You Can Lose Stomach Fat In Your 50s With The Right Flat Stomach Exercise

     Vigorous cardio exercise is the ideal flat stomach exercise. It is one of the best and quickest ways to lose stomach fat. The harder your body works, the more weight it will lose and it will do it surprisingly fast. The type of exercise I mean is running, walking, cycling, swimming or any activity that you can do at a vigorous pace. You can do this indoors or outdoors. You can do it on a treadmill or on an exercise bike. It does not matter, as long as your body is working hard.

At least two university studies have shown that thirty minutes of vigorous exercise is better than an hour of moderate exercise. Mind you, any exercise is good and will help lose weight but it will do it more slowly. This can dishearten you. Besides, it can be hard to find an hour at a time on a regular basis. On the other hand if you are used to going for regular walks and it is working for you and you enjoy it, then keep doing it. It is a great way to maintain your physical and mental wellbeing.

But You Are Over 50 and Overweight

If you are very overweight or have injuries or joint or back problems or you are very unfit you need to use common sense and not put yourself at risk by rushing into vigorous exercise. You simply do what you can. Find an exercise you can do without too much discomfort. For example, start out walking at a moderate pace for 30 minutes, three or four times a week.

Do this for a couple of weeks and then intersperse that with intervals of brisk walking. You could walk briskly for 20 seconds then moderately for 60 seconds. In the beginning you may only do this for 10 minutes in a 30-minute session. It may hurt to do it but gradually this should lessen. If you have a permanent injury and it is causing you discomfort you are doing the wrong exercise.

Gradually increase the intensity and the intervals until you are going as hard as you can for 8 seconds and going at a normal pace for 12 seconds. Do this for 20 minutes of your 30 minutes exercise period and do it at least three times a week. This routine was the one that was found to be the most effective, but you can design your own pattern to suit yourself. The main thing is to do the interval training as hard as you can. You can do this at any age - I am well past 50 and this is my preferred way of exercising. But then I have been exercising all my life.

The Right Exercise With The Right Food Means Less Fat

Flat stomach exercise works best with flat stomach foods. In other words, you are working against yourself if you are exercising but are not eating foods to help you lose your stomach fat. You will make little progress because your exercise is probably only keeping pace with the calories you are taking in. If you are still eating high calorie foods, you have to work all the harder just to stay the same weight. On the other hand, if you have changed to a healthy diet with a good percentage of protein, the right exercise will help you shed that stomach fat.

Start this cardio workout at your own pace and make it part of your life. Combine this with the right food and you will see your stomach fat reduce surprisingly quickly. You will see a leaner, fitter you, and it will all be your own work. You will be proud of yourself.

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