7 Exercises NOT To Do If You Want to Lose Belly Fat
There are exercises — and then there are EFFECTIVE exercises. The two are not the same thing. Some exercises can actually be detrimental to burning belly flab.
If you want flat abs, then here are the 7 exercises you want to make sure to avoid:
1. Lying straight-legged leg raises (first 45 degrees off of floor, one leg at a time or both at the same time) 2. Hanging leg raises with an arched back 3. Sit-ups with the feet supported 4. Straight legged sit-ups 5. ANY machine-based ab exercise 6. ANY machine-based twisting exercise 7. Torso twists
Remember that the point here is to BURN the belly fat and DEVELOP the abdominal muscles. You aren’t working on your arms, your legs or your neck. Exercises need to target the abs and the supporting areas of your body, like your core.
These are the bad exercises that you need to avoid if you ultimate goal is to finally have great abs.
1. Lying straight-legged leg raises: An excellent exercise — but NOT for your abs. The lying straight-legged leg raises are great for exercising the LOWER abdomen… but not the classic six-pack abs are. Sure, any exercise is a better than no exercise, but you’re wasting your workout time on lying straight-legged leg raises if your goal is to develop your abs.
2. Leg raises with an arched back: Hanging leg raises with an arched back is not only bad for your abs it’s actually a bad exercise overall.
3. Sit-ups with the feet supported: Doing sit-ups with no support below your legs or feet is a great ab exercise, but the minute you put support below your feet, the entire exercise becomes useless.
4. Straight legged sit ups: When the legs are kept straight out during sit ups, the muscles that are being used are in the back and lower abdomen… not the abs!
5. Any machine based ab exercise: No machine is going to build your abs. Great abs are earned the hard way. Get over it and pass on the machines.
6. Any machine based twisting exercise: Twisting doesn’t work the abs. Twisting exercises are good exercises to reduce the size of the waist, but that’s all they do.
7. Torso Twists:Twisting will not work the abs or help burn belly fat.
Your exercise sessions should be working FOR you. If your goal is to burn belly fat and build a six pack abs, you have to make sure you get the most out of every minute if your exercise program.
Doing exercises that are not designed to develop your abs is simply a waste of your time and energy, plain and simple.
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