How can you get your tummy more flat and more toned?
im dieting and only eating 3 meal a day which on average is about 500-600 calories and drinking 1 litre or more of water. i do 20 min on my stepper and 10 min boxing on the wii fit.I am losing weight but not from my tummy it is still big how could i get a more flatter tummy
it’ll take time. Cardio is the best way for you to get a flat tummy. When you do cardio, you lose wieght all over, including your tummy.
it might take 3 months or so. Continue to drink water. and cut portions of food in half.
Doing crunches will help tone your stomach, but until you lose the wight w/ cardio, it’ll be hidden under the fat.
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Cycling or running, combined with sit-ups will do the trick. Also try to avoid white bread and beer.
losing belly fat is probably the hardest thing to lose specially for men.
you have to step up your cardio, one hour. the only way you are going to burn that fat around your body is doing cardio for a good amount of time on a daily basis. incorporate calisthenic exercise including abs, abs, abs in order to build up the muscles behind that layer of fat.
as you burn the fat with cardio and low carb diet, you are building the abdominal muscles and core until the moment comes and they both meet at the point where your abs will start ripping thru your lean tummy.
you can do it. it will take time a few months even, but you can not give up. you have to stick to it and by next summer you will have a lean flat tummy.
good luck and god bless.
Simple, but you’re not going to like this. You’ll feel hungry and dissatisfied after every meal, but it works.
You’re got to break those 3 meals into smaller meals. Professional athletes don’t eat 3 meals/day, they have 5-6 smaller meals. That’s how they get the toned tummys.
i hope you mean 500-600 calories each meal (and not total). If so, take those ~1800 calories (not sure your weight/height) and spread them over 5-6 meals (this will help speed up your metabolism and burn the fat).
Now you need to understand that you need to burn the fat over your abdominal muscles to see your six pack. After that it depends on exactly what you’re eating (you should try to eat mostly lean protein and veggies if you’re trying to tone up) and how often (you should try to eat ~5-6 times/day to speed up your metabolism. Now to answer your question:
To get abs you need a proper balance of good eating, resistance and cardio excercise, and sometimes supplements. You need to add resistance excercise as that is the best way to reduce fat (muscle burns fat/calories) and change body shape.
Different people hold fat in different places and that last little bit of fat is usually the hardest to lose. There isn’t any definitive way to ‘spot’ reduce body fat but here are some things I have found useful (to get a lean flat stomach and get ‘abs’):
- Do sprint repeats. It’s still warm enough to do these outside so that’s good. Jog to warm up (~1/2 mile). Then do 8 sets of repeat sprints (start with ~100m and gradually move up to ~200m as you get in better shape). Basically you sprint all out, then slow jog (really slow) back. Repeat 8 times. The first one you want to go only ~3/4 speed since your body will still be warming up. Make sure you stretch afterwards as your hamstrings will be sore the next day (especially after the first time).
- Resistance training: go for more reps (less weight), try drop sets, try circuit training. All of these are useful for getting more lean(and as a result will burn fat off your abs). Remember the more muscle you build, the more fat you’ll burn (and you won’t be big and bulky either).
- Ab ball: do a lot of exercises using one of those ab balls…they work your core in every exercise. You can also do actual ab target exercises (twists, crunches, etc.). Get a trainer at your gym to show you some. Or you can get the CoreSecrets (ball/video) for ~$10-$20 online (just google it)
- Oblique exercises (twisting). Do a lot of these using the ab ball: sit on the ball hold a 10 lb weight and walk your feet forward. ‘Lay down’ and with the weigh above you twist to one side-up-pause-twist to the other side. Ensure you’re using your obliques to do the work.
- Lower abs. Do leg lifts (hold weights in your feet, or lay on ball and do them). Leg raises (where you hang in the air and rotate your knees to your chest). Leg throwdowns (more advanced – lay down on a mat and hold on to something firm [behind your head]. Stick your legs straight up in the air [should be perpendicular to the floor]. Have a partner stand at your side and ‘throw’ your legs hard to the ground. Keep your back flat and use your abs to keep your feet from hitting the floor. Bring your legs back up and your partner throws them down again. Go until you can’t do anymore). Get with a trainer at a gym to show you some new funky ab exercises
- Improve your nutrition to mostly eat low fat protein (chicken, fish, lean turkey, etc.) and veggies (i.e. broccoli). Mix a little fruit in there for some sweetness. You can also buy whey protein and make whey protein smoothies (2 scoops protein, ice, skim milk – blend – little peanut butter, ripe banana, more ice – blend again: tastes great). Cut out junk food (especially soda, anything loaded with high fructose corn syrup, all sweets, etc.)
- Start taking a thermogenic fat burner (will burn fat faster when your body temp rises – i.e. working out), ripped fuel, or hydroxycut hardcore before your workouts. This will help provide energy for workouts during your cutting ‘diet’. These also help you burn fat and are ‘good’ supplements to use
Work hard…have fun
P.S. abs (stomach) is where I (along with many others) store most of my excess fat. It’s the hardest part of my body to get to ‘come in’ (i.e. lean out) but you can see the results.