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Belly fat

Sonner1963
Sonner1963 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
What are some good exercises to shed/time belly fat besides sit ups!?

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  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    edited November 2017
    Nothing. You cannot exercise fat away (no way to spot reduce). The only thing you can do is keep a calorie deficit and let nature take it course. Your genetics will determine where you lose it first.
  • thunderztormdk
    thunderztormdk Posts: 51 Member
    You can't target which fat the body loses, unfortunately. By doing abs exercises, you will however make sure that once the fat does go away, your stomach looks good ;)

    Losing fat is done by consuming fewer calories than you burn - but the body decides which fat goes away when. Sorry!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Sonner1963 wrote: »
    What are some good exercises to shed/time belly fat besides sit ups!?

    Definitely NOT sit ups (nor crunches).
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited November 2017
    sgt1372 wrote: »
    Sonner1963 wrote: »
    What are some good exercises to shed/time belly fat besides sit ups!?

    Definitely NOT sit ups (nor crunches).

    Sit-ups might give you nice strong hip flexors though. :D

    As far as abdominal exercises and spot reduction: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21804427
    "...There was no significant effect of abdominal exercises on body weight, body fat percentage, android fat percentage, android fat, abdominal circumference, abdominal skinfold and suprailiac skinfold measurements..."
  • Okiludy
    Okiludy Posts: 558 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Fork put-downs and table push-aways.

    I am going to start using this. I have lost over 50lbs and am getting sick of telling folks just to eat less. Now I'll say this and walk away as they look it up on their phone to see if they are real exercises.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    sgt1372 wrote: »
    Sonner1963 wrote: »
    What are some good exercises to shed/time belly fat besides sit ups!?

    Definitely NOT sit ups (nor crunches).

    Sit-ups might give you nice strong hip flexors though. :D

    If you don't injure your lower back first. ;)
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    sgt1372 wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    sgt1372 wrote: »
    Sonner1963 wrote: »
    What are some good exercises to shed/time belly fat besides sit ups!?

    Definitely NOT sit ups (nor crunches).

    Sit-ups might give you nice strong hip flexors though. :D

    If you don't injure your lower back first. ;)

    Indeed. Full ROM situps are rough on the back.
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