Belly Fat Exercises

I don't know about you, but I hate belly fat.  I just hate saying the words!  If you're like me and want to get rid of your belly fat, then discover some of my favorite belly fat exercises to help you lose stomach fat and achieve your Superhero Body!

by Ed Scow, NSCA-CPT (aka The Fit Dad) - Fitness and Nutrition Expert to the true superheroes - busy Moms and Dads! and Author of Fat Loss To Go

Belly fat. Don’t you just love to hate it?  I actually hate saying the words 'belly fat' because they bring up images of jiggle...and I never liked Jell-O.

It just sits there mocking you.   It makes you buy bigger pants and bigger shirts.

Stomach fat makes you feel self-conscious when at the swimming pool or beach.

It jiggles when you walk, run, laugh, or move too quickly.

Belly fat is horrible!

So what are some belly fat exercises?   What can you do from an exercise standpoint to get rid of all that belly fat?

Do stomach exercises include lots of crunches, sit-ups, leg lifts, or some fancy (cheap) gadget found on an infomercial?

Do they make you work your “core” for 30 minutes a day?

The answer to both of those questions are “no”.   Belly fat exercises do not require endless amounts of crunches, or sit-ups and you especially don’t have to waste your money on some abs gadget off a TV infomercial.

Belly fat exercises entail working your whole body.

They do because you cannot spot reduce.   You cannot get rid of belly fat just by doing a crunch.   Even if you do 1000 crunches.

You need to work lots of muscle, which means you need to do full body abs exercises and full body workouts to really get rid of belly fat.

Some of my all-time favorite belly fat exercises include the following:

Planks and Plank Extensions

Jack-Knifes and Pikes

Spiderman Push-ups

Renegade Rows

Wood Chops and Swings

Cross Body Chops

Mountain Climbers

Turkish Get-Ups

Alligator Walks

Cross Body Mountain Climbers

All of those exercises work more than just your abs, and a lot of them are bodyweight exercises. Some of them work your chest, your back, your legs, low back and shoulders.

They not only help you get rid of ugly belly fat, they also make your abs/core strong, which means you will have better posture. 

If you have better posture, your stomach instantly shrinks and you’ll feel a heck of a lot better.

Let me throw those belly fat exercises into a quick workout for you that you can try at home.

Perform this workout as a circuit, moving from one exercise to the next with no rest.   Rest for 45-60 seconds after the final exercise and repeat the circuit a couple more times.

1A) Push-up – 10 reps

1B) Swing – 15 reps

1C) Stability Ball Jack Knifes – 15 reps

1D) Burpee – 10 reps

You could add those abs exercises in that order to the beginning or end of your regular workout.   It all depends on you and your preference, and free-time.   Some people like to do those abs exercises at the beginning of their workout, when they’re fresh and full of energy, others like to wait till the end when they’re more fatigued and can really feel their abs get worked.

It doesn’t matter when you do those belly fat exercises, just do them, in addition to a full body workout and you will have less belly fat within weeks…I guarantee it. 

Before you go, why don't you check out a couple Abs Workout Videos to help you lose that belly fat:

Abs Workout In 4-Minutes

10-Minute Abs Workout For Busy Parents

Have an awesome day!