'll get dozens of "right answers" with good scientific research behind them.

It raises an interesting point that choosing your activity isn't just about worrying about calories burned on paper. Other factors like joint impact and injury risk, sustainability etc all need to be considered.
For example here is a table comparing calories burned (http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburned.htm) which gets its data from he official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. It could be read as saying that several forms of exercise including swimming , cross country cycling and running can outperform Rowing in terms of burning calories in some cases and look like better choices. I know for me personally Running would be a terrible choice because I get knee and ankle problems.

[Human]

Cardio is the only way really, you can't target one place

[Cicero]

Half true, you can get rid of targeted fat on abs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjDFM9Z1olU

Supporting Source 1 (http://healthfitnessexperts.com/can-you-target-belly-fat/)
Supporting Source 2 (http://www.livestrong.com/article/404916-how-can-i-target-belly-fat/)

diet easily accounts for 75% of the results you see

[Nellerin]

Supporting Source 1 (http://healthfitnessexperts.com/can-you-target-belly-fat/)
Supporting Source 2 (http://www.livestrong.com/article/404916-how-can-i-target-belly-fat/)

Those sources are disproving the myth that ab exercises will get rid of body fat. I'm not saying that, I'm talking about the fact that diet and certain ways of living will target belly fat and get rid of it faster.

The only reason I talked about working abs before was because if the OP is trying to get abs to show then low bf% is only half the trick, the rest is getting bigger ab muscles.

[shani]

Work your ab muscles, go into a caloric deficit and then do cardio a few times each week.

agreed

[Clawhammer]

Running, squats, sit-ups. Watch what you're eating and keep a regular schedule for working out, and as unappealing as it will eventually sound, just do it. You can only pick through solutions so much, eventually it comes down to the basics.

[Zenos]

Diet and cardio yes,but you also have to work the bigger muscle sof the body as well because this will help burn calories faster.

[jhan3]

i need to loose some stomach fat myself

[Nellerin]

Diet and cardio yes,but you also have to work the bigger muscle sof the body as well because this will help burn calories faster.

An increase is muscle mass will provide a slight advantage when trying to burn fat since they require more energy to sustain them during rest (basal metabolic rate) but cardio and diet are really all you need as they have almost the same metabolic effect.

[TigerBoy]

An increase is muscle mass will provide a slight advantage when trying to burn fat since they require more energy to sustain them during rest (basal metabolic rate) but cardio and diet are really all you need as they have almost the same metabolic effect.

For practical purposes I broadly agree: its really unlikely for a person to attempt cardio using a form of exercise which won't involve the largest muscles anyway : i.e. anything involving your legs and glutes.

Technically, different exercises involving more and larger muscle groups will consume calories at a higher rate, but sustainability is very important when trying to reduce fat: if you can't keep a steady pace with a moderate heart rate during your chosen exercise going for long enough then it won't help you anyway.

So if limitations such as strength, mobility or skill prevent you from maintaining exercises that intensively engage more muscle groups (rowing, swimming etc) then you may get better results through other exercise (eg on a cross-trainer or going for a run).

[videtrotter]

i think doing sit-ups helps a alot


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