Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Slim Down That Belly!

Slim Down That Belly!

In order to slim down your belly, you need to combine good exercise and a healthy diet.

You will have to do a lot of cardio to slim down that gut. Running, dancing, the elliptical machine, bike riding, and swimming are all great forms of cardio. Find the one that you enjoy doing, and do that one. Don't force yourself on the treadmill, although you hate it.

Don't get frustrated after you many core exercises but don't the results. You’ll never see the result of all that work without fat-burning cardio madness. So you’ll have to trade in that time doing ab work or resistance training for more cardio to make this happen for you.

Nevertheless, you will have to commit some time to a lower abdominal workout that works fast. Upper ab workouts involve bringing your pelvis to the sternum while lower ab work is generally the opposite, bringing your pelvis to the sternum. Now both kinds are going to of course work all of your abdominal muscles to some extent but the specific exercises I will pinpoint will be an excellent lower abdominal workout.

It’s also a good idea to do a little bit of core work with every workout above and beyond the times once or twice a week that you concentrate on them with a series of exercises. But vary it up because this muscle group is smart and they’ll acclimate to repeating the same exercises over and over which will reduce the effectiveness of your efforts. By utilizing this strategy, you’ll maintain a conscious connection with the role diet and nutrition has in slimming down your belly. You might think a little bit harder about eating that extra helping when you remember all the hard work you put in to this quadrant of your body.

Finally, all these abdominal exercises aren’t exclusively for aesthetic purposes. That fat that accumulates down there is not good for you and it can cause all kinds of trouble later in life such as increased risk for heart disease. Being steadfast with an exercise to slim down your belly is an extremely daunting task for most humans so set your goals realistically and feel good about the work you do.


2 comments:

carlos said...

I have a lot of problems keeping a healthy diet.
I wonder if doing a boot camp twice a week and mountain bike 17 miles in the lake chabot bike trail 3 times a week will let me eat as much as I want...
Is my diet (lots of bread and cheese) bad for me even if I exercise that much?

Melissa said...

Dear Carlos,
I highly recommend the exercise routine you described. However, your body type and genetics is key to how much bread and cheese you can consume. Overall, I recommend fewer servings of cheese and more servings of fruits and vegetables.