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Anonymous
Hi /fit/ pic unrelated but,

I'm a fatty, mainly looking to get rid of stomach fat.

Lets say if I keep doing crunches and eventually actual sit-ups will i lose my belly fat?
>> Anonymous
No
>> Anonymous
>>324727
op here.
wai naught?
>> Anonymous
Sure.

If done in conjunction with losing your fat through other means, that is. So, I guess... no.
>> Anonymous
the short answer is no.

the long answer is start eating properly and being way more active (cardio).

working out your fat areas will only make them look bigger as the muscles grow and push the fat outward.
>> Anonymous
>>324736
OP Here.
so all that bowflex propaganda about

MUSCLES INCINERATE FAT

was just a lie?

So whats some exercises a fatty like myself can do to lose belly fat. Nothing too drastic though.
>> Anonymous
OP Here again.

Lets say if I cycle every 2-3 days within a week for about 30mins - 1 hour + light ab exercises such as crunches and lifting and locking my legs in the air everyday for about 45 mins

will I see results?
>> Anonymous
>>324743
No it's true, only if you do it along with cardio. Working your muscles also increases your metabolism.

You can't lose your belly fat and keep your arm fat, leg fat ect. You cannot target weight loss, it comes off all together or it doesn't come off at all.
>>324754
You'll see results, not great results. Not enough cardio.
Then again, I don't know how much you weight at the moment.

Telling us your height + weight would be helpful.
>> Anonymous
>>324743
No, that's true. Muscles burn fat. However, the muscles will grow under the fat in problem areas and you won't notice a difference until your body fat % starts going down as a whole.
>> Anonymous
hey OP, re: Bowflex:

Muscles require a lot of energy just to be maintained, so in that respect they help you burn fat just by existing.

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Every single home fitness/ab gadget/electrovibrospasm thing/jazz-o-box program advertised ALWAYS comes with a STRICT MEAL PLAN YOU NEED TO FOLLOW OR YOU WON'T LOSE ANY OF THAT FAT, FATTY.

20 minutes a day, 3 times a week? NO. More like EVERY MEAL EVERY DAY FOREVER.
>> Anonymous
you're looking to get one generic answer but there's more than one factor at play.

increasing your muscle mass will cause your body to require more energy to maintain, thus upping your metabolism. that just means the more muscular you are, the higher your metabolism will be. your body will want to maintain equilibrium and you'll probably just end up eating more, retaining the same fat-to-weight ratio. on the other hand, if you don't eat enough or don't eat right, then your muscles wont even develop in the first place.

what this basically sums up to is that increasing muscle mass alone is not the way your body cuts fat. you have to do cardio to burn fat - that is: exercise that keeps your heart rate around 60% of maximum, which is not the same as killing yourself at a dead sprint for 5 minutes and also not the same as strolling comfortably for a couple hours.

your body consumes a certain amount of calories just by you being alive, there are little BMR calculators online that tell you just how much that is. after you look up that number, make sure that the calories you eat in a given day, minus the amount you burn off is less than that number, i.e.

calories consumed - BMR - calories burned from exercise < 0

also, consuming these calories in the form of 5 or 6 small meals spread out evenly throughout the day will keep your metabolism in optimal condition. Eating 2 or 3 big meals a day will usually just slog down your metabolism instead (men's fitness describes metabolism as a fire, which you should throw a log on every few hours to keep the flame strong, as opposed to dump an entire wagonfull of wood in there and snuffing out the fire). if you do it right you'll have energy throughout the day instead of feeling tired and sluggish all the time and you'll actually have the energy to exercise when you need to.

if this is too much to read, the one thing to take away from this is to burn off more calories than you eat