Achieving washboard abs and losing belly fat involves a combination of high-intensity cardio and core-specific challenges like the 4-week plank. Discover why crunches alone won't give you a flat stomach and how to safely target the lower abs.
Many people work the area around the abdomen by doing crunches or situps expecting to get a flatter stomach, but the opposite is often the case. Working the abdominal muscles with crunches builds the muscle, but crunches alone won't reduce fat in the abdomen -- spot reducing isn't possible.
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Seeing a lump or protrusion in your belly while doing situps can be alarming, especially if there are more than one. The most likely cause of the protrusion, or protrusions, is a hernia -- a weakness in the wall of the abdominal tissue.
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