Is it true that sit ups and crunches are worse for belly fat?

[Anonymous]

I don't do sit ups or crunches because I know you can't spot reduce, so I just do cardio and lift weights. I recently just lost 30 pounds, and I want to lose more, even though I've been advised against it because I'll be underweight. I was 140 and I am 5'4, and now I am 110. The problem is I am look tiny everywhere except my stomach. I still work-out even though I don't need to lose weight, but I need to lose stomach fat. And it's not a little fat, it's a lot. I can fit into small clothes because I have a tiny body frame, but they look like sh*t on me because of my stomach. I bought a dress that should look amazing on me because it fits everywhere but the stomach. It's like I look pregnant.

So someone advised me to do crunches and sit ups, but I haven't at all (I probably haven't done sit ups or crunches in a year. I didn't use them as my work-out when I lost my thirty pounds) because I heard that will push out stomach fat even more. I'm just wondering how true this is, or if it will be pointless to do them, because you can't spot reduce, so I'll just keep looking even thinner everywhere but my stomach. My arms look so bony now, it's kind of gross. I've been trying sucking in my gut while I walk because someone said that works too.

[fightsystems]

yes you do sit ups and crunches to bring your stomach muscles out. you just don't do it, if you have a layer of fat as you know. MODIFY YOUR ABS ROUTINE. There isn't a specific abs routine that will work better than all others, but changing your abs routine will maximize the results. Some of the common ab moves like crunches, old-fashioned sit-ups, hanging leg raises, broom twists and sprinting, are great for building abdominal muscle. It's important to remember that your abs will show the most development through change and confusion as opposed to stagnation.

UNDERSTAND THE TRUTHS AND MYTHS ABOUT ABDOMINALS. We all have abs. Unfortunately, some of us have to work harder than others to attain visible ones. Doing 1,000 sit-ups per day is not going to make your abs just magically pop out, but getting your body-fat levels very low will allow your abs to appear. For a male to able to be see his abs, he has to be roughly at 12 percent body-fat and lower. For a female to see hers, she needs to be at roughly 14 percent and lower. If you can get your body-fat to those levels, you will start to see your abs.

ALWAYS EAT BREAKFAST. A healthy breakfast is the most important meal for a reason - it jumpstarts your metabolism for the entire day. Not just any breakfast, though. Unless you want a muffin top, skip the muffins and opt for protein, healthy fats and complex carbohydrates. Emphasis on the protein. Can't go wrong with eggs.

It is important to train your abs at least three times per week for a beginner and intermediate fitness enthusiast. For the advanced gym guru, train your abs about every other day to build them properly. I would implement at least 3-or-4 different abs exercises every other day for 25-to-30 reps per set. Your rest for each set should be about 30-to-45 seconds. You'll really feel the burn with this minimal rest. If not, you aren't working the exercise properly. Muscle grows when you apply shock to that body-part. The only way to do that is to push through the temporary burn of that particular exercise.

[fightsystems]

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[kmhco]

I just want to point out that for a woman to be below 18% body fat is EXTREMELY unhealthy.

[fightsystems]

your probably right, low for any sex is very unhealthy really.

[fightsystems]

thanks B.A. I hope it helped you.

[jrurh7]

Crunches and situps work the same as any other exercise, they tone or improve muscle definition. Since muscle is found under the layer of fat you have, it will make your stomach look bigger since you'll just have bigger abs to push out the layer of fat.

Fat is proportional throughout your body. There are different reasons for your results:

1. You have a lousy diet. What a lot of girls do is eat next to nothing and exercise a sh*t load. What people don't realize is that when you have a lousy diet and you work out a lot, you burn muscle more than fat. Most likely, you could have burned a sh*t ton of muscle and mass around your body rather than burn your fat. Therefore, if this is the issue, your lousy diets shoots your metabolism down because it thinks your starving and it SAVES your fat. This is how your body works - it stores fat to make sure you don't starve to death. Your body then burns everything else, such as your muscles, and that makes it so that you look really skinny, but then you just have a thin layer of fat/bones. This is the most likely situation since you're telling me that you have a layer of fat on your stomach even though you've lost 30 pounds. Since muscle is more dense than fat, there is a chance that most of what you've lost is purely muscle.

2. You have bad genetics. But that is something that can be out-trained. You should probably consult a doctor or nutritionist to find out the real issue. They actually help a lot.

[Anonymous]

Crunches and sit-ups don't force you to work multiple muscle groups thus are ineffective at doing what actually gives you abs... fat burning.

If you want your abs to show, burn belly fat by doing compound workouts and plenty of high intensity cardio. Diet also has to be on point.

[Moloch]

They make your belly bigger because of the muscles under the fat. If you want to get rid of belly fat, do cardio.