Thank you Caryn (not KAREN) for asking this question and here is my answer (except Alisha stole my thunder). Sorry it took me so long, you know finals and stuff.
She is right though, targeting abdominal fat alone is very difficult. I do know one way to target abdominal fat but it involves anesthesia and a knife.
Your body puts fat where IT wants it NOT where you want it. The abdomen, thighs, hips, and buttock are the best place for it to store fat because that is the easiest place for your body to carry it. Meaning it takes less energy to carry fat in those areas than it does other places.
On the opposite side of the coin, the body will eliminate fat in the areas that IT wants to as well. So if you expel energy and your body burns fat it will burn it from the place that it wants to.
Are you wasting your time doing abs and should you spend that time doing cardio?
NO -
All those crunches and Turbo Jam Abs that you are doing are going to allow your body to burn fat, but maybe not in the areas that you are targeting that day. Chalene is right when she says "Muscle burns fat" (kind of). Basically building muscle burns fat. The energy that is needed to build muscle can come from fat storage in our body. Strength training is very important to weight loss. It allows you to burn fat long after you are done, because of the process your body is going through to rebuild the muscles. So don't quit targeting those areas, targeting is good and it allows your body to pull energy from your whole body and keep fighting after you are done exercising.
However, I do believe in the principle of cross training. Your body can get used to one exercise and if you do that same one over and over again you WILL plateau in your weight loss and your fat blasting. If you change up your routine it will force your body to use different fat storage from different areas (not targeting but incorporating the whole body).
IF you lose that weight through cardio and strengthening your arms and legs you will never have a tight waist. You have to strengthen the core and tighten the abs. Again, on the flip side, you can crunch and crunch and crunch and never see your abs unless you have cardio, and a healthy diet.
Basically, If you do you not get your heart rate up. The fat is going to stay around.
I hope this answers your question if not let me know and I will try again.
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She is right though, targeting abdominal fat alone is very difficult. I do know one way to target abdominal fat but it involves anesthesia and a knife.
Your body puts fat where IT wants it NOT where you want it. The abdomen, thighs, hips, and buttock are the best place for it to store fat because that is the easiest place for your body to carry it. Meaning it takes less energy to carry fat in those areas than it does other places.
On the opposite side of the coin, the body will eliminate fat in the areas that IT wants to as well. So if you expel energy and your body burns fat it will burn it from the place that it wants to.
Are you wasting your time doing abs and should you spend that time doing cardio?
NO -
All those crunches and Turbo Jam Abs that you are doing are going to allow your body to burn fat, but maybe not in the areas that you are targeting that day. Chalene is right when she says "Muscle burns fat" (kind of). Basically building muscle burns fat. The energy that is needed to build muscle can come from fat storage in our body. Strength training is very important to weight loss. It allows you to burn fat long after you are done, because of the process your body is going through to rebuild the muscles. So don't quit targeting those areas, targeting is good and it allows your body to pull energy from your whole body and keep fighting after you are done exercising.
However, I do believe in the principle of cross training. Your body can get used to one exercise and if you do that same one over and over again you WILL plateau in your weight loss and your fat blasting. If you change up your routine it will force your body to use different fat storage from different areas (not targeting but incorporating the whole body).
IF you lose that weight through cardio and strengthening your arms and legs you will never have a tight waist. You have to strengthen the core and tighten the abs. Again, on the flip side, you can crunch and crunch and crunch and never see your abs unless you have cardio, and a healthy diet.
Basically, If you do you not get your heart rate up. The fat is going to stay around.
I hope this answers your question if not let me know and I will try again.
Thank you all for reading, please click white button on the side to "FOLLOW" this blog.
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Thanks! That's perfect! I really appreciate your time and your expertise!
ReplyDeleteSorry for "stealing your thunder" LOL
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