Belly fat. It is unsightly. It can be uncomfortable and make the movement more difficult. Even worse than that, belly fat, also known as visceral fat, actually comes with its own health risks, and these risks are present even if a person is not otherwise particularly overweight. That is why you will find tons of tips out there to melt belly fat. From targeted-area exercises, to teas that claim to magically melt away belly fat, you will hear people promise you a thinner waist line if you just do one thing.
At The MAX Challenge, we can also promise to help you melt belly fat if you just do one thing, but it is not a magic bullet. Melting belly fat means burning your body’s fat reserves. That means eating a nutritional diet with fewer calories than you burn and engaging in cardiovascular exercises like running, jogging, swimming, biking, or dancing for a sustained time period multiple times a week. Interval training can increase your body’s calorie-boosting potential, so include intervals in your workouts, to drive your body up to its peak performance.
What about the targeted exercises other people tout as a miracle way to lose belly fat? Well, they do not actually melt fat, but they may help you see results. First, any strength training you do will increase your muscle mass. The more muscle you have, the greater your body’s fat-burning capabilities, so while strength training itself will not burn fat, it will help you. Second, if you do work on your core, you will tighten and tone the area, making it look visually nicer as you are losing the belly fat.
We would love to promise you an easy way to specifically target belly fat, but we are about being honest with people and increasing overall health. Come by our Basking Ridge, NJ location to find out how we can develop a physical fitness program that will help you get the body that you want.
