Will Doing Ab Exersizes Burn Belly Fat?

[DevilMan02]

Silly question. I tried searching it and got no results. I have a feeling overall fitness is what will result in the loss of belly fat, but with all these bogus commericals and opinions and nonsense flying around the world, it's hard to tell what the truth is.

So what's the real deal? Obviously doing ab exersizes will build the muscle in that area, perhaps making them more pronounced, but does this necessarily equate to "targeted area fatloss"? Is that all bs?

[snorkelman]

Silly question. I tried searching it and got no results. ... does this necessarily equate to "targeted area fatloss"?

no no no no no

try and search the terms "spot reducing fat"

[Durendal]

You're correct that ab exercises will build muscle in that area, and to some degree will make abs visible at a slightly higher bf%. However the only way to lose fat in your belly is to lose fat over the entire body, targeted fat loss is complete BS and the only way to achieve it is with lipo.

[Il_Dago]

Silly question. I tried searching it and got no results. I have a feeling overall fitness is what will result in the loss of belly fat

Your feeling is correct. You can't spot reduce fat. That shouldn't detract you from working on your core, but just know that all of those situps aren't going to "target" your gut.

[igglesphan]

Doing heavy weighted ab excersies will build ab muscles... doing non heavy weighted ab excercises will build ab strength and endurance, but won't yield the growth.

The fat on your midsection is not attached to your ab muscles, so ab excersise will not reduce fat in that area. You need to lower body fat overall, and fat on your midsection will follow.

[DevilMan02]

Sweet, thanks guys. I figured that was all bs. I saw these commercials on TV where this magic pill somehow KNOWS to target belly fat. I laughed and then changed the channel.

Also, thanks for the advice on building mass vs strength. Good to know.

[cheeseandrice]

theoretically, if you ate exactly your maintenance calories everyday, then started doing ab exercises, the calories burned doing that would infact burn bodyfat. however that would be the absolute slowest way to lose fat ever. but, in theory..

[csb5731]

At least, these days, the gimmicky ab exercise gadgets are being forced to put the disclaimer: "Results not typical. Testimonials used the Absculptor 3000, ate a reduced-calorie diet, and did regular aerobic exercises" in their testimonials.

http://www.abroller.com/six-pack-abs.php

[tryingtofocus]

Dam, all those situps for nothing!

[luv2pump]

Dam, all those situps for nothing!

Basically. It's mostly DIET that makes people ripped.

[maaks]

No. No. Yep.
The only way to reduce your belly fat is to reduce your overall body fat.

[tjsunstein]

Dam, all those situps for nothing!

You still built endurance...

[beyondbasic]

Basically. It's mostly DIET that makes people ripped.

this..

[xDRx]

Good thing theres a certain website with hundreds of pages of info to get your goals done the right way...

[luv2pump]

good thing theres a certain website with hundreds of pages of info to get your goals done the right way...

lol.

[trance__dreamer]

lol.

heh.

[56kninja]

Silly question. I tried searching it and got no results. I have a feeling overall fitness is what will result in the loss of belly fat, but with all these bogus commericals and opinions and nonsense flying around the world, it's hard to tell what the truth is.

So what's the real deal? Obviously doing ab exersizes will build the muscle in that area, perhaps making them more pronounced, but does this necessarily equate to "targeted area fatloss"? Is that all bs?

No.

Do people take biology anymore?

[kikinz24]

I don't think it has anything to do with if people took biology or anaotmy its the fact that tv and radio have generated this theory in peoples heads that's just not true. Take the new taco bell commercial. It states how its healthy and you can have the drive thru diet. But read the subtitles at the bottom it in fact states only way to lose weight is reducing your calories. And moderate workout. I read the bottom and just laughed bc really how many people read subtitles. Hardly any. All they see is ohh taco bells new drive thru diet. Ill take 3 of these 6 of these oh 1 of them and a diet pepsi. Its good for you. Then in reality don't lose at all. Its all the hype of how were changing our econmy to be healthier. Wrong its what they want you to think. It doesn't effect their sales at all in fact probably increased them.

[Burnbellyfat]

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[mrburnz44]

Still gotta keep up with the ab exercises just as you would any other exercise, if not more. While just targeting your ab muscles won't target your belly fat, it will strengthen your core region, making your overall workout more productive. And more productive = more calorie burn. Muscle has been shown to use fat as fuel, just not at specific spots.