Do you believe the magazine articles, radio and television commercials, your friends, trainers and gym rats? How are you to ever make any real changes when you are not even sure what is fact or fiction? Do you do sit-ups, crunches, cardio, take diet pills, supplements, or use ab gadgets such as the ab belt or ab roller?
Free yourself from the frustrations of misinformation. Burn the belly fat and create the sexy hot abs you have always desired. You can continue to follow the infomercials and the magazine ads or you can open your mind to the truth. There is no free lunch, but there is hope.
If your like most people you are not interested in doing ab exercises to strengthen the muscles. The truth is you want hot abs to make the opposite sex drool. If this is your goal then exercises that concentrate on the abs are not the best way to attack that belly fat.
Ab exercises simply do not increase your metabolism enough to burn the fat and get the results you are looking for. So forget about doing hundreds of crunches, sit-ups, leg lifts, and hours of cardio.
The most effective way to lose your belly fat is to do full body exercises. Working the legs, chest, and back are multi-joint exercises that can increase your metabolic rate for up to 48 hours. Once the fat burning hormones are released that fat around your belly doesn't stand a chance.
So when you go to the gym have your workout planned. Do bench presses, squats, dumbbell presses, and other exercises that concentrate on the big three areas - legs, chest and back. Leave the cell phone at home and don't use gym time to socialize. You need to make your workouts intense. Maybe 30 seconds between sets and 2 minutes between exercises.
As always nutrition is important to lose fat. Whether it be around your belly or anywhere else. All the crazy diet plans out there will deprive you of either carbs, protein, or good fat. Don't mess with your bodies system with the not so healthy diets. Learn to eat 6 well balanced meals throughout the day. Give your body the ingredients it needs to run properly.
