Can the Ab lounge Burn belly fat?
612449
You can work out your abs and develop muscle, but if you're trying to get a six pack, you have to burn the fat that covers the muscle so it shows. The ab lounge will build the muscle, but you have to do cardio to burn fat.
659276
Big guts are fat. You can do all the situps and pushups you want to ,but you have to lose the fat. The only way to burn fat is by doing cardio/aerobic workouts. You have to raise your heartrate. Then do situps and leg lifts, lay flat and lift both legs, feet together, straight up and hold for 10 seconds, this is what exercise they use in the Navy for ab strengthening. If you do this twice a day with the cardio your gut will be gone in no time. Do sets of 50 to start and increase as you get stronger. Oh by the way you'd better by some Ibuprofen you will be sore.....Good Luck!!!
738348
The "plank" works wonders- you lie face down on the ground and put all your weight on you fore arms, and then raise your body a couple inches off the ground with your toes( if your belly touches the ground it won't work!). It seems like it would be easy, but you really feel the burn in your abs ,which is why it works. What I do is I do that for 30 seconds, rest for 15, then do it over again maybe four times. Do this once a day, and you will notice significant improvement.
1004868
you could always do a bunch of crunches and stuff every night....or even pilates or something like that. im personally pretty fond of pilates...it's a really good ab workout
680085
No, honestly sit-ups don't tone your stomach muscles.  It will take a long time to see results if you only do sit-up.  Try jogging for about 10-15 at least 3 times a weeks.  Now that's a very effective way to tone your mid-section! : )
878956
Well, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that you can lose your tummy flab and become more toned. The bad news is that, in order to do this, you must reduce the amount of fat you have all over your body, not just in your stomach. You see, spot reduction, or the ability to lose fat in one specific area, is a myth. However, you can help tone specific regions through exercise.
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Absolutely, positively, without a doubt NONE!!!  Save your money and stay away from any and all AB machines if your interested in showing off a six pack.  \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.\n\nRegarding exercises for the lower abs, you need to try and disengage your hip flexors (psoas muscles) as much as possible so that they don't override any efforts to contract your abs. That's why it's very important to never anchor your feet under any fixed device when doing situps. \n\nHanging leg raises, v-situps and reverse curls are among some of the best exercise for this region.\nAlways make sure your pelvis curls up to maximize lower abdominal contraction during these exercises.\n\nHere's a link with a complete list of ab exercises:\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/fitness/Strength_Exercises_abdominals.html\n\nAlso here's a tool to help you evaluate your stength in this region compared to the population average (note: only anchor your feet for testing purposes only and not during your workouts)\n\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/sit-up_test.html\n\nI would advise to seek the advice of a personal trainer for proper execution and intensity.
506431
I'd say abdominal exercises but not sit-ups, as they might be harmful for ur lower back (depends on how fit u r overall, though). \n\nTry crunches and do them every day: \n\nhttp://www.fitstep.com/Library/Exercises/Crunches.htm\n\nHere's a fairly good website w photos and explanations:\n\nhttp://www.sixpacknow.com/abdominal_exercises.html \n\nAlso depending on how much of this abdominal fat is on the outside (because abdominal fat can be both inside the abdominal cavity, below the muscles, and outside, below the skin layer), u can get massage and some anti-cellulite cream to help this outer layer of fat go away.
754705
you need to decide what you want - effective or easy.  \n\nI hate to tell you but just doing ab exercises are not going to make the fat go away.  You must lose the weight with cardio.  All te crunces, situps, etc will do it build muscle, but you will never see it if there is a layer of fat.
485238
Yes, it can help you lose weight.  That is only if you do fast paced movements repeatedly to get the blood flowing.\nIt helps tone your body more than help you lose weight.  Since belly dancing shows you how to isolate parts of your body from the rest, it works each muscle seperately(back, upper ab, lower ab, etc.)  It also helps shape your buns and thighs.  I highly recommend it and be serious about it when you dance.  Listen to your body and feel the movements, that way you know you're doing it right and you'll see results if you keep at it.
321062
Cardio exercise and diet will help you lose fat all over your body, unfortunately you cannot target fat loss. It is a myth that sit ups and crunches will target belly fat, these execrises will strengthen your abs and give you better definition (i.e. 6 pack) but only if you lose the fat first.\n\ngood luck
662449
The main thing you need to do is burn fat to get that six pack. Not much ab excercise is needed to get the six pack you want. Sit ups only build muscle they don't burn fat. So if you want to burn fat just jog and do as much cardio as you can. It makes the heart beat faster which will burn fat faster and get you those abs you want.
651827
You cant burn fat in just one spot.  Exercise and burning more calories then you take in will reduce fat all over.  For toning the stomach...situps.
202643
Hey, I would strongly recommend you to save your money and invest it in a abs book at barnes and noble or visit a public library.  The ab lounge is a waste of money because you can get same results by doing different abs workout such as regular crunches. By the way, there are many books out that will give you examples of working your abs.  I have been using men's health best abs book.
623774
In addition to crunches, if you have fat in your midsection, you'll also need to burn some additional calories if you want your toned abs to show.  Good workouts for this are walking or running or anything aerobic.  Also do ab exercises like crunches, leg lifts, bicycles, reverse curls, etc to work those ab muscles.
964644
You can't burn fat in just one area. But if you want a six pack lay off the chips and beer and start lifting. you will replace fat with muscle and virtually stay the same weight. You know you can do 200 hundred sit ups a day and still have fat around your midsection, Just think of spreading peanut butter over your abs. You will hide the muscle with the peanut butter, so if you quit the chips and beer and other high carb foods the fat will virtually melt off and your abs will begin to show. It took me three weeks of playing basketball jumping rope and other things to get your metabolism going. Eat six small meals no bigger than your fist and do at 35 grams of protein every two hours or so you will see a new you in three weeks and you will be motivated to do this the rest of your life
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When you exercise, two things happen... you burn calories and you tone muscles. Contrary to popular belief you can not burn calories in a specific part of your body. For example, doing crunches doesn't burn calories in your belly, it burns calories, total. If all you do is crunches, you MAY see the weight loss in your stomach first, but that is not due to targeted calorie burning...it is due to muscle tightening that happened as a result of the exercise you chose. Conversely, all you could do is crunches and still NEVER lose your belly fat if you do nothing else to get rid of the flab. It is possible to be doing intese belly workouts but to replace the total calories burned with junk food, and your stomach will actually get bigger. This is because the muscle has now built up, or toned, but any calories burned, is replaced with diet.\nSo the answer is yes, it CAN help to loose belly fat because you will burn calories. Crunches would definately be an added boost to reach your goal because you burn more calories for the more muscle mass you have. Crunches/Ab work will increase your muscle mass which will inturn turn your stomach workout into more of a calorie burning workout. However, if all you want to do is loose fat, then yes, RUN RUN RUN! You will burn calories. ANd while you're likely to see your legs tone up first, it will undoubtedly (assuming your diet is proper) effect your other body parts as well.