Exercise

Any exercise which causes you to burn more calories than you take in will do. Fat is not directly involved in exercise, and cannot be targeted by exercise. It might be possible that poor muscle tone in your abdomen will make you look fat. In that case, exercises which focus on those muscles--like crunches--will help. If it is fat you need to lose, then reducing your caloric intake and increasing your activity level is the only thing that will work. In terms of diet, I am impressed with the South Beach Diet. It helps you manage your eating in such a way that you can be more satisfied with less. The biggest plus with it for me is that it is taking you toward eliminating saturated fat and processed carbohydrates from you diet; that is the essence of its maintenance phase. What may additionally interest you is the claim of its author that belly fat goes first in this diet. That is supposed to be because of the particular nature of that fat and its purpose in your metabolism. I am not qualified to comment on that claim, but I can say that when I followed the plan, my waistline shrunk. Get the book and read it and see if it sounds right for you. Many people get baffled by how it's done...and end up wasting years with pointless routines and the latest fad diets.

Your abdominal muscles, also known as your abs, are a crucial part of your physical health. Studies have shown that those with a "love handles" around their waistline are more liable to develop serious health related medical illnesses such as heart disease and even diabetes.

And it's not just the serious health risks as to why we want a fat free stomach. You're probably reading this right now because you want to look sexy with a nice set of six pack abs, which of course is the next step on from losing the initial fat around the abdominal area.

Studies have also shown that those with strong abdominal muscles are less likely to suffer from a back injury. This is because your abs are strong and by working your abs, you are usually working your back muscles at the same time and you might not even know it! You can even improve your posture with strong abs.

Therefore, it's no wonder people want to lose stomach fat, but also no surprise that due to the difficulty and length of time it takes to acquire six pack abs, that people are desperately looking for an answer to that age old question - how to get six pack abs fast.

Luckily, there is a real answer. First however, I would like to start you off with the following 3 tips to getting to that point. After you've made note of these, make sure to check out the bottom of this article where I will show you the exact same method I used to get a well toned six pack in super fast time (and you might be pleased to know it didn't require ab belts, abdominal machines, gyms or even some of those lame fad diets you're always hearing about)

So before we get to that, here are the first 4 things you might find useful:

1)Understand the different muscles - You have numerous abdominal muscles in your abdominal area. There are six abdominal muscles in your body. On the sides you have what are known as your internal and external obliques.

You also have transverses abdominis, which actually goes all around the forepart of your stomach to your back. There is also the rectus abdominis, which is right in the middle and lower parts of your abdominis. When you see people with a six pack, that is their rectus abdominis. There are muscles that actually help your spinal cord that

are called spinal flexors.

2) Exercises that target each ab muscle area - Crunches are the 1st obvious exercise to help you slim down and gain muscle in your abs.

Crunches only target your front abs and not your "love handles" abs or obliques. To target your obliques - aka love handles, you can do crunches, but rather than coming up straight, move to the side with your elbow touching the opposite knee.

To get that spare tire tire muscle, you can do what I call reverse crunches. You lay down on your stomach, put your arms down by your sides and pull your head, shoulders and chest away from the floor. You'll feel it working largely in your lower back. However, crunches are not the most effective way to get abs in the short term and can be very tiring and even dangerous to keep doing. Again, see the very bottom of this article for an alternative solution.

3) Leg Lifting: There is good for lower abs development. Lower abs are probably the harder to get, so make sure you add this to your repertoire.

First, lie down on your back and place your hands under your buttocks. Lift your legs as high up as you are able to. And then lower your legs a little just make certain that your legs are above the ground. Put differently, your legs should not touch the ground. Keep your legs in this position for sometime, then raise the legs vertically like before.

4) Dieting strategies - Your diet can have an immediate effect on your midsection. Foods with a lot of saturated fat, carbohydrates (that you don't utilize) and other things can create that love handle look around your waistline. Drinking beer can have a massive impact on your stomach.

Also include some foods like avocado, peanuts and nuts in your daily meal.

First, you should pick out a good multivitamin that you are able to take daily. Stay away from beer, potatoes and other fattening foods. Stick to a healthy assortment of nutrients and drink plenty of water.

This is how to get six pack abs fast as possible. But you must maintain your complete program, including your dieting, resistance training, supplements, weight training and aerobic exercise or cardio. All of these genuinely help you produce extraordinary abdominal muscles and keep your overall body healthy and strong. If you want that great six-pack-ab look and feel, you must sustain each of these factors of your health regime.

You can shave years off your hard work by knowing the secrets to fast six pack abs. Because ab belts, ab-rockers, ab-loungers, and other infomercial ab-gimmicks... they're all a complete waste of your time and money.

That really depends on your fat to muscel ratio. I always hated people who tell you that you need to be in a certain weight category to be healthy. I weighed 145 pd at 5'2 and was a size four, but the weight I needed to be for my height and age was 106-125. so I was considered at least 20 pds over weight, and once again a size four. If you are healthy active and eat right dont worry about the number on the scale

Push Ups - You can do this anywhere any time as no special equipment is needed ... use slow controlled movement for the most effective push up .. Push ups will result in muscular chest, arms & shoulders ... Get variety by doing push ups with arms wide apart or close together..

sweating is a way of your body trying to cool you down. if you sweat alot it means you are working hard and getting your blood pumping fast. fit people sweat more than regular people as their bodies have more efficient cooling systems.

The normal heart rate for adults is between 60-100 beats per minute. However, medications and certain conditions can raise and lower your normal pulse rate. Additionally, people who are very physically fit sometimes have a much lower resting heart rate. See your doctor to determine what a proper heart rate is for yourself personally.

Improve your eating habits and adopt a healthy diet, limit refined processed carbohydrates, eat more fat burning foods, also eat foods rich in fiber, and engage in regular cardio exercise. For more detailed information about all these things, see the related questions and answers, further down this page, under Related Questions.

The answer is not to stuff yourself with food, its to do leg exercises. I know what your thinking, if i exercise then i will lose more weight. But that's not true at all. If you try to stuff yourself then you will get fat in all the places that you didn't intend to get fat. Leg exercises will give you muscle.

It depends, because there's no such thing as an average woman - she might have a petite , medium or large frame which will affect her weight or take part in a sport that leads to the build up of muscle mass, increasing weight. So long as she's fit and happy, weight is unimportant.

Basic exercises like running, push ups pull ups and squats are great way to improve muscle endurance.

Exercises with weights can improve your endurance to a greater lever if a proper periodized routine is followed.

Blood pressure increases during excercise because the heart rate increases to allow more blood to get to the working muscles. However: Moderate exercise, i.e. walking, has benefits for people suffering high blood pressure. Research has shown that walking several times a week for at least half an hour can help lower high blood pressure. It is best to avoid continued strenuous exercise, however - high BP causes greater strain on the arteries, and in strenuous exercise, one is making one's heart work harder.

Every body is different so never base it on someone's calculations. If you are very active consume more calories, but if your not very active consume less. I am a very active 13 year old girl and am supposed to eat at least 2500 calories a day and right now I am under weight. I am 5'8 and weigh 121 which is underweight and I lose weight if I eat less than 2500 calories. Now, your body may be different which is my point. It depends on your height, activity and all around genes.

The most popular way to lose inches around your waist is diet and/or excercise.
You need to lose overall body fat in order to lose inches from anywhere. Think of it as a snake shedding it's skin. Spot training only helps to tone and bulk the area it does nothing to lose the surronding layers of fat. This is also the reason ABS are so hard to obtain the body's fat percentage needs to be very low. So the best way is a steady diet and an eating regiment / pattern. (eating the same healthy foods over and over). Also I would suggest aerobic exercise to speed the process along.

There's no simple answer because it depends on how far the pneumonia was worked itself into your system, your age, weight, and your body's unique way of handling the healing process. For example, though, if you have pretty serious pneumonia, and your lungs are fairly infected, you'll need about a week in bed resting (each day should get better, though for the first few it'll be exhausting even to get up to go the the rest room), followed by up to 4 weeks to get your strength back. Again, depending on your fitness and activities during that time, you could be back to normal in as little as a week or as much as 2 months. Always, always consult with your doctor of you don't sense any improvement over a few days. It's rare, but an infection that gets worse can be fatal.

Do you want to get taller? If so, there are some things you'll need to know. Losing weight will not give you the height increase that everyone is after. It's important for the person who wants to grow their height, in order maintain healthy skeletal development, to make sure they're eating enough protein and eating loads of vegetables. Someone who wants a tall frame needs at least 196 calories per day while maintaining proper proportions of protein and vegetables proportionate with their age range at all times. The best way for someone wanting a taller stature would be through limb-lengthening surgeries or foot surgery which can help add about 3 inches in height when combined with increased dieting habits and appropriate nutrition intake levels.

Many variables must be considered when determining your average weight, depending on your age (pre-teen, teen, adult), frame size (small-medium or large bone), genetics and the height, in general it's around (female) 135 - 165 lbs.

Typically a stitch is caused by a muscle in the abdomanal area going into spasm causing a great amount of pain. A few stretches only make it worse, there are four easy solutions:

1) Take very deep breaths and continue running whilst doing this

2) Raise your hands above your head and breathe in, the as you drop your hands (slowly) exhale.

3) When you run, make sure you carry a bottle of water. It helps too.

4) If the pain gets too much, stop running altogether and keep pressure on the stitch

I'd guess about 4 to 6 weeks. Talk to your doctor before starting to excercise. You could really hurt yourself if you start too early.

I agree. I had an open appendectomy two months ago and i wasn't allowed to go to school for 2 weeks (i am only 13 years old) and i was not allowed to do physical activities for another two weeks, so i would say about a month before doing exercise but my surgeon told me that he was being generous saying not to do physical activities because he said i will be able to do them before 4 weeks. So i would say 3 weeks to a month.

Attempting to reduce fat in just one part of your body at a time is likely to be disappointing.

Fat reduction works like this: When you try to lose fat through calorie-burning exercises, the reduction occurs all throughout your body. Unlike muscle-building, it cannot be specifically targeted to one region. Also, the reduction in fat will not be quickly apparent because it will not be focused on only one spot on your body. So it's helpful to have a "slowly but surely" attitude.

Here's a program for the period in which you want to lose weight:

Plenty of moderate aerobic exercise, no sweetened liquids at all, and no junk food at all. Preferably no sugar, and as little added salt and processed foods as possible. Eat 3 small-portioned meals/day; do not skip breakfast; and avoid snacks. Limit your calories (better to consult a doctor or nutritionist concerning the amount), and weigh yourself 2-3 times/week. Ignore the sensation of hunger. If you see your weight diminishing at a safe, reasonable rate (1-2 pounds/week), keep it up.

Once you've reached your target weight, increase your calorie intake somewhat. And you can then have small amounts of sweetened foods or junk food on occasion (if at all), along with your regular foods (not instead of them). But keep checking your weight 2-3 times/week.

Avoid crash diets, diet pills etc. Avoid fatty cuts of meat. Walk as much as possible. Bicycling and swimming are good too.

More guidelines:

Don't concentrate on specific foods so much as on a balanced, healthy diet plus exercise. Plenty of moderate exercise rather than intense exercise, which can damage your joints.

Good nutrition means eating what your body needs, while ingesting as few harmful things as possible. It has also been described as getting enough of each of the major food categories (grains, fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy, etc.; plus plenty of water).

This will vary somewhat from one person to another; and I don't believe that there's any universal diet that can be prescribed for everyone. Avoid best-sellers with their perennial fad diets. And think twice before using any dietary supplements or weight-loss pills.

In general, one's starting point can be a menu of whole grains, whole-wheat bread, a good amount of vegetables, some fruits and nuts, fish, lean meats (in not-large amounts), and some dairy. However, this must be tweaked according to one's health, weight and other factors at the outset; and also adjusted over time, as one sees what works for him/her in particular.

Probably not, but if you don't get regular exercise, you can gain weight in your gluteal region and it might appear to spread out. Also, if you sit alot in your job, make sure you are getting proper exercise and nutrition, hydration so you do not develop hemmorhoids. It is very common for people who sit for long periods to develop hemmorhoids due to the pressure on the colon, and the blood vessels. Good luck with that :)

it depends on your age, i'm 14 and i weigh around 100-105 pounds. my weight fluxuates all the time. so that's a little below average from what i understand. so i would say anywhere from 100-135 would be acceptable as "average" but your weight is your weight, and you can't really change it. be proud of the body God gave you, if you are desperately unhappy about it still, try excercising or eating healthier. but no enhancements, pills, compulsive excersing, throwing up, etc. that is NOT good for your body.

For those who want to gain weight the healthy way, eat a well balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, and drink lots of water. Limit your sugars (not counting raw fruits) and especially artificial sweeteners. Eat meat, milk, eggs, and cheese in small and infrequent portions. You can also be vegetarian/vegan and gain healthy weight. Vegans have a stronger immune system, sleep better, report a higher satisfaction of life, and live around 10 years longer than those who consume animal products. Your body needs a vast array of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to function optimally. Most people in the modern world do not eat a well balanced diet. This can lead to physical problems, but it more often leads to mental problems yet no one seems to be able to understand that your diet affects your state of well-being. In order to gain weight, you can increase the intake of proteins or can use the alternative which is protein shakes. Top bulking prohormones also helps in gaining weight and if you do the workout properly then the results can be seen very frequent. Unlike eggs and vegetables you can't buy them from anywhere so visit a genuine store like Nutri-verse.com and make a daily routine of workout and diet and see the results.

For those who want to loose weight: weight is gained by eating more than what your body needs. Not eating a balanced diet causes your body to overcompensate and store up energy for the future (i.e. eating way too much bread). Stress can cause you to gain weight as well...this is usually due to the fact that people will eat to calm themselves down or for comfort. Salty meals can also give the appearance that one has gained a few pounds. Salt absorbs water, so instead of the water naturally going out of your system, it stays absorbed into the salt. To make sure your scale and body are coinciding, drink plenty of water, avoid salty foods, and weigh yourself first thing in the morning before eating and after going to the bathroom (if you need to do so) and wear as little clothing as possible. Jeans, boots, and a sweater can add up to 5 pounds. Even summer attire can add a couple of extra pounds.

Oxygen therapy and blood transfusion can help replenish blood oxygen. So can exercise and certain foods. Eating iron-rich foods including: meats; poultry; fish; legumes; green leafy vegetables; whole wheat breads; and iron-enriched pastas improves oxygen levels in the blood.

1: Stand in front of a mirror. If you see it without turning around, your butt is too fat. 2: Stand with your butt facing a mirror. Turn your head. Slap your ass. Time how long it jiggles. If it jiggles over 10 seconds, you have too much fat. 3: Find a small window in your house. Crawl through. If you get stuck and need to call the fire department, you have too much fat in your butt.