Stomach Exercise Routines

I’m going to give you the best stomach exercise routines that you probably have never considered. But first let’s understand what we are trying to achieve. There are only reasons people do stomach exercises to lose weight and to build muscle. If you are doing things like sit ups, crunches, legs lifts and others to lose weight you are wasting your time. You cannot spot reduce fat on your belly and those exercises don’t generate enough calories to make a difference. Think about it. To lose a single pound of fat you need to burn 3,500 calories. Even if you run a few miles you are only going to burn a few hundred calories. Consequently, we really need to increase your metabolism so we can jack up your fat burning ability. The second reason people do stomach exercises is to build muscle. However, you will not see the muscle until you get down below 10% body fat for men and 16% for women. So we need a stomach exercise routine that is going to build muscle while burning overall body fat. Now that you understand this, what I am about to tell you may not seem as strange because you know what your goals are. The first exercise is the dumb bell swing. Simply set a dumb bell upright on the ground between your feet. Bend your knees, pick it up and swing it in front of you. Put it down and repeat. While this exercise appears to work your shoulders you will really feel it in your abs. The next one is the renegade row. Assume the push up position gripping your hands around two dumb bells. Row up with one and lower it. Row up with the other and lower it. Repeat. Again, this exercise appears to work your back and shoulders but it really works your abs. One of the reasons these exercises are so good is because they throw your body into a metabolic shock that causes you to burn calories at a higher rate for days after the work out.