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Short of Liposuction there's no way to target weight loss. It's like trying to drain only one end of a pool.

You'll have to settle for the ol'fashioned approach of eating less/healthier, and exercising more.

And you have to start at the eating.

With the high calorie foodstuffs that we have oh so available these days, it's just not possible to train hard enough to compensate if you're overeating.

One cupcake outside your "allowance" can take one hour of mid-intensity exercise to use up. And then you're just back to square one for that day.

When you have your eating under control, it's not really that important what exercise you do - the important bit is how hard you hit it, and for how long.

What you want is an exercise - any exercise - that gives you a decent raise in heart rate for a longer period of time. There's a strong connection between heart rate and number of calories used up.

Lety's say that a flat out sprint would kick your heart rate up with 100 beats/minute, but you're only able to sustain it of for a minute - that's only 100 added beats, not many calories used.

So maybe take a brisk walk, or jog instead. Settle for a 50 beat raise, but keep it up for 30 minutes. That's 50 x 30 = 1500, a lot more calories being used.

Specific exercises like sit-ups and crunches can help firm up the muscles, which will help with the overall look, but won't really do anything for the local fatty layer.

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You will need to do any exercises that target the abdominal muscles. Lifting weights three times a week was found to significantly lower belly fat, as well as fat throughout the rest of the body. Another study found that 30 minutes a day of intense workout burned belly fat.

Cardio exercises have been known to increase weight loss in problem areas, but so do crunches and sit-ups, as well as various other abdominal activities.

Some good exercises for belly fat weight loss are sit ups, planks and crunches. However fat loss is attributed not solely to muscular development; for maximum effects, you must do cardiovascular exercises like running and skipping to lose fat.

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