Exercise the fat!

[nietzsche 10]

I've been wondering, if I have fat on my belly, but work out my arms, will it affect my belly?

 

How does it work?

[jacko72 10]

You need a full body routine and change of diet, swop some carbs for proteins etc etc, the belly will slowly go if your calorie intake is slightly lower than what you need.

Do some crunchies etc etc as your abs firm up it will give you the illusion of loosing fat quicker as your belly becomes firmer and more in shape.

Any exercise is better than none

[foxforcefive 10]

The best way to get rid of excess fat around the belly is to burn it off with cardio and include core work (plank, crunches, reverse crunches, oblique twists), it's unlikely you would lose it by diet alone.

[jacko72 10]

Diet alone would be slow and painfull, but diet is a key element along with exercise, cardio and resistance

[Mecky 10]

Try skipping

[Blade73 10]

Does skipping work? Can you get a skipping rope for a 6ft 1 man?

[Grandad.Malky 11]

Can you get a skipping rope for a 6ft 1 man?

 

Nick the washing line.

[Blade73 10]

Ha be like that bleeding french skipping they used to do in the 70s at school, I've only got a rotary drier

[bjshooter 10]

You can't burn off fat from one area, you can tone up one area, but it would be useless hidden under a layer of fat. You need cardio, anything to get you heart rate up. Plus strength training for toning and firming. building the muscle from strength training helps speed up the burning of fat from the cardio.

Edited January 12, 2011 by bjshooter

[Grandad.Malky 11]

You can't burn off fat from one area, .

 

That’s what I was told in the days when I used to go to a gym, isn’t swimming the alternative for a all over work out.

[jacko72 10]

That’s what I was told in the days when I used to go to a gym, isn’t swimming the alternative for a all over work out.

 

Swimming is great but you would have to do tonnes of lengths to get same impact as a 45 min resistance session or 45 min jog, anything that gets the metabolism running faster is good as long as you realise what you are eating and the impact of certain foods and drinks before and after exercise

[nietzsche 10]

I sort of understand the general principles and guidelines.

 

But if there is no fat in the muscle group area that you are working, will it burn fat from elsewhere?