What can I do to lose belly fat and am I at the right weight?
I am 5 feet and weigh 140 lb.
I have a lot of fat around my belly.
I have a medium frame body but a lot of fat in my stomach.
What can I do to get this off.
I already am excercising.
I am 5 feet and weigh 140 lb.
I have a lot of fat around my belly.
I have a medium frame body but a lot of fat in my stomach.
What can I do to get this off.
I already am excercising.
With 37% of Americans overweight, it’s clear that many of us are not following the latest fitness guidelines that prescribe an hour of exercise a day. In fact, there was no doubt a collective groan when people realized they would now have to find an hour each day to do something they can’t seem to find 5 minutes for.
Cardiovascular exercise simply means that you’re involved in an activity that raises your heart rate to a level where you’re working, but can still talk (aka, in your Target Heart Rate Zone). Here’s why cardio is so important:
* It’s one way to burn calories and help you lose weight
* It makes your heart strong so that it doesn’t have to work as hard to pump blood
* It increases your lung capacity
* It helps reduce risk of heart attack, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes
* It makes you feel good
* It helps you sleep better
* It helps reduce stress
* I could go on all day, but you get the point
Bottom line: you need cardio if you want to get your weight under control and get your stress to a tolerable level.
I recommend doing cardio on your non strength training days. This way your body will either be primarily focused on building muscle (training) or burning fat (cardio). The maximum cardio sessions per week should be 4-5 days/week. You want to let your body recover and have enough energy to build quality lean muscle via strength training, so doing too much cardio (everyday) could hamper your results and lead to overtraining.
One of the things I have done for years is combine my cardio with "extra body part" strength training. One of the reasons I started doing this was because cardio is not my favorite thing to do…..so, I needed to make it interesting. Let’s say you want to get in some more work on your quest for "6-pack abs"…. This is different than "spot training." The extra "ab work" is in addition to your regular full body strength training workout (preferably on a different day). And, you would only do the extra ab work 1-2 days a week. The workout would go something like this:
-10 minutes, interval cardio (sprint interval cardio on grass is my favorite)
–10-15 minutes, circuit training, 3-4 ab strength exercises
–10 minutes, interval cardio
This workout technique is a proven fat-burner and my clients have had success with it.
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