Q....How can a person lose fat from the lower abdomen when the rest of the body is relatively lean?
A….There’s really no such thing as “Spot Reduction” exercises that zero in on fat in a specific area. When you work out, you use energy produced by burning fat from all over your body-not just around the muscle doing the most work. So aside from burning a few calories, all that exercise such as sit-ups do is strengthen your abdominal muscle and help hold your gut in.
However, studies suggest that people losing weight-whether through any sort of exercise, calorie reduction, or both-tend to shed the abdominal fat faster than fat from other parts of the body. That’s good news not only for you appearance, but also for your health: Abdominal fat seems to pose a higher risk of coronary disease than fat deposited in other areas.
