As long as you are doing sit-ups or crunches all you will be doing is increasing your strength to the point where you no longer get any effect from the workout, and you plateau.

It's common to want to drop those pounds and have your abs appear. Well, to help you get in shape and lose the weight, here are 3 exercises designed to help you burn more belly fat, guaranteed.

1. Reverse crunches: lai down on the floor with your knees in a ninety degree angle, with your legs together. Now, bring your knees toward your rib cage, so that you can feel a contraction in the ab muscles. This is an effective exercise for the transversus abdominis and rectus abdominis.

2. The bicycle: this is a classic exercise for burning belly fat. Perform it by being on your back and start to bicycle with your legs, and try to touch your elbows to your knees. Make sure to keep your body up, in order to get 'static training' as well as movement. This will target your obliques and love handles.

3. The bent elbow plank: this exercise is down while standing on your elbows, with your head down and your whole body extended in a push-up position. The exercise targets your full upper-body and is extremely effective.

Perform these exercise on a regular basis. preferably 2-3 times per week with 20 repetitions each. Do the repetitions 2-3 times. That will be a total of 120-180 repetitions every other day...

With some effective cardio exercise you'll start losing weight quickly. The secret to cardio is doing the right kind of cardio. And it's not the traditional cardio you perform for long hours on a treadmill or 60 minute jogging.

When you do the right cardio, you will have no trouble losing weight. It's the secret most personal trainers will never tell you about. They usually tell you to increase the volume of running or the speed. Both of which are not the most effective way to lose belly fat.

So, perform these ab exercises 3 times per week and do quality cardio and you should be on your way to lose the weight that's there now.