{"id":458,"date":"2012-07-10T10:29:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T16:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/?p=458"},"modified":"2012-07-23T09:29:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T15:29:08","slug":"the-only-flat-belly-fitness-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/the-only-flat-belly-fitness-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"The ONLY Flat Belly Fitness Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Robyn Littlewood, Personal Trainer
\nCabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, Mexico<\/p>\n

Most personal trainers wish we had a dollar bill for every time someone with 20+ pounds of visceral fat between their armpit and their hip asked us for a “good exercise” to help them get rid of their belly fat. The myth that some miracle set of abdominal exercises will help them is still profoundly common. The ads selling abdominal coasters, abdominal chairs, abdominal rollers etc.etc, ad infinitum, still bring in money on television. Lots of money! This is why they keep on lying to the general public.<\/p>\n

Here is the truth about getting a flat belly: If you have ten or more pounds hanging over your belt, abdominal exercises are the absolute LAST thing you should be doing. I am not saying you should not do them at all but DO THEM LAST, after you do these other things first:<\/p>\n

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  1. Stop eating a ton of carbohydrates, starches and sugars. And stop washing it all down with alcohol and sodas. Find out what contains sugars or starches by reading labels and don’t buy it or eat it.<\/li>\n
  2. You are what you eat: A healthy and attractive physique is made up of lean protein (muscle), a little fat and a lot of water. Eat lean protein, a little fat and lots of things that contain water, (i.e. vegetables). Drink water, not sodas, iced teas, sports drinks and juices which are loaded with sugar.<\/li>\n
  3. Build muscle all over your body with a balanced weight lifting plan. Hire a professional to show you how to do it right. Then go do it!<\/li>\n
  4. Burn off fat with interval cardio training, (high intensity and low intensity in the same workout).<\/li>\n
  5. Get eight hours of sleep every night.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And ladies, will you pleeease stop wasting all your time on the darned cardio equipment reading your books. Come and see me over in the weight room and we will get that fat off you in record time. I promise!<\/p>\n

    For more information on flat belly fitness, see my website www.robynlittlewood.com or visit me at the Desert Spa in the Los Cabos area. Email me for appointments and fitness assessments at robynlittlewood@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Robyn Littlewood, Personal Trainer Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, Mexico Most personal trainers wish we had a dollar bill for every time someone with 20+ pounds of visceral fat between their armpit and their hip asked us for a “good exercise” to help them get rid of their belly fat. The myth that some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,1],"tags":[141,183,142,96,158,99,181,115,182,98,143],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loscabosguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}