i was thinking of doing 1 min normal plank, 1 min of side to side plank, 1 min of normal plank 2 times a day. how long until i would start seeing results?Also, does doing planks everyday help loose belly fat?
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Planks won''t help you lose fat. Any exercise will burn calories but no exercise will burn fat unless your diet allows it. You can burn fat in your sleep or you can run all day and never burn any fat. It all depends on your diet.
Fat loss is determined by calorie control, not by exercise. Good exercises for burning calories are speed walking, biking, swimming, dancing, etc. and ANY other physical activity which makes you move a lot of weight for a long time. But NO exercise is good for burning fat if you eat too many calories because you can always eat more calories than you can burn but you can''t always burn as many as you take in.
Too many people waste energy and time because they do not understand this one simple point. The result is too often giving up in frustration, abandoning gym memberships they continue to pay for, and many other unnecessary problems not the least of which is a lack of success.
An average person must walk about five miles every day for a week to burn the calories equivalent to a pound of body fat. So, unless you think walking about five miles a day (or doing an equivalent amount of exercise) with no guarantee of fat loss makes sense, focus your fat loss program on diet.
Diet for fat loss. Exercise for fitness.
Where you lose fat is up to your body. You don''t get to choose the location with exercises.
When you are in a fat loss mode and burning body fat, it is your body (based on your genetics) and only your body that determines where that fat loss will happen. You have absolutely no control over where your body loses fat first, last, and in between no matter what you do.
It is not possible to lose fat only from a specific part of your body of your choosing. Where your body stores and removes fat is determined by your genetics and there is nothing you can do to change that short of radical procedures such as liposuction. And, in general, where it stores fat first is where it will lose it last and visa versa. The world of health and fitness has an unfortunate abundance of myths and spot reduction is one of them. There is no exercise, no pill, no supplements, no spa treatment, and no natural way to spot reduce. Your only choice is to create a caloric deficit with diet and exercise, burn fat, and wait for it to leave the desired body parts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot_reduction
http://www.exrx.net/WeightTraining/Myths.html
http://www.fitnesstipsforlife.com/the-spot-reduction-myth.html
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- You won''t lose any fat at all doing planks. No ab workouts will make you lose weight, not even situps. You need to 25-40 minutes of cardio everyday and eat healthy to lose weight.
- Try to eat as clean as possible & drink lots of water!
That alone will help you lose body fat.
But you should be doing 30-60 minutes daily of cardio.
Cardio is ANYTHING that get your heart rate up. Lifting weights helps a LOT and you won''t get bulky. Guys get bulky because of science and reasons(lol). But in order for girls to get bulky theyd have to be taking steroids and working out insaneeee amounts you know.
Don''t be afraid to lift heavy!
Oh and check your BMR and everything because you need to make sure you''re getting the right amount of calories! Too low of an amount of calories can make you store body fat!
