Lose Belly Fat Over 40

Are you over 40? Do you want to lose belly fat? You'll often get the advice to do crunches and other physical exercises targeting the abdominal muscles.

At first sight, that's logical. You're exercising a body part, so the fat on this body part is getting less. But the way we are burning fat does not work like that.

There is no spot fat reduction. It's genetically programmed where you increase weight and where you lose it first. And: Over 40 this genetic program is getting more dominant.

Often I hear people saying things like "I want to lose belly fat" but it is not possible to lose fat on a specific body part. But we can attain something much better: We can get an overall slim body.

Crunches are great to strengthen the core muscles around your belly. If you want to shape your figure, exercises like the reverse bicycle really help to tone up your body. I recommend to do some exercises for the lower back muscles as well, to make the whole midsection strong. This will help your posture too and keep back pain away. For many over 40 back pain is rather usual- our desk-bound life style contributes to that greatly.

In comparison crunches are not the most time-efficient thing to do when you want to lose weight. The stomach muscles are relatively small, so if you spend 15 minutes on crunches you burn much less calories as if you'd spend 15 minutes exercising your leg muscles. In the same amount of time, you leg muscles will burn more calories.

So: Don't do crunches to lose belly fat over 40, do crunches to tone up your core.

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