“Spot reduction isn’t a viable approach to lớn losing belly fat," explains fitness trainer và nutrition expert Corey Phelps, creator of the Cultivate by Corey Fitness Program. "But there are some great core-focused exercises that will torch fat all over the body, resulting in a strong and more chiseled core.”
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Celebrity trainer and nutrition expert Jillian Michaels also says that doing a variety of exercises that combine cardio, strength, & core work will ultimately help you reduce toàn thân fat. “I"m a big fan of exercises that are core-focused, but work multiple muscle groups simultaneously with a HIIT component for added calorie burn,” she says. Here are the best exercises and workouts to thua thảm belly fat, according to personal trainers. Need more workout inspiration? Pick up the Tone Up in 15 workout DVD, which is filled with 15-minute total-body workouts that you can bởi at home.
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Phelps suggests adding a medicine ball lớn your burpee to lớn increase the intensity of the exercise & boost your metabolism—all while building a sleek phối of six-pack abs.
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How to vì chưng medicine ball burpees: Standing with your feet shoulder-distance apart, hold a medicine ball with both hands. Extend the ball up overhead, then slam the ball down on the ground as hard as you can, hinging over and sitting your butt back as you slam. As you hinge over, bend your knees. Place your hands on the ground outside of your feet & jump back into a high-plank position. Keep your body in a straight line. Then, jump your feet back towards the outsides of your hands so that you are squatting. Pick up the ball & press it overhead, extending your body toàn thân and standing tall.
The sprawl is basically a burpee on steroids—a full body toàn thân exercise that works as many muscles as possible và burns calories while shaping & toning upper- và lower-body, especially your abs. “It takes the traditional burpee khổng lồ the next màn chơi by having you touch your chest khổng lồ the ground, then push-up to lớn plank as you continue the move,” explains Braganza.
How to vày a sprawl: Standing with your feet shoulder-distance apart, squat down và place your hands on the ground. Jump your feet back to lớn a plank and lower your toàn thân to cảm biến the ground. Push yourself up to a plank và then jump your feet outside of your hands into a squat. Stand back up. That’s one rep. “If you want lớn burn even more calories, add a jump between each sprawl,” Braganza adds.
“Medicine ball slams are a dynamic, explosive, and highly metabolic exercise that does not simply target one muscle group,” explains Chris DiVecchio, trainer & founder of Premier toàn thân & Mind. On the surface, the obliques, hamstrings, quads, biceps, and shoulders are the primary movers of this exercise. “But as time goes on and fatigue sets in, nearly every other muscle in the body, in one way or another, may become involved as a secondary mover which makes this a total gut blaster,” he adds. Doing side-to-side ball slams versus overhead slams incorporates more oblique ab work.
How to vì chưng lateral medicine ball slams: Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart with the medicine ball on one side. Pick up the ball và simply rotate your body toàn thân as you slam the ball a few inches away from your pinky toe. Make sure lớn pivot your feet & bend the back knee as you come into a split squat position khổng lồ catch the ball on one bounce. Alternate sides. Make sure you tighten your vi xử lý core as you bring the ball overhead & to the side.
Overhead medicine ball slams strengthen your core as it works against gravity. This exercise also tests your endurance, getting your heart rate up each time you pick the ball up và bring it overhead. To lớn get the most out of this exercise, be sure to use a heavy weighted ball.
How to vì chưng overhead medicine ball slams: Standing tall with your feet hip-width apart, hold a medicine ball with both hands. Reach both arms overhead, fully extending your body. Slam the ball forward & down toward the ground. Extend your arms toward the ground as you slam & don’t be afraid to lớn bend your knees as you hinge over. Squat to lớn pick the ball up và then stand back up.
The Russian twist is a bộ vi xử lý core exercise that improves oblique strength & definition, explains DiVecchio. The move, typically performed with a medicine ball or plate, involves rotating your torso from side to side while holding a sit-up position with your feet off the ground.
How to vị Russian twists: Sit up tall on the floor with your knees bent và feet off the ground. Hold a medicine ball with your hands at chest height. Lean backward with a long, tall spine, holding your torso at a 45-degree angle và keeping your arms a few inches away from your chest. From here, turn your torso to the right, pause and squeeze your right oblique muscles, then turn your torso to lớn the left and pause to lớn squeeze your left oblique muscles. The movement should come from your ribs and not your arms.
You know that your cardio sessions are crucial when it comes to lớn burning the layer of fat sitting on đứng top of your abdominal muscles. But it"s still important to work those abs even as you"re trying lớn shed fat, says thủ đô new york City-based personal trainer Adam Sanford, founder of Adam Sanford Fitness. His favorite move to bởi that? Holding plank on a BOSU ball.
It"s more challenging than a normal plank where your hands are on the floor, because the BOSU tests your balance, says Sanford. "When your body toàn thân tries lớn find control as your balance is challenged, your abs, obliques, và deep transverse abdominal muscles are activated," he says. Strengthening these core muscles also helps increase your metabolism, ultimately helping you lớn burn more calories and fat.
How to bởi BOSU ball planks: Flip a BOSU ball on its rubber side và hold onto the edges of the flat surface with both hands, about shoulder-distance apart. Hold the plank for 30 khổng lồ 45 seconds, increasing the time as you get stronger.
Running at an incline rather than on a flat surface has been shown to lớn increase total calorie burn by as much as 50 percent, says Jill Penfold, a Los Angeles-based personal trainer. Whether you"re outside on a hill or at the gym on an inclined treadmill, start out walking for five lớn 10 minutes, suggests Penfold. "Your heart rate should elevate pretty quickly as you pick up your pace," she says.
Try this treadmill workout: Walk or jog on an incline for five to 10 minutes. Maintain a jog for another five to lớn 10 minutes, then pick your pace up again and start running. "This doesn"t have to lớn be an all-out sprint," says Penfold, but you should be working hard enough that you can"t carry a conversation. Spend five minutes running, then drop your pace back down khổng lồ a jog. Continue alternating with five lớn 10 minutes of jogging and five to lớn 10 minutes of running for 30 to lớn 45 minutes.
Just because you may not have access to open water, it doesn"t mean you can"t weave this fat-blasting cardio workout into your gym routine. Not only does using a rowing machine get your heart rate way up, which helps you blast calories & burn fat, but it also works muscles in your legs, core, arms, shoulders, và back, says Penfold.
Try this 4-minute rowing circuit: Begin with đôi mươi seconds of rowing followed by 10 seconds of rest. Look at how many meters you traveled in that time. (Don"t get off the rowing machine or even let go of the handle when you rest, says Penfold.) Repeat this eight times, trying to beat your distance each time. When you"re finished with this four-minute circuit, row a fast 500 meters and note how long it takes you. "That"s the number you"ll want to match or beat during your next rowing session," says Penfold.
While the old thinking was that steady-state cardio sessions were best for burning fat, we now know that short & intense bursts of fast-paced cardio is much more effective. Hope Pedraza, an ACSM personal trainer & the creator of inBalance, a San Antonio-based fitness & wellness studio, suggests doing intervals that alternate between exercises that work different muscle groups.
Try this HIIT workout: After a 10-minute warm-up, spend 30 seconds doing as many reps as possible of squats, push-ups, kettlebell swings, or single-arm rows. Then, rest for 30 seconds and do a different exercise for another 30 seconds. Continue for 10 rounds. Choose any of your favorite exercises—just make sure you alternate between exercises that work different muscle groups, which will help certain muscles recover while you work others.
If you"ve been lifting moderately heavy weights but are still looking to drop belly fat, it"s time khổng lồ pick up the intensity by using heavier weights và cutting down on rest time between reps, says Tyler Spraul, CSCS, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and the head trainer at Exercise.com. "Lifting heavy is where you see more an afterburn effect. Your body toàn thân continues lớn burn calories even after you leave the gym," Spraul says. Just be sure that your technique doesn"t suffer as you increase your weight, which can lead to lớn injury. If you"re new khổng lồ strength training, this 15-minute total-body workout is a great place to lớn start.
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Yes, you read that right. Simply walking can go a long way toward helping you shed belly fat, says Sahmura Gonzalez, a personal trainer based in thủ đô new york City.
"It seems so simple, but 45 khổng lồ 60 minutes of brisk walking every day can vị wonders for your metabolism," says Gonzalez. "Plus, it ensures that you don"t over-train, which can lead to an over-production of cortisol—a bức xúc hormone that"s been shown lớn contribute lớn belly fat."
If your walking workout helps you unwind after a stressful day or work through emotions that might otherwise bít tất tay you out, there"s a chance it"ll help you lower cortisol levels, which in turn can keep belly fat in check, says Gonzalez. Và brisk walking is an effective way khổng lồ drop pounds—including the belly fat that"s hiding your abdominal muscles. "One hour of rapid walking a day can lead lớn one pound of fat loss a week," says Gonzalez.
Getting your Om on won’t burn as many calories as a hilly run or lifting weights, but it can help build muscle & improve your endurance, which are all crucial for boosting your metabolism. Some of the highest calorie-blasting yoga poses include plank, chair, Chaturanga, & wheel. New to lớn yoga and aren"t sure where khổng lồ start? Learn more about the different types of yoga khổng lồ help you find the best practice that fits your workout goals.