Spot Reduction- The Myth That Will Not Go Away!
Spot Reduction
It is a widely held belief that if you exercise one area, it will make the fat go away. I am often told that a client wants to work their arms more or their stomach or butt more since that is their trouble areas and they want to lose fat there. Go to any gym and you will see people on the ab machines everyday and women on hip machines for hours at a time. But it makes no difference in terms of fat reduction since spot reduction is simply a myth and is no more real than being able to turn lead into gold.
You lose fat throughout your body from an increase in muscle mass from a properly executed weight training program and adherence to diet, and you will see the fat loss mostly in the areas where you have the least fat to start with. So if you naturally have a lot of fat in the buttocks area which will most likely be the place that you notice the fat loss last. That is not to say at all that you are not losing fat in that area, but if since there is more fat there, you will see the fat loss faster in areas where there is less fat, like your face and your arms, before you would say in your butt or lower abdominal region (or hips for some women.).
Genetics does play a role in this as does gender as some are predisposed to having more or less fat in certain areas. But the bottom line is that you work the entire body to reduce fat everywhere and as time goes on, you will see that trouble spot go away!
Celebrity NYC Personal Trainer Kevin Richardson is the creator of Naturally Intense High Intensity Training™, a lifetime natural bodybuilder and one of the most popular personal trainers in New York City. Get a copy of his free weight loss ebook here.
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