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  • EFFECTIVE CORE TONING EXERCISE

    April 06, 2023 by kevin in Workouts

    If you perform a search engine phrase like “how to lose belly fat”, “best exercises for losing core fat” or “how to get rid of my fat stomach” then you’ll sadly be plagued by many fly-by-night promo websites that are filthy rich in ads and pop up links, and there seems to be very little information on the actual query you wanted to learn about.

    So without further “fluff” on the subject – let’s get straight to the chase and tell you about one exercise which will burn more calories per rep than any other exercise. Physical education trainers will know of it as the “Hot Potato Squat” and you will need one 5kg dumbbell and a pair of shorts before you start the exercise.

    We all know what a squat is – keeping the back straight, you bend at the knee until the legs are at an angle of 90 degrees, hold for two seconds and slowly raise to a standing position, then repeat. The Hot Potato Squat will involve one hand holding a 5kg dumbbell as you lower to the squat position. As you rise up to a standing position, you will need to throw the dumbbell from the one hand it’s in to the other and repeat the squat.

    The idea behind the holding of the weight is the core muscle is being worked hard and this will strengthen and reduce belly fat accordingly. The exercise also works out the gluteus maxims muscles, the quadriceps and the hamstrings. In time, you will be easily be knocking off around 50 of these reps in one session (25 with left hand and 25 with the right); but at first you’ll struggle to do 10 but you will do them.

    Try this exercise for 10 on the first seven days, move up to 20 on the next seven days and increase by 10 each week until you hit the 50 (five weeks later). It’s worth practicing this specific exercise as it promotes maximum results. Incidentally, the gluteus maxims are the buttock muscles, the quadriceps are on the outer thigh and the hamstrings go from the buttock to the knee with another string (tendon) going down from the knee to the ankle.

    About the Author: kevin

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