Can't seem to lose any belly fat after thousands of situps and crunches! What other stomach exercises flatten?
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You're going about things the wrong way.  You can't spot reduce.  You won't lose belly fat by just doing sit-ups.  You must decrease your overall body fat %.\n\nIf you really want to get in shape, it will require dedication and a complete lifestyle change. You must change what you eat, how you eat, and must be fully-dedicated to hitting the gym. Less than 9 months ago I was overweight. Now, I have 8-pack abs. You can change your body too....\n1. Eat 6 light meals a day. Every 2.5 to 3 hours. Do not skip breakfast!! Eat your first meal within an hour after waking up.\n2. Change your calorie mix. Amp up your protein intake and minimize the carbs and fats that you consumer per day. Whey, dairy, lean meat, egg and wheat proteins are best. Ideally, you should be eating about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight.\n3. Cut your overall calorie intake. But, not by too much at once or you will slow down your metabolism! Cut your calories/day by about 100-200 for the first couple of weeks. Depending on your weight and body structure...you should be consuming roughly 2,000 calories per day. You want to be sure to burn more calories than you consume each day.\n4. Not all carbs and fats are the same. Eat primarily whole grains and unsaturated fats. Pay attention to the nutritional panel when you buy food! Eat most of your carbs during the first half of the day.\n5. Hit the gym. Do 30-45 minutes of weight training about 5 or 6 days a week. Work out one muscle group per day, and each muscle group about once per week. Also, do at least 20 minutes of intense cardio 4 or 5 days a week. Either do your weight training and cardio at different times of the day, or do your weight training first. If you do cardio right before weight training...your body won't have sufficient energy it needs for the weight training.
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Sit-ups will not get you a six-pack. \nCheck this link for what will.
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Do some toning exercises like stomach crunches.  Hope this helps.
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Walk or run outside several times a week, it's free. Try going up and down a few flights of steps each time too. Crunches or situps on the days you don't run--- it'll help flatten your tummy.  Pushups to tone your arms.  Or.... pop in a great CD or organize your favorite MP3s into a collection that has some peppy songs you can dance to and make up your own aerobics routing.  All kinds of thins to do, the hardest part is getting motivated to do it!! Good luck!
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Aerobic exercise.  Situps/crunches will just put muscle with the fat.  In your room, you can dance, kick box, jumping jacks, aerobics, exercise bike, or any exercise that will elevate your heart rate and breathing for 30 minutes a day.  Then do situps (or crunches) to tone the muscles.  It would also be helpful if you back off the calories, but it is not good to go on a diet under the age of 21 without help from a doctor or nutritionist, because your brain is still growing.\n\nThe idea of losing weight is to burn more calories than you eat.\n\nAgain, crunches will just make you fat with a hard stomach.
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exercise ... if you want to flatten stomach you need to loose fat.  You can't necessarily loose fat on one focused area of body. \n\nSitups are pretty good at TONING the muscles that are there; but you won't see any of that with fat overtop the muscles.  \n\nWalk and moderate your meals/snacks.  Establish a healthy life style ... you'll see a flatter tummy eventually.
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ugh! i have the same problem. but try some cardio excercises, (running, jump rope, eliptical) because i read that cardio burns fat. crunches and sit up tone the muscles, like me i have great abs but there hidden under a layer of fat. so im starting to add some cardio into my daily regimine.
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Spot reduction does not work.  You need to lose fat in order for your stomache to be flatter.  Keep doing your ab exercises, but also do cardio like walking, running, aerobics, etc.  Don't forget about a healthy diet.
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Have you tried the Ab Lounge? I had trouble losing fat in my belly until I used the Ab Lounge. I had trouble with my mid-belly and its gone. It is comfortable and works fast. I would do 20 to the front rotate 20 on both sides then back to 20 to the front 5 days a week. I notice results in two weeks and my belly was gone in 8 weeks don't remember if it was 5-8 weeks to get my belly flat.\n\nGood Luck!
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You can't focus on just one body area to loose fat from, so you're going to have to loose wieght and do crunches to tone up your abdomen. Don't do sit-ups--those are too stressful to your back. Below is a link that might interest you.
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sit-ups and crunches...over and over and over again
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You are gonna get a ton of ppl saying "do situps", but SIT UPS DONT BURN FAT!!! Only cardio does. So walk, run, jog, bike, swim, etc for at LEAST 30 minutes, 5x a week if not everyday. You cant spot target fat loss, it comes off gradually everywhere.
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You are in luck. The best exercises for abdominals don't require machines.  \n\nTry doing regular abdominal crunches..lay down and bend your knees up until your feet are flat against the floor..cross your arms, raise your torso and hold each repetition for a second or two.  Then, lower. Repeat.  Do about 15-20 reps. If this gets too easy for you I would try adding a weight plate across your chest.\n\nThere are other exercises too.  For obliques (sides of around your abs), be in the same position as if you were in a crunch.  Get a dumbell plate or ball.  Hold out in front with your arms fully extended. Lean your torso up a bit and twist from side to side. This is one rep. Do 15-20 reps. \n\nFor lower abs, I would try doing pelvic tilt.  Be in same position as crunch.  Except now, raise your lower body towards your chest.  Lower back. Repeat. Do 15-20 repetitions.\n\nThese exercises are suggestions for toning your stomach.  It should work your abs and stomach. In fact, I do them myself.\n\nHowever, in order to get a flat stomach...you need to do cardio.  Do biking, running, jogging, or even brisk walking 45 minutes 5-6 times a week to get rid of belly fat.  \n\nGood luck.
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Nothing works better than abdominal exercises. They all work, but they require determination. However, if u want a flat stomach, it's worth the efforts. Most important" if you're also overweight: stay off greasy foods!
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try some ab exercises like crunches and planks.  if you can, get a physio-ball from your local sporing goods store.  they are great form making crunches more effective.  keep an eye on your diet too.
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First u need to eat healthy!\nGood exercises are Crunches, De-cline situps, and cardio exercises
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First and foremost, stay away from any ab machine as they are simply a waste of money and barely effective.\n\nI just love when people talk about doing 100s of crunches.  Waste of time and waste of energy.  The abdominal muscles work just like any other muscle and have to be challenged as such.  First of all, 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 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 and getting cut goes, cardio, cardio, cardio. In the morning, on an empty stomach at about 70-80% 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