Will Doing More Sets Of Pushups 5-6 Days A Week Help Burn Off Belly Fat?
Posted on October 07th, 2009 in Flatter Stomach
No, you can’t burn fat from specific areas like that.
And just doing loads of the same exercise over and over will lead to boredom, and possibly injury. If you just strenthen one group of muscles, without the corresponding ones – you will have all kinds of muscle imbalances/weaknesses.
You must do a combination of cardio (to burn off the fat currently hiding your abs) and weight training to build up the muscles.
A total body weight program to work all your muscels will work wonders (you’d look a bit odd if you had fantastic abs but were weedy looking everywhere else). Pilates type exercises, such as the plank, will help. Try doing sit ups/pushups on a stability ball too – much harder! But work great!
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October 7th, 2009
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October 7th, 2009
plank? whats that?
October 7th, 2009
Planks …. putting your body on the floor in pushup position and then resting on your elbows. Only elbows and feet touch the floor. Your abs are supporting your body.
I would urge you to do aerobic exercise to work off the belly fat. Planks and crunches and such will firm the abdominal muscles, but won’t work on belly fat.
October 7th, 2009
nah not really. have you tried to do the plank?!
that works wonders for bellies!!!
October 7th, 2009
hmm well it might take awhile..the more muscle you get the more calories it takes to burn to keep those muscles so if get more muscles you can eat more and not gain as much which would lead to maybe you not gaining weight around your stomach soo maybe but i think it would take more than just that.
October 7th, 2009
Yes, any muscle building activity will help burn fat. And it is not possible to “target” any body area. For instance, you build your thigh muscle. That muscle will not require more energy to continue, thus pulling energy from the fat stored all over your body, including you stomach, butt, thighs, neck. Then, once your fat is depleted, you’ll notice a firm look to your thighs, but, fat has been burned all over. You can do crunches to both burn off fat, and to tone your belly, but it’ll burn off fat everywhere, not targeting your belly.