Simple workout for reduce belly fat

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Any simple workout for reducing my belly fat.

I was doing Hiit, yoga and weights 6 days a week but still had a blubbery belly despite having a bmi of 25.6.

As a typical apple shape I only lost my belly when I reduced calories and got to the lower end of my bmi.

You can’t spot reduce - you need to be in a calorie deficit and then it will start to diminish

As others have said, you need to be in a calorie deficit. Losing weight will help, but so will work on the muscles. Essentially you want to be working on your whole torso, back and front, to firm everything up. Planks (normal and side planks) are good, lat pull downs (or pull ups if you can do them), something that works your obliques. I don't think stuff like sit ups and crunches are worth bothering with.

@CovidCurious

As others have said, you need to be in a calorie deficit. Losing weight will help, but so will work on the muscles. Essentially you want to be working on your whole torso, back and front, to firm everything up. Planks (normal and side planks) are good, lat pull downs (or pull ups if you can do them), something that works your obliques. I don't think stuff like sit ups and crunches are worth bothering with.

Thanks for your comment. Right now I m doing planks and pull ups . I hope coming days I will reduce my belly fat.

You can’t spot reduce - you need to be in a calorie deficit and then it will start to diminish

This. Then all over exercise to help you tone all over - Pump might help. You need to use your abs to brace for squats & lunges, for example.

How is your everyday posture? Most people have bad posture, and it contributes to looking stout around the middle.

Try this simple exercise:
stand with feet hip width apart
put your index fingers on the point of your pelvis (hip bone - I think it's called the iliac crest?)
put your thumbs on the bottom of your ribs.

WITHOUT lifting your shoulders, try to lengthen the distance between your hips and your ribs.

You'll get the sense of how you need to lengthen your spine, by using your abs.

Also as you do this, think of your shoulder blades (scapulae) sliding down your back, but keep your ribs from flaring - think up, up, up, with your neck & spine, from your pelvis upwards.

Release by doing a slow roll down:

Chin to chest, then as you breathe out, try to curl your spine forwards, vertebra by vertebra. Soften/bend your knees as necessary so you're not pulling on your hamstrings. At the bottom, think of sending your sit bones (back of your hips) up to the ceiling.

Breathe in, then on an outward breath, roll back up, using your abs to suck yourself up.

You'd be surprised how much difference just improving posture can help - it requires you to engage your abs/core.

@LaChanticleer

You can’t spot reduce - you need to be in a calorie deficit and then it will start to diminish

This. Then all over exercise to help you tone all over - Pump might help. You need to use your abs to brace for squats & lunges, for example.

How is your everyday posture? Most people have bad posture, and it contributes to looking stout around the middle.

Try this simple exercise:
stand with feet hip width apart
put your index fingers on the point of your pelvis (hip bone - I think it's called the iliac crest?)
put your thumbs on the bottom of your ribs.

WITHOUT lifting your shoulders, try to lengthen the distance between your hips and your ribs.

You'll get the sense of how you need to lengthen your spine, by using your abs.

Also as you do this, think of your shoulder blades (scapulae) sliding down your back, but keep your ribs from flaring - think up, up, up, with your neck & spine, from your pelvis upwards.

Release by doing a slow roll down:

Chin to chest, then as you breathe out, try to curl your spine forwards, vertebra by vertebra. Soften/bend your knees as necessary so you're not pulling on your hamstrings. At the bottom, think of sending your sit bones (back of your hips) up to the ceiling.

Breathe in, then on an outward breath, roll back up, using your abs to suck yourself up.

You'd be surprised how much difference just improving posture can help - it requires you to engage your abs/core.

Thanks for your reply comment. I will surely try to follow your advice.