The Best Stomach Exercise

The best exercise for the stomach is one that may surprise you. It's not the traditional sit-up or ab crunch. It's not leg thrusts or trunk twists either.

So before you go out and buy the Gut Buster 5000, you should know that the best exercise you can do for your stomach won't cost you a thing.

All you need are your two feet because the best exercise that I'm talking about is none other than walking or jogging.

If you've found that your stomach is a little more flabbier than it used to be, it's likely there are other parts of your body that have unwanted weight attached. It's just that the stomach is often times the most noticeable.

Your body cannot just eliminate fat in one area. So if you are trying to crunch your way to a flatter stomach without exercising the rest of your body and reducing your fat intake, you'll never see results.

Start by doing cardio exercises to get that heart rate up and boost your metabolism. A good fast-paced walk or jog three times per week is a great way to accomplish this.

Experts say a good cardio workout can increase your metabolism by up to 24 hours!
A Quick Metabolism Exercise
Below is a sample workout that can be done to help give your metabolism a quick boost so you can burn calories.

* 1) Perform 30 seconds of hard exercise like running in place.
* 2) Perform 60 seconds of moderate exercise (casual jog or brisk walk).
* 3) Repeat this process 5-10 times.
* 4) Cool down for 3-5 minutes.

Just Remember...

Along with a healthy diet, walking and/or jogging is one of the best stomach exercises you can perform because it raises your metabolism enough to burn excess calories all over your body.

Total body fitness, not just spot toning one area, is the key to a flat stomach. Why not kick start your fitness routine with a nice, fast-paced walk at least 3 times per week? It really is the best exercise, and your stomach will thank you.

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IMHO - not having even an ounce of fat (in order for your abs to show) is tough. Especially for working people. There are 3 primary causes of belly/gut protusion in men:
1. Fat - as you mentioned. However it is also the most difficult area especially for men to get the fat off. Perhaps the last area in your body from where it will get off.
2. Muscle - the famed 6-pack is nothing but the muscles - possibly only if they are not hidden by fat (as you have correctly pointed out). Hours of crunches can do nothing if there is a lard of fat sitting right on top of your 6-pack.
3. Gut protusion - refined food (and poor muscles) have made the stuff inside your tummy to loose its position and they are spilling out. Think about it as a bag with a whole - the interstines, stomach etc tend to follow natural laws of physics and come out. Can be corrected only by proper dietary habits - which includes eating a lot of unrefined, raw food - and plenty of fibers.

My $0.02

Another good ab exercise... washing and chopping vegetables for your dinner. Spot reducing is a myth that too many people get sucked in to. You'll never see a guy walking around with flabby arms and legs but with a washboard stomach. It just doesn't work that way. Good post, JuDaX.

I really enjoyed reading this post and all of the replies. This was great information and really good points made.

I just posted a question asking about abs. And I guess this answered my question. I just need to be more patient. I am walking and eating right and doing cardio. I just wish the abdominal ares wasn't so slow to reduce.

One day I WILL have that flat belly I had before children AGAIN!!!

great post!!!

I agree, great comments! If hunger is not the issue, then food is not the answer.