Why the Fastest Way to Lose Belly Fat May Not Be the Best Way to Lose Belly Fat

January 27th, 2010

 

If you were to drop your keys on the floor in front of you, could you comfortably bend over and pick them up? Or, would you really have to reach hard, pressing into the stiff fat surrounding your mid-section just to reach them? If you would be out of breath and red faced just from this simple task, it’s time to consider the best way to lose belly fat.

If you feel desperate to lose the fat and want to take it off as quickly as possible, this is completely understandable. When you get to that breaking point where you know you have to get healthier to improve your life because you can no longer live a miserable, uncomfortable existence, you are finally mentally ready to lose the weight once and for all.

Yet, you have to realize there is a difference between losing belly fat fast and losing belly fat forever.

Fast Weight Loss vs. Permanent Fat Loss

There are no rapid weight loss plans that will teach you how to live thin and healthy for the rest of your life. If a plan is designed to help you lose ten pounds a week, it simply cannot be healthfully sustained long term because that is an unnatural amount of weight to lose on a regular basis.

In most cases, these diets will rely upon extremely restrictive plans which lead to temporary weight loss. The problem is they are so restrictive you cannot keep them up long term and will eventually put all the weight back on. They can also destroy your metabolism over time, which works against your desire to burn off actual body fat!

On the other hand, permanent fat loss that lasts the rest of your life must pump up your metabolism so you burn more calories not only while you workout, but in between workouts. You will never be able to do this by starving yourself, cutting out carbs, or trying to live without dietary fat. You actually need to eat at regular intervals throughout the day and combine your foods in the right ways to lose actual body fat on a consistent basis.

Fast weight loss is about seeing a change in the scale that makes you feel good for the moment, but permanent fat loss is about seeing real changes in the shape and feel of your body which make you feel good for the rest of your life!

Why Eating is Essential to Losing

If you want to make real changes in your body right now without ever having to re-lose the same pounds all over again, it’s time to ditch the idea of losing a hundred pounds in three months. It may happen on TV, but you aren’t on TV and it simply isn’t going to happen that way in the real world.

If you focus on feeding your body the foods it needs to function at peak performance and doing so at just the right times of day, you will find that the fat comes dripping off faster than you think. You can actually lose a nice amount of weight on a consistent schedule if you simply learn to work with your body’s needs, rather than depriving it of those needs.

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The 3 Best Non-Traditional Exercises for Targeting and Toning your Abs

December 30th, 2009

Waist Fat:  I would like to introduce you to some non-traditional abdominal exercises. These are different from the usual sit-ups and crunches that seem to be the only ab routines that most people even perform.

When you use these new ab workouts you will discover that you are enjoying some high intensity routines that really rock.  You are now able to get a total body workout, build your abs and boost your metabolism simultaneously.

In addition to developing a strong core and ripped abs you are guiding your body through an efficient fat burning exercise program.

Reduce Waist Fat with Renegade style dumbbell rows

These begin with you assuming a supine push-up that is used for push-ups. Your hands should be grasping dumbbells. Stabilize your body with your right arm and perform a rowing motion with the left.

Return your right arm to the starting position and repeat the same rowing motion with your left arm. This one armed stabilization dramatically intensifies the work and tension of your abs and core.

You will feel the difference immediately and be able to actually see the physical improvement in just a few weeks.

Reduce Waist Fat with Front squats

These are very similar to the usual back squats but you will have the barbell crossing the front of your body and resting on the shoulders instead of the barbell crossing behind your neck. While you perform the squat you will need to keep the barbell stabilized on top of your shoulders.

This will be accomplished by crossing your arms in front of your chest with the elbows pointed outward. Then you should plant your fists firmly against the crossbar.  

You will want to run through a couple of practices before you begin this exercise. Perform it in front of mirrors, or ask for help from a personal trainer so that you can make sure you have the correct form.

When you are doing front squats you will be relying on your abs to do a lot of the stabilization work for you because the barbell weight is at the front of your body. Instead of the back taking up the slack you will engage your core. Although this is primarily a leg muscle exercise, it really rocks the abs.

Reduce Waist Fat with Mountain climbers

This is an exercise that makes you feel like you are climbing a mountain while your body is lying on the floor. Assume the standard position for a push-up and then start to move your feet in a quick shuffling motion.

Each knee should be coming forward under your abs and chest before going back to the start position. To increase the level of difficulty you might try shuffling your hands back and forth (about 8-10 inches) while you are moving your feet.

As soon as you have completed one of the exercise routines you can rest for 20-30 seconds before moving to the next exercise. After you have done 1 set of each of the routines, you can rest for 2 minutes and then repeat. You will need to repeat each of these triple exercise sets a total of 3 times.

Without any question I am showing you one of the ultimate ab workouts without using any traditional ab routines.  You will discover that these exercises will give you those flat, toned abs faster than those crunches and sit-ups you have done in the past.