How to Get Rid of Belly Fat if Weight-Loss is Not the Goal

The New York Times recently answered a question that we think many men have wondered themselves: How do we cut down on belly fat if weight-loss is not necessarily our goal?

Here’s their answer:

• Exercise gets rid of belly fat: Belly fat mostly consists of visceral, or deep, fat, the kind that settles just beneath your skin. And the good news is that visceral fat is uniquely vulnerable to exercise.

• Exercise is more effective than diet when it comes to belly fat: While cutting calories should also reduce visceral flab, the effects are more substantial and lasting with exercise.

 

• Best exercise program combines aerobic and weight training: While some studies suggest that endurance training, such as walking or jogging, is more effective than weight training, a new study shows that programs combining aerobic exercise and occasional sessions of weight training were superior to either type of exercise alone at reducing belly fat.

• Sit-ups are not effective at reducing belly fat: One exercise that will not slim your belly is the sit-up, despite entrenched beliefs to the contrary. You’re better off going for a walk.

Relevant source:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/ask-well-reducing-belly-fat/

Curated from The New York Times