8 Proven Workouts To Lose Stubborn Belly Fat

Getting a slimmer tummy and losing weight takes time and commitment. You have to implement a proper exercise and diet plan. Here five exercise plans to help you lose weight. You cannot expect to do every exercise all in one day, but give each one a go and see which best suits you. The best exercise to lose weight is based on two elements, what actually works and what you enjoy and can stick with.

1. Core Focused Move

You’ll get more from your Pilates, yoga, or core-focused moves—meaning a slimmer, flatter belly—by following these tips:

Move from your waist. Whenever you twist, make sure the movement happens from your bottom rib up. Keep hips still.
Tighten up. Throughout each move, you should feel a tightening, similar to zipping up a pair of tight jeans, from one hip bone to the other.

Exhale deeply. To help strengthen your abs and protect your lower back, be sure to exhale thoroughly with every breath.

2. Donkey kickbacks

A killer move that will torch calories as it works your core. 

Kneel on all fours, toes tucked under, keeping your back neutral. Draw your belly in toward your spine as you contract your abs and lift both knees about 2 inches off the ground.

Keeping abs engaged, bring right knee to nose (shown). Then kick right leg straight out behind you, squeezing your butt (shown); keep lower abs contracted and hips facing the ground to protect your back.

Repeat 8 times; switch legs and repeat.

3. Sit Ups

Yes, sit ups. People have been saying that sit ups are useless because you cannot get the maximum effect. However, this is because they have done something wrongly. One major reason if because after doing sit ups, they do not stretch their stomach muscle as well as go for a 15 minute jog or walk. After doing sit ups, it is very easy to lose weight and belly fat by walking or jogging.

4. Leg Raise

Among all the exercises to lose belly fat, I will highly recommend you to do leg raise because it can lose the lower stomach fat. It is very effective when combines with sit ups because sit ups will burn the upper stomach fat while leg raise will help you to lose the lower belly fat.

5. Ball Crunch

Another good exercise to burn belly fat is the ball crunch. A ball crunch is basically doing a sit up but lying on the ball. This exercise will also help you to stabilize your core and strengthen your abdominal muscles. Cross our arms over your chest or place them behind your neck for support (if you find that your necks starts to hurt). Then lift your shoulders up but contract your abs and keep the ball stable. Repeat this for at least 10 times if you can and do three repetitions of ten. If you can’t then just work towards 10 at your own pace.

6. Going For A Swim.

Swimming is another great belly busting workout. It keeps your body hydrated and allows you to do many exercises without your body weight holding you back. Swimming is one of the best exercises to lose weight because it is effects several other parts of your body while working your waistline. Swimming helps your lungs to build stamina so that you are able to hold your breath for a longer period and it exercises your arms and legs simultaneously.

7. Zumba.

Attending a zumba class a few times a week can provide the best exercise to burn calories. Zumba is a Latin-based dance exercise session that is fun and easy to follow. Zumba is one of the best exercises to lose weight because in one class, you can burn up to 900-1000 calories! If you are a woman that equates to almost all but 400 calories of your daily diet and all but 700 if you are a man.

8. Cycling.

Riding your bike is another one of the best exercises to lose weight. Riding your bike gives your body a lot of variety. Biking up a hill gives you a hard workout and really makes you push yourself. Biking down a hill gives you the little bit of rest that you need. Biking not only works your abs, but your legs and arms as well. When biking, always be safe; wear a helmet, bring a water bottle and wear reflective clothing.