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3 Steps To Losing Belly Fat

By Dan Grant

[Weight Loss]

Need to shed some pounds in the stomach area? Dan Grant has some tips to help you along.

The number one question I usually get sounds something like this, “How can I lose THIS?” which is followed by a slap of the hand or a finger pointing to the stomach. The rate of those questions seems to pick up at an alarming rate around New Year’s, since that’s the time when everybody wants to change their body. I think that’s great, but I also realize that it was probably the same challenge these individuals had last year which means they don’t know the proper way to actually lose that belly they would rather ring in the new year without.

Focus on the Whole Body

When your goal is to shed belly fat, your metabolism should be your prime focus. What does that mean? Well, the higher you can get your metabolism throughout the day, the more fat you are going to burn.

What you have to do is work as many muscles as you can. If you just focus on your biceps during a workout, you only work roughly 3 per cent of your muscle mass. That’s just not going to cut it.

What you should be doing are compound exercises. Compound exercises are exercises that work more than one muscle at a time. Examples of exercises you want to be doing are squat variations, dead lift variations, lunge variations, pushup variations, pull-ups, chin-ups, row variations, etc.

Not a Walk in the Park

When it comes to fat loss, intensity matters. It matters a great deal. The more intense your workout, the higher the after effect is on your metabolism. That means that you will be burning more calories during the rest of the day than you would have been by going for a stroll in the park or lifting a lighter weight. Research has actually shown that your metabolism will remain higher for up to 38 hours after an intense weight training session. In comparison, it takes only a few minutes to revert back to your normal metabolism after a light and easy weight training session.

I’m not telling you to all of a sudden load 300 pounds onto a barbell and start squatting. What I mean is that you need to be using a weight that challenges your muscles while you are doing repetitions.

If you are doing 8 repetitions of squats, then you need to be using a weight where you can perform 8 perfect repetitions and probably a ninth if you had to. Leaving one ‘in the tank’ is the safe thing to do and it won’t effect your results.

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