I have belly fat. Should I do ab workouts along with cardio?
602616
You can do them both.  Once the fat is gone, you will see the ab work. Remember, the problem is not starting a workout but continuing one.  Best of luck.
1107385
you can do a million sit ups a day and have a killer six pack but you will never see it if it is covered up by fat. you need to do cardio along with the sit ups
198454
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.
315320
abs exercises is great for that. crunches, sit ups, are the most popular exercises to get smaller waist,,,but hey for those girls out there, belly dancing is nice too, great workout for the abs as well as great as stress buster too. everybody can enjoy the dance and at the same time, it really burns tummy fats.
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!!!
436966
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!
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.
1036620
Neither.  All those do is help build some muscle up.  But if you have fat in that area, all you will have is muscle that you cant see under the fat.  You have to do cardio to burn fat, because spot training does not work- situps or crunches do not burn fat in just your stomach, the fat comes from all over your body- just like cardio.  Do a lot more running and biking 45-60 minutes a day, 5-6 days a week, that fat on your stomach will then disappear.  Do the crunches or stiups to have a nice looking stomach when the cario has removed the fat :)
486315
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.
643359
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.
863619
Well it sounds like you're pretty fit already. You do alot of running which is great cardio and it really works your legs. But do you pay attention to ur abs? Do you do crunches or sit ups? There are other exercises you can do, too! Like hang from a bar by your hands keeping your arms straight, cross your legs and try to raise them to your chest. Or, while keeping your legs straight, lie down with a medicine ball between your feet and raise your legs so that your legs and your abdomen make a 90 degree angle. There are plenty of things you can do to get those abs!\n\nGOOD LUCK!
472767
Do variations of ab workouts, not just crunches. Include a good work-out regime and suck in your stomach and stand tall.
954439
Doing a lot of abdominal exercises everyday won't do much if you've got a layer of fat covering it.  Everyone has a six-pack, but it's hidden (under the fat).  You have to do cardio to burn body fat.  Just doing crunches will only strengthen your abs, not expose them.
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
1166817
In order to have good abs you MUST have a low body fat level, at the least in the single digits.  If you have too much bodyfat, then you can have the biggest abs in the world, but they won't show up because the fat sits on top of the muscle.  So diet and cardio are both crucial if you want to have great abs.\n\nAs far as exercising goes, abs are tricky.  You need to make sure that you are doing the exercises with good form.  90% of all people do ab exercises wrong.  It's way to easy to use the hip flexors instead of the abdominals.  Proper crunches will work the abs, while sit-ups mainly work the hip flexors.  Check the link below for good instructions on different ab exercises.\n\nFinally make sure you are doing exercises for each of the different muscles that make up the whole "abs" ... the upper abs, the lower abs, and the obliques.  Good luckl!!!
420439
No exercise will get rid of belly fat. You cannot reduce the amount of fat in one particular area using exercise. If you have belly fat, it's because your body has stored extra calories (frome eating more food than you need to) as fat. \n\nAb exercises will tighten&#92;strengthen the muscles underneath and can help improve the appearance of your abdomen. Weight training in other areas will burn more calories and prompt your body to store fat in other areas than just around your midsection. Last, watch how much alcohol you consume. They call it a "beer belly" for good reason.