Stomach Fat, how to get rid of!

Ok Guys today I have another big question I am asked frequently.

“If I work my stomach will it get rid of the fat?”

The simple answer to this question is no it won’t get rid of all the fat! But on the other hand doing an abdominal workout will help expend calories which will effectively increase the calorie expenditure in the body. Remember guys you can’t spot reduce fat from certain areas!

 The best method which I have achieved great results in doing do is full body workouts. As this gets the whole body working hard and expending a lot more calories through the workout. The more intense the full body workout the bigger the expenditure and after burn. Now the after burn effect if were your body your body in a state after exercise were it can take a very long period of time sometimes 24-48 hours to recover or sometimes even longer ! now the harder you work the more you get out as your body will try to reset everything you have just changed for example your breathing rate will increase dramatically and also your heart rate which are the two more simple and obvious training adaptions that we can all experience and feel ourselves.

Here is a simple way to think of your workout.

Imagine you built a sandcastle you drop a pebble on the top and slightly dent the side, it’s easy to rebuild and doesn’t take much time and energy right?

Now this time instead of a pebble you get something slighter larger like a brick and hit your sandcastle and it has nearly completely destroyed it, it is now going to take more time and energy to rebuild that castle.

This is how we need to look at the body when we are working out for fat loss. Relate it to the sand castle if you leave the gym thinking I could have done another 60 minutes then you have probably already recovered if you leave the gym, if you finish your workout and need to cool down to bring your elevated heart rate down and grab your breathe you know you have just completed  a good workout !

So if you want to lose the body fat you have to train like you want to lose it.