7 Exercises You Must Avoid If You Want To Lose Belly Fat

7 Exercises You Must Avoid If You Want To Lose Belly Fat

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There are exercises -- and then there are EFFECTIVE exercises. The two are not the same thing. Some exercises can actually be detrimental to burning belly flab.

Stay away from these 7 exercises if achieving a killer set of abs is your objective

1. Lying straight-legged leg raises (first 45 degrees off of floor, one leg at a time or both at the same time) 2. Hanging leg raises with an arched back 3. Sit-ups with the feet supported 4. Straight legged sit-ups 5. ANY machine-based ab exercise 6. ANY machine-based twisting exercise 7. Torso twists

Your exercises need to target the abs and the supporting areas of your body, like your core, not your arms, your legs or your neck. The point here is to BURN the belly fat and DEVELOP the abdominal muscles.

Avoid these bad exercises if your goal is to develop really great abs.

1. Lying straight-legged leg raises: An excellent exercise -- but NOT for your abs. The lying straight-legged leg raises are great for exercising the LOWER abdomen... but not the classic six-pack abs are. Sure, any exercise is a better than no exercise, but you're wasting your workout time on lying straight-legged leg raises if your goal is to develop your abs.

2. Hanging leg raises with an arched back: when the back is arched the leg raises do zero to build the abs. but if done with a straight back hanging leg raises are terrific ab exercises.

3. Sit-ups with the feet supported: when your feet are supported, all the advantages to your abs are destroyed but sit ups with the feet NOT supported are very good ab exercises.

4. Straight legged sit ups: when you are doing your sit ups with your legs straight, your back and lower abdomen muscles are used not your abs.

5. Any machine based ab exercise: Great abs are earned the hard way. No machine is going to build your abs. Get over it and pass on the machines.

6. Any machine based twisting exercise: Twisting doesn't work the abs. Twisting exercises are good exercises to reduce the size of the waist, but that's all they do.

7. Torso Twists: Again... twisting doesn't work the abs or burn belly fat.

Make your exercise session time work FOR you. If you goal is to burn off that flabby stomach and build your abs, get the most advantage out of every minute of your work out program.

Its plain and simple Doing exercises that are not designed to develop your abs is simply a waste of your time and energy, plain and simple.

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