| If you struggle to reduce your belly fat, so that you can | | | | better spent by focusing on strategic strength training |
| uncover those elusive six pack abs, then I'm going to | | | | exercise combinations and full body training that will |
| reveal in this article why you haven't been able to | | | | result in a much better decrease of body fat over |
| make progress with this area of your fitness. A couple | | | | time. 3. When it comes to diet, many people try to |
| major problems I see as a fitness professional are that | | | | follow some sort of fad diet that restricts a certain |
| most people who are trying to lose stomach fat: 1. | | | | macronutrient too much... like extremely low fat diets, |
| Most people spend way too much of their exercise | | | | or super low carb diets. The fact is that your body |
| efforts focusing on cardio based workouts, when in | | | | needs all of the macronutrients and food groups to |
| fact, a properly designed, high intensity strength training | | | | maintain proper balance and build muscle and burn fat |
| routine causes a much better hormonal response and | | | | most effectively. Trying to eliminate certain food |
| metabolic rate increase than cardio based workout | | | | groups or macronutrients in general sets most people |
| programs. Also, as long as the strength training | | | | up for failure. The main focus should be on avoiding |
| workout is designed with the right types of full body | | | | processed foods, artificial ingredients, trans fats |
| multi-joint exercises, and with the right types of rest | | | | (hydrogenated oils), high fructose corn syrup, and other |
| intervals and intensity, you can actually burn as many | | | | junk foods, while focusing on a whole-food organic diet |
| calories (if not more calories) than with a typical cardio | | | | full of variety and high nutrient density. Many times |
| workout. 2. Another problem is that many people still | | | | when people get past the fads and gimmick diets and |
| think that they should be spending all of their workout | | | | start to eat in a balanced whole food manner, a lot of |
| time doing exercises that specifically target the | | | | the problems they were having start to take care of |
| stomach area and obliques. I think you should | | | | themselves, and the body fat starts to melt off, energy |
| understand by now that spending all of your time doing | | | | levels increase, and hormones are back in balance. |
| exercises targeting the abs doesn't do much to burn | | | | See below for more of the key secrets to flattening |
| the fat off of your stomach and love handles area. | | | | your stomach and bringing out sexy flat abs for life. |
| Again, your time in your workouts could be much | | | | |