Best workout for belly flab?
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Isolating parts of the body does not mean that is where you will lose the weight or tone. You need to do a total overhaul. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. You can do a circuit class but this counts as one weights session. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, boxing and spin. If your classes are less than 1 hour top it up with cardio before and after classes. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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I know ALOT of ways that are easy for you to do to lose some weight healthy and very fast. \n  \n   For a great bikini body, exercise your core; curls and scrunches all are great to tone down your tummy. \n\n\n    For that annoying bloated look below your belly button, lower stomach exercises can be laying on the floor and raising your legs slowly up and down. Hovering is also an amazing routine for killer abs.\n\nAlso for that lower stomach, cut out extra carbs like lots of white bread, stay away from un-natural sugar, drink water when you have a craving to snack. \n\nAlso, small time sets of hard core fast arobics less than 5 minutes that are really heart rate stimulating will boost your metabolism TUNS!
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Steam roller.  But actually crunches do help by retaining your guts.  With weak abdominal muscles all your guts just kind of spill over.  If you tighten up your abs you'll have a flatter stomach even if there still is flab in front.  Of course if theres an excessive amount of fat that won't make much difference, but muscle still burns fat. Again sensible diet and exercise and slow steady dedication are the best answer.  If you don't like that, go with the steam roller option.
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Any cardio workout will help if you are trying to lose fat in that area.  Sit up, reverse sit ups, crunches, and rolling all help with sculpting that area.  (I know the rolling sounds silly, but it works all areas of your abs plus your back, which most people don't strengthen and then they have trouble later on.)  A hola hoop also works really well as does belly dancing.  Anything that makes you consentrate on hip movements will help.  My personal sugestion is to do whichever you desided until you can't anymore.  Do as many sit ups or whatever until you can't lift your head off the floor again.  Then rest a day and repeat.  I hope these help alittle.
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Lean meats, protein. Running is great exercise for toning and losing belly fat. I don't know how much biking will help your abs, but it's better that you have a well-rounded workout.\n\nMy favorite exercise for abs is on a decline bench at a 30-degree angle. Holding a 10-lb weight on your chest (more as you improve; my boyfriend does 25, but I'm just a tiny girl), life yourself up in a sit-up. Do only enough so that you can work in side-to-side sit-ups as well within the SAME set. My exercise is 18 forward, 18 switching from left to right (bringing elbows to the opposite knee), then 18 forward again. I do three sets of this, and it's been working fabulously for me.
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The best part of exercise is cardio, you want to get out and walk or run to burn fat, I would also suggest getting down and doing at lest 15 push-ups a day and gradually build yourself up to do more. The Flutter kick is also good for your abs(laying on your back with feet 3 inches off the floor and kicking your legs up and down with your neck slightly off the floor). Water consumption is important also. Don't eat after 7:00 p.m and stay stress free and you will be alright.
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Here's my advice and the cold hard truth - if your going to buy an abs machine the only thing its going to do is tighten your muscles if you have some fat in the tummy area its not going to get rid of it. The only way to get rid of the jelly belly is thru total body loss. A good way to have great abs is through Cardio which will trim away the fat and then strength excercises which is good for your abdominal muscles.
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Ok, if you have a big belly, then you have fat on the stomach area. You need to burn fat, and you do that by doing CARDIO and NOT crunches (crunches or sit-ups are for strengthening the abdominal muscles). So, you should walk, jog, ride the bike, swim, or whatever you prefer, 3-4 x/w. If you don't exercise now, start slowly, 2-3 x/w, 20-30min, and progressively increase both frequency and time. You should also do the CRUNCHES to strengthen your abs. Do a variety of them. Once again, start with a small #, like 50 per day, and increase that every week or so until you feel satisfied.\nEating: eat clean. No fast foods. No sodas. No processed foods. Lots of fruits and veggies, lean meats, fish, egg whites, good carbs (grains mostly, wheat bread, oatmeal, etc.)\nGET MOVING!
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You haven't mentioned the specifics of your workout routine and what you've done that isn't working for you.  So here is some specific information about working the abdominals.\n\nFirst and foremost, stay away from any ab machine as they are simply a waste of money and barely effective.\n\nThe abdominal muscles work just like any other muscle and have to be challenged as such.  High-repetition crunches will work nothing more than your endurance.  If you want muscular abdominals, you have to challenge them with resistance and good form just like you would your chest, your back or any other muscle for that matter.  Targeting the correct muscle fibers and energy system is imperative.  This means you should never enter into the aerobic phase of this exercise, ideally keeping it under 2 minutes at most.  \n\nThink of rolling a carpet and contracting fully on the top of the movement and squeeze.  If you do them correctly, you shouldn't be able to do more than 30 crunches.  Any more than that, and you're probably doing them half-azz, incorrectly or with a partial range of motion.\n\nFor the upper abs, focus on crunches which effectively work the abdominals better than sit-ups or any machine on the market.\n\nFor the lower abs, keep in mind there is very little muscle tissue there so decreasing levels of body fat is the most effective way to bring out the best in this area. Hanging leg raises, v-situps and reverse curls are among some of the best exercise for this region. Always make sure your pelvis curls up to maximize lower abdominal contraction during these exercises.\n\nAs far as fat loss goes, cardio, cardio, cardio. In the morning, on an empty stomach at about 70% of your maximum heart rate for about 30-45 minutes. This combined with a common sense diet will quickly shed body fat so you can actually see those abs you've developed. \n\nI would encourage you to seek the advice and guidance of a personal trainer in your area for further education on these principles. Please ensure you start off at a very basic level for crunches and cardio if you are a beginner.\n\nHere's a good list of ab exercises:\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/fitness/Strength_Exercises_abdominals.html
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To tone up you need to do aroebics and watch what you eat, and if you want to get a round booty, do lots of squats and lunges.  Crunches and stomach workouts really don't do much if you have a layer of fat on top.  If you decide to start running (which is really good for losing the fat, but bad on your joints) also do a yoga workout two or three times a week, or something along those lines.
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Lose weight. You can build up the abdominal muscles all you want but it won't get rid of the extra flab. But be sure to exercise as to not lose muscle.
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lower your overall bodyfat through cardio 3-4 times a week for 30-45min and a clean diet and then strengthen the ab muscles best ab workouts are roman chair situps and leg lifts.  Only train abs twice a week overtraining only breaks the muscles down.
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it's not a fast process, but the most surefire way to get great abs is by crunches and sit-ups. simple and easy to do, but hell on the abs. also there is an exercise called the flutter kick, you lay on your back with your feet about 6-10 inches off the ground and start kicking your feet like you would be swimming on your back, don't let your feet touch the ground. good luck.
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Well, I have some workouts for each of those parts. You can't really target ONE spot at a time, but you can tone, strenghten and lose inches or pounds off your whole body. So, here's some workouts. \n\n1. Lower abs\n\nA. Lie with your back on the floor and position a pillow or cushion under your hips and buttocks for added support. Raise your legs and bend your knees, crossing your legs at the ankles. Place your hands behind your head. Your elbows should be out to the sides.\nB. Press your abs toward your spine and exhale as you curl your hipbones toward your tibs, initating the movement with your lower abs. INhale as you lower your hips. Repeat about 10-12 times. Increase every time three times.\n\n2. Whole Abs\n\nA. Lie with your back on the floor, your arms downat your sides, and your knees in the air, directly above your hips. Extend your legs and point your toes. Exhale as you contract your abs to pull your shoulders up. Inhale. Press your palms down rhythmically as you exhale five short breaths, pressing your palms slightly down with each breaht. Then turn your palsm up and press rhythmically with five short inhales to complete one set. Repeat 10 times, increase every three times.\n\n3.Inner Thighs and Abs, (also outer thighs)\n\nA. Lie on your back with your arms on at your side, your knees bent, and your feet flat on the floor. Extend your right leg and point your toes. Exhale and tighten your abs, navel in. Press your spine down into the mat.\n\nB. Slowly circle your right leg counterclockwise, making sure to keep your hips level and motionless. Inhale as you circle your leg outward, away from your body. Exhale as you circle inward toward your body. After circling six times in that direction, switch to clockwise for six circles. Repeat the squence with the other leg. Increase every two times.\n\n3. Back strenghtener and Butt toner\n\nA. Get on all fours, with your hands under your shoulders and your knees under your hips. Press your navel toward your spine and lenghten the crown of your head toward the wall in front of you and your tailbone toward the wall behind you. INhale as you exhtend your left arm and right leg. Hold for three seconds, then exhale as your lower. Repeat using your right arm and left leg. Continue alternating arm and leg positions, repeating the entire sequence three more times. Increase every two times.\n\n4.Butt and thighs\n\nA. LIe on your left side, with your head supported by a pillow or cushion and your left arm exhtended above your head behind the pillow. Extend both legs on top of eachother with your toes pointed. Bring your legs slightly in front of the plane of your body and turn your left leg toward the floor for support. Contract your abs and inhale as your slowly kick your right leg forward. Keeping your left leg and foot pressed into the floor. \n\nB. Once you've swept your leg as far forward as you can, exhale as you sweep it back, behind your body and slightly up. Keep your abs strong throughtout and squeeze your buttocks. Repeat 8 to 10 times then switch sides. Increase every three times.\n\n5. Lower abs\n\nA. Get in a standard pushup position with your palms on the floor under your chest, your legs extended and your weight on the balls of your feet. Contract your abs soi that your back doesnt arch or your buttocks dont skink down below the plane of your body. Your body should form a straight line from your heels to your head. \n\nB. Inhale as you raise your right leg up as high as you can behind you without arching your lower back or allowing your hips to fall out of alignment. Exhale as you lower your leg to the starting position. Repeat with the left leg. continue alternating your legs, repeating the sequence three more times. Increase every three times. \n\nThere is alot more workouts but this should do you good. Also, you should try walking up hill everyday a week, every week increase your speed. Drink alot of water.\n\nFor firmer butt, jog uphill or go on a ellip
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Full situps don't do much good and generally don't work out your abs very well.\n\nCombine a bunch of different exercises and listen to your body as you do them.  You will be able to tell (by the burn) which muscles you are truly working out.\n\nFor lower abdomen...lay on the floor and raise your legs (point the toes) about 6" off the floor...hold for as long as you can and let them down.  Be sure to breathe.\n\nFor upper abs... do crunches...slow and controlled...do not put your hands behind your neck as your tendency will be to bend the neck...pretend you have a string going from your chin to the ceiling and raise your shoulders off the floor...use your stomach muscles to lift...not your arms or thighs.\n\nVariations... twist crunches...raise and twist slightly to each side.\n\nBicycle leg lifts...same as before except when you hold your legs...pretend you are on a bike.\n\nYou can also stretch your arms forward as you lift your legs and try and get your fingers just past your thighs...pay attention to where your muscles are burning as this is the best indicator of which muscles you are actually working out.\n\nBuy a work out ball and do cruches on it.\n\nPlay around with it and have it...many excercises you can make up on your own if you listen to your body.  If you at any time feel like you are pulling something...stop.  If another group of muscles is burning more than your stomach..modify what you are doing.
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FOR THE LOWER STOMACH I WOULD RECOMMEND LEG LIFTS, CRUNCHES MOSTLY WORKS YOUR UPPER ABS!
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that sure is the most difficult area to lose fat from, for girlz at least. i would suggest doing a certain number of abs exercises before going to bed every night. leg lifts help tone the lower abs, which is probably where the flub is. do as many as you can, for a s long as you can. if u dont see immediate results, dont get discouraged. keep going and it will be well worth the effort-you'll see. also staying hydrated (6-8 glasses of water a day) helps to burn fat. its scientifically proven.