Posted by: Curt | Under: 40's/fit, 50's/fit, Diet and Weight Loss, General Fitness, Health, Ladies/fit, Prime/fit, Quick Tips, Seniors/fit, Sports, Travel/fit, Youth/fit | (0) Comments
In general, even “fitness myths” are myths. But there are a few that are real and people seem to believe no matter what. One of those is that you can do enough sit-ups or crunches to reduce the size of your waist and get the coveted six pack. Another one is that you can get rid of your love handles by doing certain exercises for your obliques. The reason both are wrong is simple. Your body stores fat where it wants to. On men, this is generally around the waist. On women it tends to be more in the legs and hips. But it can be anywhere and everywhere. You can’t spot reduce fat. Your body will burn it off from where ever it is stored when your caloric intake is less than what you are burning. It is that simple. So if you want to get great abs, you need to build the ab muscles as well as burn the fat off. The ab exercises will build the muscles, but your body will burn the fat off in a uniform way so that the last part to get really ripped will be the part with the most fat. So if you do an hour worth of abs twice a week and still don’t see an improvement, chances are that the six pack is still hiding under the fat. It is always a balance between diet and exercise.
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