Cycling is an aerobic activity that can help you whittle away your waist. Although it is nearly impossible to perform any kind of core exercise on your bike, you can melt fat from your abs by scorching calories on your bike. To lose 1 lb. you must burn 3,500 calories over the course of a week, cycling daily. Mix up your biking workout and keep good form to flatten your tummy.
Lose Your Belly
Step 1
Keep proper form, which helps to flatten your tummy by drawing your navel in. When you ride it is crucial to keep your upper body, shoulders relaxed and down and your belly sucked in. Keeping your abs tight during your ride flattens your gut.
Step 2
Train with intervals, which burns more calories than traditional cardio activity, allowing you to melt more fat. Complete intervals by performing short bursts of high intenstiy exercise and reduce your intensity for a short duration. Interval train by cycling for 30 seconds at a high intensity followed by two minutes at a moderate pace.
Step 3
Go the distance. Aerobic training, by cycling for a long time helps reduce inches in your waist. As you cycle you engage the larger muscles of your body allowing your heart rate to increase and burn calories, scorching fat. The Health status website explains that a 150 lbs. person burns 720 calories in an hour. Train for 30 minutes to an hour most days of the week.
Step 4
Climb a hill. Cycling up a hill places a greater demand on your body because of the resistance gravity offer. As you climb you gain lean muscle. The more muscle you have the more efficiently you can burn calories during and after your exercise, allowing you to shed unwanted belly fat.
Step 5
Add core work. After your ride you can add core exercises to reach your goal faster. Complete exercises like traditional crunches, reverse crunches, bicycle twists, keg lifts and planks to tighten your core. Choose three exercises and complete three sets of 12 repetitions.
Things You'll Need
- Bike
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