Pot belly fat is something all of us who have ever lost weight battled at one point or another.
If you want to get rid of your pot belly, you need a multi-pronged approach.
On the one hand,exercisealone is generally not enough to see majorweight loss transformations.
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A healthy combination of exercise and diet generally leads to more success than just focusing on diet alone.
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Find an eating pattern that reduces your caloric intake.
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No one diet works for everyone.
You need toconsume roughly 500 fewer caloriesthan you burn to lose a pound of fat per week.
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Perform HIIT.
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From there, choose an interval ratio.
I usually use 1:1 work:rest time.
For example, 20 seconds hard, 20 seconds easy/rest.
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Perform five to six rounds of the 20-on, 20-off cycle, and then rest for a minute.
Work up to three rounds.
Incorporate more physical activity into your day.
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Being physically active is not limited to your workouts.
Consider incorporating lower-intensity physical activity into your day.
Any additional physical activity you get in your day increases your calorie expenditure.
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Get enough sleep.
Consistently missing sleep harms virtually every system in your body.
I have trained clients who worked late hours and did not regularly sleep.
The progress detriment was very obvious.
Lift weights.
If possible, incorporate weight training or other resistance training into your routine.
This can be part of your HIIT training or done separately.
Training to build muscle in particular can actually help your weight loss.
