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**triardwonvada** · 02-04-2008, 08:34 PM

Markus:

You can do exercises to strengthen your abdominals and tighten your obliques (the muscles that run alongside your sides and waist) but if you have excess fat in this area, those newly toned muscles won't be visible!

Therefore, you will also need to lose a little body fat --cardiovascular workouts are great for this, like fitness/power walking, aerobics, jogging, etc.

Additionally, you'll want to increase your muscle mass. Muscle weighs more than fat, but it makes you appear much leaner. And you will find that your body will burn calories more efficiently when you have more lean muscle mass.

Also, increasing your lean protein intake (skinless white meat poultry and more sparingly, very lean cuts of beef) while also decreasing your fat and carbohydrate intake will be quite helpful.

Check out this page Easy Workout Tips to Balance Your Fitness Plan for more info. Also check out the site blog (AANF Site Blog) There, you'll find more fitness and nutrition articles to help guide you.

HTH

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02-04-2008, 08:34 PM	#1
triardwonvada Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	Markus: You can do exercises to strengthen your abdominals and tighten your obliques (the muscles that run alongside your sides and waist) but if you have excess fat in this area, those newly toned muscles won't be visible! Therefore, you will also need to lose a little body fat --cardiovascular workouts are great for this, like fitness/power walking, aerobics, jogging, etc. Additionally, you'll want to increase your muscle mass. Muscle weighs more than fat, but it makes you appear much leaner. And you will find that your body will burn calories more efficiently when you have more lean muscle mass. Also, increasing your lean protein intake (skinless white meat poultry and more sparingly, very lean cuts of beef) while also decreasing your fat and carbohydrate intake will be quite helpful. Check out this page Easy Workout Tips to Balance Your Fitness Plan for more info. Also check out the site blog (AANF Site Blog) There, you'll find more fitness and nutrition articles to help guide you. HTH [IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Owner/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]
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