If you ask the experts how to get rid of your tummy fat one of the most common answers is to do cardio. Other people might suggest you to do body part isolation training. What I meant by body part isolation training is working out your specific muscles, for example in order to get your six pack abs (hey, women can develop them too!) you are suggested to do the lower abs workout. Contrary to these ideas I found out that cardio done at low to moderate intensity as highly recommended by some experts to lose weight didn’t give a significant result, my stubborn belly fat still stuck proudly on my belly. It was actually after reading an e-book I found out that stop-and-go cardio gives a much better result to burn the belly fat.
What is Stop-and-Go Cardio?
Imagine you are running steadily on your treadmill for 60 minutes, the traditional cardio most of people doing. Some housewives probably watch TV or listening to the music while doing it. What can you expect from this kind of cardio? Steady state cardio trains only the heart at one specific heart rate range and also doesn’t really reduce body fat. On the other hand the stop-and-go or cyclic training will give more benefit to your body: first it will greatly increase your body and heart responds to different stressors and also it reduces your body fat. A good example of cyclic training is competitive sports such as soccer, tennis, basketball, etc. Have you seen one of the athletes with flabby stomach? Do they gain their body shape and flat abs by doing abs exercises? I really doubt it. While probably doing some crunches or sit-ups can be found in their routine exercises you will agree with me that they don’t do it as their main exercises. The biggest chunk of their training is still the game itself and the lean body is just a bonus.
The Body Part Isolation Myth
This is where people got scammed by the abs machines concentrating on abs exercises. I don’t want to say this again and again but here is the truth: Abdominal exercises will NEVER burn fat away from your belly! Your stubborn belly fat will only be removed if you can maximize both your hormonal response and your metabolic response to the workouts you are doing.
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The bottom line here is there is no such a shortcut to get the flat abs you’ve always wanted. If you are still concentrating mainly on your lower abs workout please take my advice: Workout your whole body and also watch your meals. I had BIG problems controlling my meals after giving birth to my youngest son and this bad habit contributed a lot to my flabby stomach, not to mention the loose stomach due to the pregnancy itself. I was lucky my husband brought me a real product that changes my lifestyle and my body shape forever.
My name is Liz Carson. I developed the ugly belly fat after giving birth to my second son. I made this blog to share with you how I finally trimmed the flabby fat and got my waist back in shape
