Perhaps next time I will do the same crunch experiment, alongside a diet of cupcakes and crisps? Hmm, food for thought. I didn’t change my diet during these two weeks, and my body fat stayed the same throughout. That’s not to say that a longer period of time wouldn't have made a difference, but it does pretty much suggest that crunching won’t burn fat. After six weeks, there was no significant effect of the abdominal exercises on body weight, body fat percentage or abdominal circumference. Both groups were given the same number of calories one group was given abdominal exercises to perform, whilst the other wasn’t. Researchers observed 24 people, split into two groups, over six weeks. You can do all the ab exercises in the world but if there’s a layer of fat sitting on top of them, they won’t be showing.Ĭrunches certainly won’t burn off the tummy fat, as one study has proved. As a personal trainer, I would advise anyone wondering how to lose weight on their stomach to first and foremost sort their diet out. They say abs are made in the kitchen, and it’s true really. Think you can go crazy on the crunches and watch belly fat melt away? Think again. I was really crunching as quickly as I could, and as a result I was yanking at my neck to pull my shoulders off the ground, whilst pushing my lower back into the ground, when really I should have allowed for the curve in my spine to stay neutral. I think a big reason for the lower back soreness was because after about 50 crunches, my form did start to deteriorate. Well, I guess I could have predicted this one following my ‘crunch research’ (see above). So a toned core isn’t JUST about bashing out a load of crunches.Įither way, I devoted a good few minutes every morning to dropping down and doing 150 of these crunches. In fact, to work the abdominal muscles, a variety of abdominal exercises are needed. Plus, the same research has explained how, to increase core strength, a mixture of exercises is needed including non-targeted core moves (think squats, deadlifts, rows, etc).
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