Is cardio the only way?

mcoates442

Is cardio the only way to loose belly fat or is there other excercises you can do? I run but I get tired of it after a while and I want to try some exercises at home.

ashliedelgado

No way to spot lose fat.

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JenMc14

Eat at a deficit. Do exercise you like to create a deficit. Your body decides where you lose fat from when. It will come off eventually, you have to be patient. I'd say eat at a deficit, doing some cardio and some resistance training.

murp4069

You won't be able to spot reduce fat. And to lose weight, you don't have to exercise. You just have to be at a calorie deficit. That being said, if you do exercise you'll burn calories that add to your deficit that will help in losing weight. People lose fat from different areas at different times as they lose weight. Unfortunately for some the belly fat is the last to go or is less noticeable as it comes off then say fat from their arms or face.

ASKyle

Cardio will not make you lose belly fat.

Only fork put downs will.

MelissaLimeKiwi

I love exercise videos and they help me tone up. I love Insanity, I also have t25, Jillian Michaels, Ellen Barrett, and Tone it Up. You can definitely get your heart rate up and break a sweat without running. And any allover body toning work and body weight exercises will help you shape up your midsection.

malibu927

A calorie deficit is the way to lose belly fat, as well as the fat on the rest of your body at the same time.

inertiastrength

A caloric deficit is all you need, and as others have pointed out you can't spot reduce fat by training the muscles under it, eating less and willing it to leave the area or any other magical thinking. I find that based on my desk job and relative laziness cardio is the only way. I lift weights but not enough to have any sort of significant energy expenditure and my tdee and bmr are too close to each other to rely on diet alone to do the trick (eating out the odd time, tracking incorrectly, purposely going over) I can kill a modest deficit easily. Cardio is my insurance against that. So pick your battle I suppose!