To work on flattening our stomachs, we typically use the traditional crunch as the "go-to" core and ab exercise. If you are up for a challenge and want to target a variety of different midsection muscles, you should consider trying reverse crunches.
Many core exercises like crunches target the entire abdominal area, reverse crunches are an inverse crunch which uses the legs instead of the chest and focuses on the lower abdominal muscles and your hip flexors.
This reverse action will have you lifting your hips and legs off the floor and toward your torso. By doing this, the focus will be on the lower area, and that is where belly fat tends to accumulate.
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Doing an exhausting amount of crunches by themselves will not help you to burn belly fat. The only way to effectively lose belly fat and keep it off is to take in fewer calories during the day than you typically burn. This means eating less and working out more.
On the good side, while the crunches won't just make the belly fat disappear, the crunches will help you to develop leaner ab muscles that will burn extra calories.
By reducing the calories you consume daily, doing some form of cardio workout along with ab crunches, you will slowly start to see more muscle definition in your abs.
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