These 2 Belly Exercises will Flatten Your Stomach

No more crunches. No More Sit-ups. No more Ab Rockers, Ab Chair, or any other "miracle" ab gadget that you bought on a late night infomercial. I know the mere thought of never having to do any more of the typical "gym style abdominal exercises" makes you smile and rejoice because you and I both know that too many crunches always seem to hurt your neck and even your back.
However at the same time there are a handful of people around the world that will be reading this and shaking their head in disbelief. I understand that since the days of Arnold Schwarzenegger and beyond that the typical gym mentality was something like: "you do crunches if you want to work your abs", "sit-ups burn the most belly fat", "do ab exercises and run on the treadmill for an hour to get a flat stomach", etc. My question to you is if all of the different crunches, sit-ups, abs machines, or running for hours on the treadmill actually burns belly fat and helps flatten your stomach then why the heck do they come out with a new miracle abs exercise toy every two weeks? Why are you currently reading this article?

The answer is simple: THEY DON'T WORK! I know you are reading this because you are ready to do what it takes to get a flat stomach. So without further adu, below are my favorite abdomoninal exercises that by the looks of them are not abs exercises. There really is no painful curving of the spine like there is with situps and crunches. Also these next few stomach exercises you will notice they also work many other areas in your body all at the same time.

1. Renegade Row- I ABsolutley love this hidden gem. If you can imagine being in a pushup position but rather than spreading your weight to both arms, you will want to put the entire load on just one side. This frees up your opposite arm to execute the row aspect of the Renegade Row. I typically use a kettle bell for this move but you are welcome to use a dumbbell or any other weight object. So what you will do is now grasp the weight and pull it up, driving your elbow to the sky. Lower the weight and repeat about 6 times. Then you do the other side.

2. Super Plank- All the Pilates lovers out there already know about this magic move. Again you will want to get into the pushup position (in case you're wondering why I like the pushup position vs. laying on your back and doing crunches... the pushup position neutralizes and stabilizes your spine thus protecting your back and allowing all the supportive muscles to do their job) then you will want to drive your left knee towards your right elbow. Return to a full pushup position and then repeat a dozen times. You will want to do this on both sides to get the job done right. If you want a little extra burn you can drive your elbow towards your knee as you bring your knee towards your elbow.

3. Hip Driven Exercises- it is a proven fact that whenever you engage your legs, butt and hips into an exercise you will burn more calories. Add a moving weight to the mix and you are going to burn a lot of calories and engage a lot of muscles! There are so many different hip driven exercises that you can do that I won't even attempt to list them here. I personally choose to use a kettle bell because the transition between planes of movement is so much easier and smoother then with dumbbells.

What to take home out of this: I tried to be as clear-cut as I could so that I don't overload you with fancy fitness terms. I really would like to see you replace all of your sit-ups and crunches with the moves I listed above and then drop me an email once you see how flat your stomach is getting with these "new" abs exercises! To discover why your ab workouts are all wrong, why running for 45 minutes for fat loss is a LIE and to discover the Truth About Abs then visit How to Burn Belly Fat without Doing Crunches

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Why Losing Belly Fat is a Must!

As we all know, excessive fat is very unhealthy to human body as it can lead to clogging of our arteries and increase our heart attack risk. However, before we jump to the conclusion that all fats are no good to our body, first, we must distinguish the different types of fat that exist in our body.
To many people's surprises, a type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, as researchers in the United States said earlier in May 2008. They claimed that subcutaneous fat, or fat that collects under the skin, helped to improve the sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar.

A test conducted with mice which got transplants of this type of fat deep into their belly actually lost weight and had their fat cells shrunken, even though they made no changes in their diet or activity levels.

Now comes the "harmful" fats. Researchers have know for long time that belly fat known as visceral fat-can raise a person's risk of diabetes and heart diseases, while people with pear-shaped bodies, with fat deposits in buttocks and hips, are less prone to these disorders. Now it appears that subcutaneous fat may be actively protecting people from metabolic disease. Therefore, location of the fats is very important in determining the fatalness of the fats.

So, do not wait any further, go now and examine if you have lots of belly fats to loss. If you do, don't wait for a second to take action NOW to loss that belly fats as it can be more fatal than you think it is!

Boon Chen is a fitness enthusiast who enjoys doing research on weight-loss issues and shares her findings with anyone who is keen to keep fit and healthy. Over years, she has discovered that losing weight is not difficult but boils down to a simple way, that is, through exercise and right diets.

If you are keen to find out what are the others effective,wholesome, lifelong weight-loss methods that you can embark on, as well as get a free e-book worth $17.95 on "Insider Secrets To A Lean Body" , do visit my site at http://www.fatsandbelly.com/Losing Belly Fats Secrets

The Fool Proof Way to Increase Your Metabolic Rate in Your Abdominal Exercise to Reduce Belly Fat!

As you exercise to reduce belly fat, one of the key factors in losing belly fats effectively is by increasing your metabolic rate in your abs training. The foolproof way to increase your metabolic rate is by increasing your muscle through exercise as muscle uses more calories than other tissues, even when you are doing nothing.
Now, you may naturally think that the increase of metabolic rate is due to weight loss from exercise. Contrary to such common believes, metabolic rate is actually not set by weight loss but rather, muscle gain during your training. In fact, as you lose more weight, it will become harder to increase the metabolic rate as research has confirmed that when your body losses weight, a stronger defense system will be exerted and make your body to go against an increase of metabolic rate in order to prevent your body from losing more weight.

To increase your muscle effectively, it is important to take on more regular exercise and right diet. Research has shown that high intensity interval exercise (varying between high and low intensity intervals on any type of cardio equipments) exercise rises heart rate, metabolic rate and burns more calories. Include strength training in your exercise to reduce belly fat too, as strength training is critical in increasing your muscle. Then, end your training with 5 to 10 minutes of intense abs exercises. One of the key reasons why so many people engage in the gym still fail to reduce belly fat is because they spend too much time doing crunches when the time could be better utilized in a full body intense workout. As you engage in such intensity of exercise to reduce belly fat, your body is forced to work harder on larger muscle group and thereby burn more calories!

Remember, work smart, and not only work hard. By incorporating consistent intense exercise, abs training and weight training in your exercise to reduce belly fat, you should see your efforts pay off significantly in the long run. There is simply no shortcut to it.

Boon Chen is a fitness enthusiast who enjoys doing research on weight-loss issues and shares her findings with anyone who is keen to keep fit and healthy. Over years, she has discovered that losing weight is not difficult but boils down to a simple way, that is, through exercise and right diets.

If you are keen to find out what are the others effective,wholesome, lifelong weight-loss methods that you can embark on, as well as get a free e-book worth $17.95 on "Insider Secrets To A Lean Body" , do visit my site at http://www.fatsandbelly.com/ Abdominal Exercises Secrets

Abs Diet For Women - Why Women Need a Special Abs Diet

Maybe it sounds a bit unfair, but nature has gifted women with a beautiful body perfect rearing and nurturing.

The midsection or the abdominal area is one of the first areas affected by childbearing.



Also, women's bodies are known to go into "safe mode" during times of extreme stress or anxiety. This means that instead of expending energy and burning fat for fuel, women's bodies store fat conveniently at the tummy, hips and thighs as an act of self-preservation, or ensure that in case there was a child in her womb, both mother and child will not starve and be deprived of nutrition.



It is not only women's bodies that are unique, their metabolic rates too differ from their male counterparts. It is a scientific fact that women burn calories and convert food into energy at half the rate of men.

It may sound unfair, but it is really true - when it comes to diets women are at a greater disadvantage than men.



Still, all these do not deter women from wanting to retain their sexy, shapely figures even after childbirth. It is considered a feat to still have flat abs and tight-toned buttocks even if you're a mother of three. This has given rise to women turning to abs diets to get rid of unsightly bulges.

An abs diet or diet that targets your midsection, does not really consist of anything very special. It is more of removing unnecessary staples in your diet that contribute to a flabby or bulky abdominal area.



Besides fat, and sugar, an abs diet would call for lower consumption of carbohydrates throughout the day. Natural and more filling carbs are taken to replace white rice, sliced bread and potatoes.



Another thing to remember when going on an abs diet is to take small frequent meals instead of downing a ton of food during lunch and dinner.

Remember that skipping meals might make your body think you're going on starvation mode, and add more flab to your body than when you started your abs diet.



Snack on fruits and vegetables, they're nutritious and easy to prepare and just as filling as chips or cookies

A great abs diet workout is found in The Truth about Six Pack Abs package, which is made both for men and women. Click here for another great guide on: Abs Diet Workout, and prepare to get the abs you always wanted.

IT CAN BE DEADLY! Abdominal (belly) Fat

Did you know that the vast majority of people today have excess abdominal fat? Most people think that their extra abdominal fat is simply ugly, is covering up their abs from being visible, and makes them self conscious about showing off their body.
BUT, what most people don't realize is that excess abdominal fat in particular, is not only ugly, but is also a dangerous risk factor to your health. Scientific research has clearly demonstrated that although it is unhealthy in general to have excess body fat throughout your body, it is also particularly dangerous to have excess abdominal fat.

There are two types of fat that you have in your abdominal area. The first type that covers up your abs from being visible is called subcutaneous fat and lies directly beneath the skin and on top of the abdominal muscles.

The second type of fat that you have in your abdominal area is called visceral fat, and that lies deeper in the abdomen beneath your muscle and surrounding your organs. Visceral fat also plays a role in giving certain men that "beer belly" appearance where their abdomen protrudes excessively but at the same time, also feels sort of hard if you push on it.

Both subcutaneous fat and visceral fat in the abdominal area are serious health risk factors, but science has shown that having excessive visceral fat is even more dangerous than subcutaneous fat. Both of them greatly increase the risk your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, sleep apnea, various forms of cancer, and other degenerative diseases. Part of the reason visceral fat is particularly dangerous is that it apparently releases more inflammatory molecules into your body on a consistent basis.

Caring about the quality of your life and your loved ones, reducing your abdominal fat should be one of your TOP priorities! There's just no way around it. Besides, a side-effect of finally getting rid of all of that excessive ugly abdominal fat is that your stomach will flatten out, and if you lose enough stomach fat, you will be able to visibly see those sexy six pack abs that everyone wants.

So what gets rid of extra abdominal fat? Is there actually a REAL solution beyond all of the gimmicks and hype that you see in ads and on commercials for "miracle" fat loss products?

The first thing you must understand is that there is absolutely NO quick fix solution. There are no pills or supplements of any sort that will help you lose your abdominal fat faster. Also, none of the gimmicky ab rockers, rollers, or ab belts will help get rid of abdominal fat either. You can't spot reduce your stomach fat by using any of these worthless contraptions. It simply doesn't work that way.

The ONLY solution to consistently lose your abdominal fat and keep it off for good is to combine a sound nutritious diet full of unprocessed natural foods with a properly designed strategic exercise program that stimulates the necessary hormonal and metabolic response within your body. Both your food intake as well as your training program are important if you are to get this right.

I've actually even seen a particular study that divided thousands of participants into a diet-only group and an exercise/diet group. While both groups in this study made good progress, the diet-only group lost significantly LESS abdominal fat than the diet & exercise combined group. Now the important thing to realize is that just any old exercise program will not necessarily do the trick. The majority of people that attempt getting into a good exercise routine are NOT working out effectively enough to really stimulate the loss of stubborn abdominal fat.

Most people will do your typical boring ineffective cardio routines, throw in a little outdated body-part style weight training, and pump away with some crunches and side bends, and think that they are doing something useful for reducing their abdominal fat. Then they become frustrated after weeks or months of no results and wonder where they went wrong. Well, the good news is that after researching this topic, analyzing the science, and applying it "in the trenches" with clients from all over the world,they found what works to really stimulate abdominal fat loss.

I personally found a solution... all of the nutritional strategies, as well as training sequences, exercise combinations, and more have all been compiled in the Vince DelMonte Fitness Program. Keep in mind that the point of this whole program is NOT abdominal exercises (that is only a very small portion of it). The main point of this program is showing you the absolute most effective strategies for losing your stubborn abdominal fat, so you can get rid of that dangerous health risk, as well as get a flatter more defined midsection.

The only reason most people fail in their fitness goals is that they have good intentions at first to adopt a new lifestyle, yet after a few weeks or months, they abandon their good intentions and slip right back into their old bad habits that gave them the excess body fat in the first place.(on average it takes 6 weeks to "create" a habit, good or bad!)

Let us succeed in finally getting rid of that extra abdominal fat that is not only UGLY, but also DANGEROUS!

Don't waste another day allowing that nasty abdominal fat to kill your confidence and contribute to your risk for contracting a MAJOR diseases. Start today living a strong, lean, healthy life. Follow me for other health, weight and nutrition articles @ http://how2getflatabsfast.blogspot.com

This is why excess abdominal fat is more DEADLY than you think!

Did you know that the vast majority of people today have excess abdominal fat? Most people think that their extra abdominal fat is simply ugly, is covering up their abs from being visible, and makes them self conscious about showing off their body.
BUT, what most people don't realize is that excess abdominal fat in particular, is not only ugly, but is also a dangerous risk factor to your health. Scientific research has clearly demonstrated that although it is unhealthy in general to have excess body fat throughout your body, it is also particularly dangerous to have excess abdominal fat.

There are two types of fat that you have in your abdominal area. The first type that covers up your abs from being visible is called subcutaneous fat and lies directly beneath the skin and on top of the abdominal muscles.

The second type of fat that you have in your abdominal area is called visceral fat, and that lies deeper in the abdomen beneath your muscle and surrounding your organs. Visceral fat also plays a role in giving certain men that "beer belly" appearance where their abdomen protrudes excessively but at the same time, also feels sort of hard if you push on it.

Both subcutaneous fat and visceral fat in the abdominal area are serious health risk factors, but science has shown that having excessive visceral fat is even more dangerous than subcutaneous fat. Both of them greatly increase the risk your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, sleep apnea, various forms of cancer, and other degenerative diseases. Part of the reason visceral fat is particularly dangerous is that it apparently releases more inflammatory molecules into your body on a consistent basis.

Caring about the quality of your life and your loved ones, reducing your abdominal fat should be one of your TOP priorities! There's just no way around it. Besides, a side-effect of finally getting rid of all of that excessive ugly abdominal fat is that your stomach will flatten out, and if you lose enough stomach fat, you will be able to visibly see those sexy six pack abs that everyone wants.

So what gets rid of extra abdominal fat? Is there actually a REAL solution beyond all of the gimmicks and hype that you see in ads and on commercials for "miracle" fat loss products?

The first thing you must understand is that there is absolutely NO quick fix solution. There are no pills or supplements of any sort that will help you lose your abdominal fat faster. Also, none of the gimmicky ab rockers, rollers, or ab belts will help get rid of abdominal fat either. You can't spot reduce your stomach fat by using any of these worthless contraptions. It simply doesn't work that way.

The ONLY solution to consistently lose your abdominal fat and keep it off for good is to combine a sound nutritious diet full of unprocessed natural foods with a properly designed strategic exercise program that stimulates the necessary hormonal and metabolic response within your body. Both your food intake as well as your training program are important if you are to get this right.

I've actually even seen a particular study that divided thousands of participants into a diet-only group and an exercise/diet group. While both groups in this study made good progress, the diet-only group lost significantly LESS abdominal fat than the diet & exercise combined group.

Now the important thing to realize is that just any old exercise program will not necessarily do the trick. The majority of people that attempt getting into a good exercise routine are NOT working out effectively enough to really stimulate the loss of stubborn abdominal fat.

Most people will do your typical boring ineffective cardio routines, throw in a little outdated body-part style weight training, and pump away with some crunches and side bends, and think that they are doing something useful for reducing their abdominal fat. Then they become frustrated after weeks or months of no results and wonder where they went wrong. Well, the good news is that after researching this topic, analyzing the science, and applying it "in the trenches" with clients from all over the world,they found what works to really stimulate abdominal fat loss.

I personally found a solution... all of the nutritional strategies, as well as training sequences, exercise combinations, and more have all been compiled in the "The Truth About Abs" Program. Keep in mind that the point of this whole program is NOT abdominal exercises (that is only a very small portion of it). The main point of this program is showing you the absolute most effective strategies for losing your stubborn abdominal fat, so you can get rid of that dangerous health risk, as well as get a flatter more defined midsection.

The only reason most people fail in their fitness goals is that they have good intentions at first to adopt a new lifestyle, yet after a few weeks or months, they abandon their good intentions and slip right back into their old bad habits that gave them the excess body fat in the first place.(on average it takes 6 weeks to "create" a habit, good or bad!)

Let us succeed in finally getting rid of that extra abdominal fat that is not only UGLY, but also DANGEROUS!

Don't waste another day allowing that nasty abdominal fat to kill your confidence and contribute to your risk for contracting a MAJOR diseases. Start today living a strong, lean, healthy life. You can get everything you need to suceede when you learn the truth about abs!

The New Way to Burn Belly Fat and Lose Your Fatty Thighs

The New Way To Lose Fat From Your Belly and Thighs - Part 1- Nutrition Over the last 30 years there have been hundreds of "ground breaking" discoveries in how to lose fat from your belly and even from your thighs. Now to be honest with you most of these new found methods did not last long because soon after they also discovered all of the health risks associated with that method. For example in the early 90's almost every doctor in the world suggested low fat dieting to become healthier. Unfortunately just a few years later people were dropping dead from heart disease. Then I remember when No Carb diets hit the scene and no book store could stay stocked with Atkin or South Beach related books. While this was healthier than the no/low fat diet, it still holds to mention that there are serious health risks with cutting out your carbs. The great news is that during the last several years, we as health care providers have been able to fine tune the no/low carb diet into something that is realistic, satisfying, and most importantly HEALTHY! The key to effective feeding is to eat with your muscles in mind. Feed your muscles and not your stomach. In other words, I want you to eat foods that will fuel your body and feed your muscles with the necessary nutrients to grow stronger. Without getting to scientific on you I will try to explain this as fast as I can. Each meal MUST contain 3 very important things... Protein Carbs Fat Most people know this but very few people know how to execute it. The protein can be almost any type of meat or sea food. Try to avoid deep frying, breading, or loading your meats with unnatural fatty sauces. Some other good protein sources would be free range organic eggs, natural organic yogurt, walnuts, natural organic peanut butter and even some whey protein powder. Surprisingly, carbs are good for you. In fact, without carbs your body will begin to shut down. Carbs are energy for your body, well at least they should be. There are different types of carbs and many sources of where carbs come from. For your immediate application I want you to consume fibrous carbs (veggies). You can steam, blanch, stir fry, bake or add them to a stew. The carbs that I would NOT suggest consuming more than 1-2 times a week would be bagels, breads, pancakes, waffles, roti skins, soft tortillas, etc. As far as fat is concerned there are a few ways to get it... one would be from various meats but another great way is to cook some of your food in organic whole butter. It is sort of an oxy-moron but if you want to burn fat you must eat fat. Over the last 10 years there have been more and more evidence that consuming the right type of fats will assist your body in breaking down your body fat and then releasing it. This is so crucial for anyone who is trying to burn some bodyfat. There is obviously much more that I would like you to know about nutrition. It would take an entire book to explain it all. In fact at the bottom of this article I have a link for you so that you can pick up a copy of the best selling nutrition and fitness book of all time. Another interesting article that may help you out is The best hard body exercise
To discover why your ab workouts are all wrong, why running for 45 minutes for fat loss is a LIE and to discover the Truth About Abs then visit How to Burn Belly Fat without Doing Crunches