I am a 21 year old female, 5’8″, 160lbs. I am interested in losing around 30 pounds and, specifically, working off excess fat in my belly area. I do appropriate cardio workouts approximately 4 times per week for around 40 minutes per session, with 10 minutes of warming up and cooling down. I also try to stretch and do crunches at home to supplement these workouts, especially on any days I take off from doing cardio. I also follow a generally healthy diet.
I’m pretty confident that my current routine is healthy, but are there any improvements to my work out or general suggestions anyone could reccomend to help me reach my goal weight quickly and to target this problem area at the same time?
Anything you can offer would be great. Thanks!
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walking, it’s the only way I’ve ever been successful with weight loss
aerobics would lose the fat. like swimming running jogging and such.
sit-ups/curl-ups will gain muscle.
1.) Religiously monitor your food intake, counting every calorie http://www.myfooddiary.com can help educate and keep track.
2.) Get a heart rate monitor.
A good workout will get your heart to 65-80% max for 45min.
Also…crunches work upper abs……leg lifts work lower abs, do leg lifts….lots of them.
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