Add Resistance Training to Burn Abdominal Fat

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So it is time to shed the belly fat. A menu plan that eliminates empty calories and incorporating an exercise regimen with cardiovascular and resistance training will help burn fat, increase muscle mass, and reduce belly bulge.

When you build lots of healthy muscle tissue by doing crunches, the muscles won't be visible under layers of subcutaneous and visceral fat. In fact, building muscle mass without shedding fat can actually make your stomach appear bigger.

If you think crunches or sit-ups can make belly fat disappear, it's time for a wake-up call. Only doing ab-strengthening exercises isn't going to whittle away fat deposits from your waistline. Estrogen is generally a hormone that is associated with the female body. Nonetheless, a man’s body produces estrogen with good and bad effects. Where estrogen is good for bone health as a man grows older, it can play havoc with weight gain and belly fat.

How to Trigger Fat Burn

The visceral component of belly fat is stored near the portal vein that connects the intestines to the liver. Fatty acids are released and travel with inflammatory proteins to the liver for conversion to fuel. Listed below are some helpful strategies to get you started:

Increase Fiber Intake – You should add sources of high fiber foods to your personalized menu plan. Soluble fiber increases fullness as well as reduces calorie absorption.

Reduce Refined Carbs – You do not need to follow a strict low-carb diet to burn belly fat, simply replace refined carbohydrates with unprocessed starchy carbs from whole grains and vegetables.

Add Resistance Training – Studies have shown that combining some resistance training with your weekly routine can burn more belly fat than relying on aerobic training alone. You don’t need a gym as body-weight exercises or stretch bands are readily available.

Try Fasting – A report in Nutrition Reviews found evidence to support the success of time-restricted eating or intermittent fasting for both losing weight and gaining cardiometabolic benefits for obese adults.

To shed unwanted belly bulge requires you to lose fat from all over your body.

Belly Bulge Can Be Bad for Your Heart

Men often hear the extra pounds around their midsection are bad for heart health, and it is. Nonetheless, a recent study cited by Harvard Health warned that having a spare tire may be even worse for a woman’s heart than it is for a man’s. Since the primary cause of visceral fat accumulation is poor diet, there are certainly positive measures you can take to lose weight, particularly in the abdominal area. Consuming too many sugary drinks can contribute to belly bulge.

Your ability to gain weight is largely determined by how many calories you consume each day, how much energy you burn daily, and your age. Moreover, a tendency to gain weight around the middle most likely has a genetic component as well. Although there is no fountain of youth, consuming a diet of healing foods and exercising more can help to restore balance and aid in healing some of the broken links.

Contact Metabolic Research Center to learn more about our approach to weight loss for men.