\nYou cannot spot reduce fat. When fat comes off, it comes off from different areas of your body in proportions that are largely dictated by your genes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Anna Wong<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nI hate my butt! It’s flat! How can I get a more perky butt?<\/h3>\n
Anna:<\/b> A perky butt can be achieved by performing exercises that require your glutes (your butt-muscles) to lift the weight. Doing lunges, squats and other leg exercises with weights is a great way to firm up. Pick a weight that you can do for 8-12 reps. Beginners can start with 1-2 sets working up to doing regular sets of 2-3 sets.<\/p>\n
I have heavy legs and I want to lean them out.\u00a0 Will biking help?<\/h3>\n
Anna:<\/b> While biking is a great cardio exercise, it is also a way to build stronger and thicker legs. How fast you pedal determines how you will tone your legs. If you bike at a high resistance and therefore having to pedal slower and harder, you will likely be building thicker legs. If biking is your choice of exercise, to achieve long lean shapely legs, pedal at a high speed and at a low level of resistance. This supports the theory of high reps and low weights used for weight-training when the goal is to lean up. If you still have a problem and find that your legs are not slimming down, choose another cardio activity that puts less focus on the legs. Choose either running or the crosstrainer machine as alternatives. Also, leg exercises like lunges and squats with little or no weight or ball exercises for the legs working at reps of 15-25 can help tone the muscles without building size. You’d be surprised by how much you can do with “no weights” at all.<\/p>\n
I have a small frame and consider myself skinny but for some reason I have a big bulge for a stomach. How do I get rid it?<\/h3>\n
Anna:<\/b> You cannot spot reduce fat. When fat comes off, it comes off from different areas of your body in proportions that are largely dictated by your genes.\u00a0 Fat can be reduced through better eating habits and proper exercise. Increase your activity level and minimalize your intake of foods to lose weight. Eating more food than your body requires will only result in weight gain.<\/p>\n
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- Eat lean and clean.
\nChoose foods that are fresh, natural, unprocessed and low in fat. Try not to eat too many different types of food at once. (i.e. fruits, bread, potatoes and meat). The different combinations of foods don’t sit well in the stomach. Buffets are the worst for this.<\/li>\n- Do mix up your workout to include cardio and weight training to reduce body fat and firm up your muscles.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Burn off more calories by getting your heart rate up with cardio exercises such as jogging or skipping rope. Toning your muscles with weight-training also helps to increase your metabolism. As a result, you will continue to burn fat even at rest.<\/p>\n
\nTone the abs with ab exercises on the mat and with a ball. Having a trim waistline means working the muscles in the back and the front as well as all the deeper muscles too; afterall, they all make up your waistline. Remember that your abs are muscles that can build size if you work them with heavy weights. If your goal is to tighten your midsection and trim off inches, keep your reps high and work with “no weights”. <\/p>\n
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