Loose the Fat, Reveal the Abs

"I am happy with the rest of my body; but how do I lose the fat from my tummy."

This is the question that every personal trainer faces numerous times in their professional life. So...what is the best answer to this question? You will find a number of products online and in the market that claim to reduce fat from your stomach. I'm sure you all know by now, but I will repeat it anyway. It is physiologically impossible to lose fat from a specific part of your body (as these products claim to do). When you lose excess fat, you lose it from the entire body. The amount of fat loss is directly proportional to the area where the fat has accumulated i.e. you will lose more fat from the places where you have more fat and loose less from places where you have less fat. Quite simple, isn't it? Coming back to the main question! We now know that we shouldn't be concentrating on just the stomach but the best way to lose stomach fat is to do full body workouts. Another question arises - What is a full body workout?

A full body workout involves working four of your major muscle groups. These are the chest muscles, the back, thighs and shoulders. Now when you think about it, when you do a chest workout, you will feel it in the triceps and when you do a back workout you will feel it in the biceps and forearms. (Hint: Make sure that the rest in between sets should not exceed 1 minute and the weights about not be very heavy...something like 50 - 60% of you maximum lifts for 3 sets of 10 - 12 reps). So at the end of the day you work each and every body part apart from the abs. What you can do is every other day do a full abs routine which includes upper and lower abs along with the obliques. Basically what you have done is one day of the entire body apart from the abs. The very next day you give rest to those body parts and work the abs. I won't get into all the science, if one does as recommended properly, no reason for you to not get rid of extra flab. Make sure that the workouts are switched every 4 weeks. If weeks 1 - 4 are bench press, weeks 5 - 8 should be dumbbell press etc.