If you’re looking for information about exercises that can help you to reduce your stomach fat, you already in the right track. However, do not fall into false perception that doing hundreds reps of ab exercises every day will solve your problem. It won’t. Yes, you might end up having sturdy six pack abs; the only problem is that six pack will be covered behind a layer of belly fat and no one will know that it even exist. Not even yourself.
The right way to reduce your stomach fat is doing full body exercises to reduce all the excess fat on your body. You simply can’t focus your training on a specific spot and expect to remove the excess fat there. It won’t work. Your goal now is having at least 10% body fat (for male that wants his six pack abs visible) or 15% (for female who wants flat stomach).
The Simplest and Most Effective Exercise
There are many great full body exercises that you can do to burn fat, but the most recommended (and the most effective) is squat. This is because squat uses more muscle groups under a heavy load than most other weight bearing exercises. Thus, it is very effective in stimulating body composition changes (muscle gain and fat loss) and hormonal response (such as growth hormone and testosterone).
You can always add additional weights such as dumbbells or barbells while doing squats, but if you are not comfortable with those yet, using only your own bodyweight is the best option. It will still give you better and faster result than spending hours in a fitness machine while doing monotonous low intensity cardio.
How to do a standard bodyweight squat in the right way
To do a standard bodyweight squat, first stand with your feet just greater than shoulder-width apart. Put both of your hand behind your head and keep your elbows back. After that, start the movement by pushing your hip backward and “sit” on the virtual chair.
Push to your limit. Squat as deep as possible while keeping your low back tensed in a neutral position. Ideally, the whole process of lowering your hip should take about two seconds. Hold of a second, then return to the start position.
Other option: using additional weights
If you choose to use additional weights, there are several ways to do it: barbell back squats, front squats, and overhead squats. The only difference here is the position of the bar. In back squats, the bar is located on the upper back. In front squats, the bar is located on the shoulders in front of the head. As for overhead squats, you keep the bar overhead throughout the session.
Squat is not an ab exercise, but it is one of the most effective fat burner exercises. I can assure you that doing squats in regular basis can give you far better result than any ab exercises out there. So make sure to equip yourself with the right knowledge and exercise plan to get rid of all those excess fat; otherwise, you’ll just jump from one “exercise to reduce stomach fat” to the other without any real, tangible results.
