Does Exercise Alone Reduce Abdominal Fat?
Taking more physical exercise is an important way of improving general health, but not because of its direct impact on the fat around your belly. It takes about 9 hours of rapid walking to burn the equivalent of one pound of body fat, so exercise alone is not an efficient method of losing fat. Nor can you “target” your stomach fat by doing hours of ab exercises. Exercise simply builds muscle – it does not “convert” fat into muscle. However, tighter muscles do help to “pull in” fatty bulges, so exercise can help to give you an improved “tighter” look.
