How to Burn Stomach Fat

This is page 2 of our Burn Stomach Fat guide. For page 1, see How to Burn Belly Fat.

FIVE Tips to Get You Started With Cardio

I know you don’t like it. I don’t like it either. But, if you don’t have some major cardio as a part of your fitness routine – you’ll never lose that flab around your middle. And you’d like to lose it, wouldn’t you? So, what’s a little sweat?

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• Try for at least 30 – 60 minutes, 3 -5 times a week of some type of cardio(bicycle, treadmill, jumping jacks, skipping…whatever). Of course, the longer and more often you work out, the faster you’ll see results.

• Join a fitness class. There are tons of different classes out there: Pilates, kick boxing, step, hip-hop dancing, pole-dancing (not at my gym)…The list goes on and on. Since you’re making the choice to change your lifestyle to a healthy one, you also deserve a little “me - time”. What better way to spend “me - time”, than being in the company of others with the same issues, improving your body and mind through healthy activity?

• Walk. Especially if you are just getting started with your weight loss and want to do something NOW – go for a walk. You’ll burn calories and strengthen your spirit. And it’s FREE!

• Don’t just walk…Run! Once you’ve mastered walking, add quick bursts of running (just a few seconds). This will keep your heart rate up and burn more calories than just walking alone. It will also add intensity which is important if you’ve reached a plateau. You may look like you’re late for a meeting, but who cares?

• Add weight to your cardio for an extra burn. This is a quick and simple change that gives major results. Adding ankle weights, wrist weights or both when you’re working out adds resistance to your cardio regime and can really help to kick start that metabolism. Also, building those muscles will help to burn more stomach fat with every workout.

The Perfect Belly Blasting Routine

Once you're eating well and have your cardio in check, it will be important to target your stomach area with specific exercises to strengthen your core and cut through the belly flab that you desperately want to get rid of. There are tons of exercises out there to burn stomach fat. I suggest that you consider adding an "Abs Class" in addition to your cardio if you can handle it schedule-wise. You'll learn exercises that you can take away with you to do on your own. Also, scheduling a time each week to work on your problem area will help out a lot. To kick-start your routine, I've got 5 AWESOME exercises to try today. So, grab your mat and let's get started.

For each exercise, 15 - 25 reps would be optimum. If you can't do 25, then do what you can. Despite what you may think some is better than none. Also, you'll be amazed at how quickly you can strengthen your core when you work at it. Within a week or two, you'll be able to do exercises more easily than before, with more reps than before. Don't forget to breathe, exhaling on exertion. And remember, Rome was not built in a day. Every time you exercise, whether doing cardio or targeting your belly, you are one step closer to being one of those tanned, visions on the beach. It's okay, you can laugh if you want - you're warming up your abs!

1. The Plank

This is one of the best exercises to strengthen your core and blast belly fat. It is challenging at first, but it works.

Lie on your stomach, forearms flat on the floor under your chest. Lift your body off of the floor, with only toes and forearms touching the ground. Keep your butt down and your body straight. Hold for at least 15 -30 seconds and lower.

2. Heel Ups

This is my favorite stomach exercise because it works the lower abdominals which are tough to target.

Lie on your back with your legs straight up in the air (as straight as you can...a bend in the knee is fine). Flex your feet, and try to lift your heels vertically to the ceiling, as if you are stamping it with your feet. The movement is small, but the payoff is not.

Try not to swing your legs up, using the momentum to lift your heels. You want your stomach to be doing all of the work.

3. The Bicycle (the Dreaded Bicycle..if you're me)

This is a great exercise, although it may be difficult for those of us that are less coordinated.

Lie on your back. Hands are behind your head, elbows are wide. Lift the shoulders off of the floor. Pull one knee into your chest to begin and straighten the other leg along the floor. Slowly switch legs, like you are pedaling a bicycle. The lower your legs are to the floor, the more difficult this is, so keep your legs up when you are just beginning. If this exercise seems awkward - then you're doing it right!

4. The Scissors

Fair warning, you won't like this one. But, you will like the results. Lie on your back. Arms are at your sides, legs out straight along the floor. Lift one leg about an inch off of the floor and lift the other straight up (like an open pair of scissors). Heel is flexed as if you're stamping the ceiling. Hold for 5 seconds, lower and lift opposite legs.

*You may not be able to keep the lower leg off of the floor. That's okay.*

5. Side Twists

This one is great for the oblique muscles. You can intensify by lifting your legs off of the floor (even for a few reps) or holding onto a weight as you twist. 

Sit up for this one. Stretch your legs out, feet flat on the floor with a slight bend in your knee. Lean back until you can feel your core engaged. Very slowly, put both hands to the left of your stomach and touch the floor. Twist so that your hands touch the floor on the other side, and back again.

Whether it's New Year's Eve, your thirtieth birthday, a family reunion or you're just plain sick of being overweight you can change your body for the better and burn the stomach fat that you hate. No, it may not be easy, but it can be done! There's more good news...You can do it for free (or almost free). You get to eat what you like (in smaller portions of course) and will improve your overall health. By incorporating healthy eating, regular cardiovascular activity and targeting that belly, you can be one of those "people". Promise yourself that you deserve a higher standard of living. Put yourself at the top of your priorities list. You can even put it in writing, if you need to. Make the choice to do what needs to be done. Stop thinking about losing weight and start moving!

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