Diane Williams, Certified Personal Trainer
I’ve had the unique opportunity of training hundreds of clients from age 16 to 96 years, men and women, with many unique physical limitations. Whatever the limitation, I get them in the best shape possible and make them feel good about themselves and their bodies.
The following question is a rather standard question meaning most women country-wide want to know how to deal with it and get rid of it without surgical procedure.
The dreaded stomach!
Question: My stomach is big and I’d like to lose it in that area. How do I get that to disappear? Can I do crunches and other stomach exercises every day?
You can do crunches and abdominal exercises everyday if you’d like but don’t think that there is a thing called “spot reducing.” It doesn’t exist. That part of the body will not shrink if you’re targeting that area with exercises. You will get stronger and you’ll address the muscle underneath but the fat won’t melt from that section.
What you want to think about is lowering your body fat to shrink the girth around the middle. Now how do you do that?
Cardio and dieting alone won’t do it. When you combine these two and leave out the strength training exercise routines you’re actually going to lose muscle. About 25% of the weight lost will be muscle! If you lost 20 pounds of weight, 5 lbs of the weight will be fat-burning, metabolic active tissue, Baby!
Shocking, but true.
So what does that mean? It means that you’ll lose weight but you may get “fatter.” Your body fat may increase which means the firmness and tone that most women want, you won’t get. Plus that pudge in the middle will still be there.
You’ll need to add a strength training exercise program into your regimen to address the girth around the middle.
If you’re in the New York area this personal trainer in NYC is available. I’m referring to me, the Curvy Goddess, just like you. Also if you’re affiliated with a gym take advantage of the free orientation and ask the trainer to show you some of free weight exercises.
This personal trainer in NYC thinks that you can’t afford not to incorporate strength training exercise into your life.
Until next time Curvy Goddess…Stay Strong and Stunning!
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