How to Tone a Plus-Size Stomach In 7 Days

More is better, unless it’s belly fat. Having a plus-size stomach is uncomfortable, and worse yet, unhealthy. Of all the areas to be plus sized, the stomach puts you at the greatest risk of fatal illnesses such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer, according to Harvard Health Publications. Spot training alone through crunches or other ab exercises isn’t enough to reduce belly fat. Toning and reducing a plus-size belly also requires cardiovascular exercise to burn the fat.

Step 1

Burn off belly fat with 30 minutes of intense to 60 minutes of moderate cardiovascular exercise five days a week, recommends the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It doesn’t matter what type of cardio you do, as long as you get your heart rate up. To avoid boredom, choose exercises you enjoy; consider aerobic dance, inline skating and hiking, for example. Kickboxing and rowing have the added benefit of toning the abs while you burn fat.

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