Suara.com – To shrink or flatten bloated stomach, many people just focus on doing sit up. In fact, reducing belly fat is not just enough to do sit ups.
Abdominal exercises such as sit ups do not reduce belly fat, it will only strengthen the muscles hidden under the fat layer.
Reducing the point, or doing exercises to lose fat in the targeted area, is not effective. When you exercise, you don’t get to choose where the fat goes.
Reported from Live Strong, to get a flat stomach, you need to focus on reducing fat from the body as a whole. This will also reduce fat from your belly, resulting in a flatter stomach.
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However, sit ups can be part of your workout routine as long as you don’t rely on them to lose belly fat. Because the stomach is part of the core of the body, and a strong core can relieve lower back pain, facilitate daily activities and improve your balance, posture, stability.
On the other hand, to get a flat stomach, cardiovascular exercise is also very important to burn calories so that you lose excess body fat.
The US Department of Health and Human Services recommends doing 150 to 300 minutes of cardio per week. Cardio options can be selected according to preference, such as jogging, swimming or cycling.
But no matter how much time you spend exercising, if what you eat consists of junk food that is high in saturated and trans fats, sugar, cholesterol and salt, your belly fat won’t go away.
Get nutrition from healthy foods, such as vegetables, lean protein, low-fat dairy, fruits, and whole grains. Replace unhealthy, high-calorie foods with foods that are lower in calories and healthier. For example, eat popcorn instead of chips, or fruit instead of cake.
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It only takes a daily 500 calorie deficit to lose 0.5 kg of fat per week, including that belly fat.
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