Thursday, November 6, 2008
Blunder 3 -- Performing countless abdominal crunches thinking it will get rid of the ‘pooch' area on the lower tummy/abdominal area. I see this comment or get a question related to this issue approximately 20 times per week. It is not possible to spot reduce any area of the body. The only answer is to reduce overall body fat through a slight caloric deficit, and add resistance exercise (weight training) to stimulate the metabolism and cardiovascular exercise to burn additional calories. That's the way to fat loss.
Performing crunches will never reduce the abdominal area because they only serve to strengthen muscle, not flatten a specific area. Just as 200 bicep curls will not make the arm smaller, nor will 200 abdominal crunches make the waist smaller. You cannot spot reduce any part of the body. It's just not physiologically possible.
Labels: abs, exercise, fitness, metabolism, mistakes, myths, Raphael, workout
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