Traymond Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 Do they make your stomach smaller or bigger?...Different reports say either...its bugging me...can anyone shed any light somewhat? To fear death is to limit life - Xin Sarith Azuma Phan Wuku
bushido_man96 Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Sit-ups will not take weight off your midsection, if that is what you mean. Contrary to what some companies will tell you, you can't spot-lose weight with diet and exercise. The weight comes off where it will, and we don't really get to choose.Now, what sit-ups will do is strengthen your abdominal muscles, so they will probably gain some size. But you won't see that six-pack if you have too much fat around it. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
white owl Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 I would actually recomend crunches to full sit ups.
Traymond Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 but will it turn fat into muscle so it wont be flabby but solid? To fear death is to limit life - Xin Sarith Azuma Phan Wuku
tallgeese Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Fat and muscle are two entirly different tissues. One does not turn into the other. If you train muscles, they grow. If you don't, they shrink.If you eat more calories than you burn, you're body will store it as fat. If you burn more than you eat, it will take it away; and if you eat and burn in the saem amount you'll be in homostasis and noting will happen.So, if you're doing a ton of crunch work (and I agree with white owl, I'd do crunches) you'll hypertrophy (or grow) the ab muscles. But like bushid man said, you won't notice them if you have fat over them. That's where the burning calories comes into play. And he' right on the spot reduction as well. I have yet to see a study that suggested it was possible. http://alphajiujitsu.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhRVuwbm__LwXPvFMReMww
Kuma Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Waist fat is reduced by cardio and diet. Situps only strengthen your midsection, they don't tone it down.100 situps burns approximately 9 calories. A pound of fat is 3500 calories. So to burn a pound of fat with situps alone would require almost 39,000 situps.
DWx Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 100 situps burns approximately 9 calories. A pound of fat is 3500 calories. So to burn a pound of fat with situps alone would require almost 39,000 situps.That is a whole lot of situps! Better get started on them "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius
bushido_man96 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 100 situps burns approximately 9 calories. A pound of fat is 3500 calories. So to burn a pound of fat with situps alone would require almost 39,000 situps.That is a whole lot of situps! Better get started on them Yikes! That is a scary number!!! https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
Traymond Posted March 19, 2009 Author Posted March 19, 2009 Hmmm....so im only burning 45 calories a day off of situps...whuh... To fear death is to limit life - Xin Sarith Azuma Phan Wuku
Kuma Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Situps are still good to do, but they're going to strengthen your midsection, not reduce it. For that, you want to do cardio and diet a bit.
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