True or false

Blynn2619
Blynn2619 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I shouldn't be doing crunches to lose belly fat because it will just make my stomach bigger.

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  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    What is true is that you cannot spot reduce. Exercising the muscles in an area doesn't cause the body to burn fat specifically from that area.
    When you have a calorie deficit your body pulls energy from fat cells but this is completely independent of which muscles are activated during exercises.

    What is not true is that crunches would be likely to provide sufficient muscle fiber activation as to stimulate such growth as to increase the size of the stomach.
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