Advice On Blasting Belly Fat

by sslevy

posted on 07/30/2009

Getting rid of unwanted girth around the middle is the curse of so many! How many times have you seen girls with nice arms, legs and rearview only to see lumps and 'muffin-top' sitting above their waistline? If you're like me, you've tried dieting and tons of crunches, crunches, crunches! The old-school theory was to work those abdominal muscles constantly, flattening your belly and shrinking your waist. I could definitely get some results this way, but it seemed to take so much work and then was only so effective. I finally asked my husband's good friend the certified personal trainer for some insider tips. What he told me was pretty surprising.

He said that you'll get more ab-toning results out of working on you glutes and legs than you'll ever get from crunches or sit-ups. Sounds like maybe bad advice, right? I mean, why not target the source of the problem? The reasoning makes sense when you really think about it. The muscle groups you really need to work (legs and glutes) are larger and much more important to overall fat reduction. Developing those groups forces your body to burn more calories, burning more fat where it's available. Bigger muscles equals changing the composition of your body through fat displacement from available stores. If one of those available spots happens to be your tummy, bingo! Combining this focus with your overall fitness activities will yield big benefits. Working your abs is still important for definition once some of the unwanted fat is gone, but focusing on them obsessively is kind of counter-productive. You should research exercises specifically for building glutes and hamstrings, and add this to your current regime while focusing less heavily on your abdominal exercises.

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