help !!!!

[leeandjoanne]

what is the best way to loose your belly ive lost nearly 3 stone but still have a long way to go about another 4 stone !! so what is the best way to exercise by belly im swimming but now my body is used to that !! please be realistic !! thanks

[bobtheturkey]

run like in the belly gonna get you ad

[leeandjoanne]

never seen it aint got time to watch tv !!

[cazzz1975]

eat non processed foods, dont eat any junk, dont eat diet food.
add some walking to your exercises

[Velvetee]

Do lots of weights, it will speed your metabolism up and more lean muscle fibre, means more fat will be used as fuel.

Swimming is primarily cardiovascular, now you need to do some resistance training.

The most effective resistance training, as far as I'm concerned are split routines. 2 body parts per session 2-3 differnt exercises for each body part.

[terambulan]

How about a long holiday in India or Africa in the areas where the people are skinny.

They eat very little a day; maybe one chapatti dipped in curry sauce at the end of the day.

[abstract]

crunches,hanging legraises,oblique twists all while your dropping your fats,sugars and upping the lean proteins,water,grapefruit,fat burning tablets and chillis!

[soulstar11]

I used to work in the fitness game - some of that time spent as a life guard. I can still think of about 6 peple who would swim an average of 5 times week, non-stop, at a great pace, for up to an hour, but did not appear to lose an inch. I was dead fit at the time and had little body fat, but couldn't swim a 5th of their distances.

Me and a couple of the "big" swimmers, who could also lift weights that would put most to shame used to discuss this, and all that we could come up with is that swimming doesn't tend to raise the heart rate as much as weight bearing exercise (walking , running etc). I'm not sure if this could be down to temperature, different breathing methods or the supportive factor of the water.

Anyway, this is anecdotal, not scientific evidence. I'd recommend getting a heart rate monitor (cheaper and easy to use nowadays) and working out your target rates e.g. for weight loss /cardio training etc. This is a good motivator.

You can do sit ups, crunches etc all day, but if you don't do the cardio stuff (i.e. elevate the heart rate safely and consistently) you're not going to see the results of all that hard work.
All the best.