There are those pesky areas that seem like you’ll never get rid of the fat. The lower abs and love handles are two such areas. If you’ve been trying to “spot reduce” fat in those exact areas, stop. It is impossible to target an exact spot on your body to reduce fat. Belly fat loss can only be conquered with the right combination of proper diet, aerobic exercise, and abdominal and weight training, and that is what this article will help you with.

When we burn fat for energy, it is drawn equally from all areas of the body, not from one specific location. It always seems like the first place you start to gain weight is the last place you lose it from. Why is this? Well, the truth is that we all have specific fat deposits in our bodies that are genetically encoded into us. There is nothing we do right or wrong, the fat will be stored there longer because we are basically programmed to do so. For many of us this area is our abs.

So what can you do to speed up belly fat loss? Contrary to popular belief, doing more abdominal exercises is not going to burn that fat. It’s quite possible that if you spend hours and hours doing sit-ups and other ab-specific exercises, you could have a great set of abs, but they’re hidden under a layer of fat.

To beat this problem and get rid of belly fat, you need to focus on cardio, and I’m going to give you the real secret to making this happen, fitness books and trainers haven’t told you the whole story. .

Cardio Exercise for Belly Fat Loss

You’ll see that most of us jump off the treadmill or stair climber too early. The first ten minutes of a cardio workout burns up stored glycogen energy in our muscles. It’s not really until the 20-minute point that you start burning fat stores for energy. To effectively burn fat with cardio, you should spend 30 to 60 minutes per session in continuous movement.

This doesn’t have to be intense, hitting the pavement workouts. It can be at a medium intensity, the key here is the amount of time and making sure you don’t stop.

Now, of course, all the cardio in the world won’t do you any good if you don’t follow the proper diet. Belly fat loss is about 50/50 exercise and diet, so now that you have half the formula, it’s time to get your diet under control.