If You Have Fat In Your Stomach, And You Do Alotta Crunches, Aren’t You Just Strengthening The Muscles?
Posted on January 01st, 2010 in Burn Stomach Fat
And not burning the fat?
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This post has 9 comments
January 1st, 2010
You are 100% correct. Spot reducing is a myth. Crunches do not burn fat. All they do is strengthen the muscles under the fat. To burn fat anywhere on your body, you must do cardiovascular exercise.
January 1st, 2010
Yes, and if you dont do cardio to burn fat along with it, you can actually end up making your stomach look bigger, instead of flatter.
January 2nd, 2010
Kinda, in a way to look at it… I think fat burning is more on the kind of food you eat and not the training and amount of it you do.
January 2nd, 2010
yes, but muscles also do burn calories but to burn over all fat as well as, tummy fat, one needs to do both cardio and diet.
January 2nd, 2010
makes sense
January 2nd, 2010
Actually, your doing a little bit of both. Your strengthening your core muscles, burning some fat, but the fat is not going to go away from crunches alone. You must do cardio to see the tone of the muscles your straightening.
January 2nd, 2010
yes, but think about it like a balloon, if you have a ticker balloon less air can be in it.
January 2nd, 2010
yep, you gotta do cardio to lose the fat.
January 2nd, 2010
yes…so to lose the fat on ure stomach, u have to adjust ure diet and do cardio