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HEALTH talks to Kris, Regional Fitness Manager at Body & Soul
Health Club and Spa
who dispels the myths about spot reduction and
provides his top tips to achieving the slender waistline you’ve always
wanted.
According to Kris, there is a famous myth about waist line reduction
which is: If you do exercises that target the area, you will achieve a
slimmer waist line. However, the truth about waist line reduction is
there is nothing like spot reduction.
Exercises that target a specific body part are designed to work on the
muscle and not the fat around it. This, Kris adds, is known as ‘Isolation
exercises’.
Reasoning
So how do we target the fat
around the waist line? To
achieve this, Kris points out
that we must first understand
why it is not possible to have
a spot reduction via exercise
means. “The body operates in
systems, respiratory system
for breathing, circulation
system for blood, nervous
system, and excretory
system for waste and so on,”
he explains. “Fat is excess
energy stored in the body.
To be able to remove it, one
has to exercise holistically
and integrate a sensible diet
program.”
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